Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-03-08
By McCumber For
Joint Statehood
Bill.
LEAVES THE WEST OUT.
Senator Patterson of Colo-
RADIO, Tells Interesting Story
on Colorado Admission.

Washington, ID. c., March S--The
Senate met at II o'clock. an hour
earlier than usual to afford additional
time for the discussion Of the state
hood bill, but it looked for while as
if this object would be frustrated by
the lack of attendance OF Senator'S.
When the hour of meeting arrived not
n single seat was occupied but as the
Vice President and Chaplain entered
the north door, McCumber and Gearin
entered at the opposite entrance and
Teller and Patterson came in few
minutes later. Other Sc ,att rs were
slow in arriving and at 11:'o, when
McCumber began his speech un the
statehood bill less than a dozen Sena-
tors were in their seats. MCCunber
introduced his speech by presenting
a substitute for the. statehood bill
creating one state out of Oklahoma
and another out of Indian Territory,
the latter under the name of SequOya,
in honor of the Cherokee scholar of
that name, and entirely eliminating
New Mexico and Arizona.
Strong Argument.
He made very strong and i'm
pressive argument against the con-
solidation of the territories into fewer
states, contending that more western
states are necessary to give the agri-
cultural and other trans-Mississippi
interests strong representation in
Congress. He predicted that in the
near future the West would have a
much larger population than the east
and said even if the present boundary
lines are preserved it would be i'm
possible to secure as many states as
there were east of the Mississippi and
therefore the balance of power in the
Senate must necessarily be against the
western section. He declared the
time would come when the east would
find its protection in the West He
referred to the influence of foreign i'm
migration in the eastern communities
and in this connection said that at it's
last election, Chicago elected So
cialist as mayor.
Interesting Story.
Special to The New Mexican
Washington, D. c., March S.-Sena-
tor Thomas M. Patterson, of Colorado,
during the consideration of the Hamil-
ton joint statehood bill today told an
interesting story on the admission of
Colorado in 1876 In the bill for the
Enabling Act for Colorado, New Mex
leo was included. The bill had passed
both Houses, but had come back to
the House of Representatives on the
conference committee report The bill
had passed by twothirds vote and
five votes more. New Mexico lost out
because the then Delegate, now United
States Senator Stephen B. Ellins,
congratulated Congressman ]. c. Bur-
rows upon the fine speech he made
against the South. The speech, while
eloquent, was very hard on the South
and was of very inflammatory char
acter. Ten Democratic members OF
the House, chatting under Senator FL
kins' action, declined to vote when the
New Mexico part of the bill came up
for consideration. This fact allowed
Colorado to come in with margin of
five votes, while New Mexico lost by
five votes. Senator Patterson stated
that he was then the Territorial Dele
gate from Colorado, and that he pledg-
ed the Democratic vote. Results OF
the election, however, show that
Hayes was elected instead of Tilden
by the vote of the new state of Colo
RADIO. Senator Beveridge is the next
speaker
Report on consuIates.
Washington, D. c., March S.-The
House on meeting today agreed to
resolution calling on the Secretary of
State for the report of Herbert H. D.
Pierce on the condition of the Ameri-
can consulates in the Orient and es-
pecially at Shanghai.
Remarkable Document"
Washington, March 8.-When Nc
Cumber closed, Tillman gave notice
that as soon as the opportunity offered
he would address the Senate on the
message Of the President, sent to the
Senate yesterday on the coal inquiry
referring to the resolution recently
passed by Congress on Tillman's mo-
tion. He referred to the presidential
message as "a very remarkable docu-
ment" and said that but for the pres
sure to proceed with the statehood bill
he would ask to be heard at this time.
Patterson then addressed the Senate
on the statehood bill, speaking in op-
position to the passage of the House
BILL He devoted his attention almost