Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-25
VOTE THIS AFTERNOON
Debating the Statehood Bill in
the House. =.
Mr.. LL0YD'S EXPLANATION
Says That Democrats Absent Yester-
day Had Good Cause.
SESSION BEGINS AT IL O'CLOCK
Mr.. Money Addresses the Senate on
Our Foreign Affairs, the Algeciras
Conference and Santo Domingo.

With twenty members IN their places tho
| House of Representatives at II o'clock to-
| day took UP its special order on statehood.
The debate ran until o'clock, the tima
| set for vote on the bill.
AS an echo OF yesterdays battle, MI.
Lloyd (Mo.), the democratic whip made
| an explanation regarding the thirteen demo-
| Gratis who were absent when the vote was
| taken on the statehood rule. "A report Is
| current" he said, "to the effect that some
| OF the democrats yesterday got away with I
out voting and did so corruptly." He then
proceeded to give the cause of the absence I
| of the members in question. The three rea- I
sons business. politics and sickness. COW |
cred all the cases. Those absent included |
| Bell (Ga.), Broussard U4a.). Byrd CMiss.), |
Cochran (N.YD, Hearst CN.Y), Hnl CMiss.), |
Little (Ark.), McDermott CN.J.), Patterson !
CTenn). s0uthall (Va), Sullivan (N.Y), I
Van Duzer (Nev) and Zenor Qndl,
Basing his prediction Of the great future !
development of Arizona and New Mexico 4
on the accomplishment of his own state. (
Mr. Kahn (Cal) depleted the wrong that |
was being done in joining those two terri ]
tories one state.
Mr.. Mondell CWyo.) followed I'm the same
line. He predicted the time when the rep 1
resentatives of the hourishing west would !
object to the representation accorded the
dead and dying east because of its past
prosperity.
A brief speech also in opposition was
made by Mr.. Floyd ARK
The debate shifted to the other side at /
this point. Mr. Cole (Oho) was opposed to .
substituting hills for homes or mountains
for men.
Experiences of Maine and Iowa.
Mr.. Capron Or. - began a speech in
favor of the bill, and then said he would
yield to Mr.. Hepburn if he would recount
the experiences of the territories of Maine
and Iowa.
Mr.. Hepburn complied Three times, he
said, the people of Iowa rejected state!
hood and when she accepted IL was by the ,
barest majority; four times the territory of I
Maine refused to come into the Union and
her hnal acceptance was barely carried. Z
Should the people of the territories now in
question vote against coming in they would
not be dragged in.
Asserting that 9s per cent of the peo-
pie of Arizona were opposed to- becominri
state with New Mexico, Mr.. Webb (N.C)
based an argument against the bill.
Delegate Smiths Final Appeal.
A word for the bill was said by Mr.. Hig-
gins Comm, after which Mr.. Smith, dele
gate from Arizona, took the floor to make
his last appeal against the proposed union
Of his territory with New Mexico. He spoke
with visible effort in controlling his emo
ton and said his physical condition was
such that he was glad that his speech was
Joint statehood on President Roosevelt,
who. without reason, had issued his ipse
dixit which, combined with the great popu-
larity of Speaker Cannon, had enabled his
plan to be carried OUT
He reviewed the hardships of early Indian
war days in Arizona; of the promise made
when she was created territory that sep
arate statehood should follow; of his
twenty years effort to that end, to be con-
cluded now in defeat He spoke of the first
death in Cuba, of the gallant Buck
ONeil, who, If he were here, would appeal
to his colonel (Roosevelt) to pass This Bit
ter cup for just one moment from the lips
of his people
Delegate Mcclure (Okla) stated in his ar
gument in favor Of the bill that his terri
tory cast more votes in the last election
than any of the eighteen states which he
named
The speeches of the two delegates were
listened to by the members of the visiting
party of Chinese who occupied seats in the :
diplomatic gallery
Mr.. Towne Cut Short.
Messrs Adams CWis.) and French Qdaho)
made brief speeches against the bill, and
Mr.. Klepper (Mo.) for 1t, after which Mr..
Towne On. Y.) took the floor for five min
utes to make his first speech In Congress al
a democrat. He had hardly begun. he said.
when the chairmans gavel announced that
his time had expired Mr.. Towne touched
ON the tendency of the representatives OF
his old Minnesota district TO rebel, remark
Ing Il am somewhat of an expert on the
subject of party rebellion.
There was universal smile on both sides
of the House. 1t gave him a feeling OF
pride yesterday. he said, to listen 10 the
rebellion of J. Adam Bede. who now rep
resents that district. and the same feeling
had been experienced when Judge Page
Morris of the same district, led the beet
sugar fight against the Cuban reciprocity
bill
Il rebelled in that seat so hard myself,
he continued. that found myself entirely i
outside the breastworks.
Mr.. Brick GndD spoke for the bill as a
member of the territories committee and
Mr. Moon (Tenn) closed the debate in op-
position.
THE SENATE