The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-24
STATEHOOD
TO Be OR. NO
A FlRsT.cLASs PERFORMANCE
GREETs THE HOUSE.
Wounds inflicted Which Will Take
( Long Time to Heal-De-
tails Are Now on Premiseu-
ously-Vote Tomorrow.

expectations were rta1Xeus
The revolt within the republican
organization was intensified by
speeches delivered during the day,
and promises to create wounds that
will take long In healing. Then the
rule cutting off amendments to the
statehood bill and saddling Arizona
and New Mexico on to Oklahoma
and thus endangcring the chances
OF the latters admission.
The rule set Thursday for the vote,
One and a half hours was set aside
for debate OF ruling, which was ayes
1872 and nays 1876, the organization
winning.
Minority Leader williams opened
the debate by characterizing the rule
as an indecency and fair specimen
OF republican papacity in time OF
stress. ..
Insmgent Mondeil charged his
party breaking his party pledges.
General Grosvener came to the
rescue of his party by terming the
omnibus bill and the rule as a party
measure and added that he would
never vote for the measure that had
the united support Of the democracy.
Al this point he was interrupted by
Representative MondelA who asked
II he did not vote with the democrats
last week when the Philippine tariff
bill was put mp for vote.
This he was reluctant TO admit,
and to square himself said that he
did not vote with democrats. bur thet
! the democrats voted with him. Mr.
Williams atc yii2 roint took opportun.
ity to term Inc Ohic1n's argument as
convincing. and took issue with him
when he said that republicans were
about to surrender the house TO the
democrats.
That's not so. he said You are
surrendering the house TO itself"
This thrust was applauded much to
the discomfort of Grosvener,
Floor Eeader Paine then thrust his
pomposity into the debate and an.
nounced that he was legislating for
the eighty-hve million of Americans
and not against the 100000 people OF
Arizona He protested against the
idea of Arizona being represent /
in the senate with two senators when
New York with eight million people
would only have the same.
This last Eemark drew happy
speech from Adam Bede, who ridi-
culed New York's representation in
the senate and said that the country
was trying to forget Empire state
senators.
Speaker Cannon, reprimanded
Bede for his unparliamentary Ian
guage but the witty Minnesotan was
not to be ohtdone He replied by
saying that BE was only referring TO
New York's Senators in the kindliest
way possible.
Messrs. Adams, Jones and Babcock,
all insurgents, spoke against the in
iquity of the sule.
Representative Dalzell OF Ohio end-
ed the debate by once more cracking
the party lash and the roll was the
called.
Representative Dixon on Montana
was the first western man TO vote
against the motion.
Indications point to an organization
victory, the vote which is now pro
crossing indicates as much.
Washington Jan. 24.-The house
committee on rules agreed on a rule
on which the test of strength of the
statehood fight will be made in the
house. The rule provides that inn
mediately upon the adoption of this
rule and daily thereafter, so long as
the statehood bill shall be pending
in the committee of the whole, the
house shall resolve itself into a COM
;mittee of tb{ whole on the state of
the union 70 4onsideration of the bill.
That after 4 \ bill shall have been
referred, genefal debate shall con.
tinue until Thursday next at 8 p. m,
and at that pur, or If the general
debate shalH be concluded before
that hour, Immediately upon the con
clusion of said general debate. the
committee of the whole shall rise and
report the bill to the house Where
upon Immediately without debate in
tervening on motion or appeal, vote
shall be taken on the bill TO a final
passage.
Washington, Jan, 24.-The house
today adopted rule presented by the
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