Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-12

WIN the compromise plan IN regard n
cf some dissstisfaetion pmonr the Del
the discussion on the statehood auessi,
compromiss Aorssd ueen.
Washington, June an The Carter
compromise on the statehood bin US
agreed upon today by III, Republican
leaders % the senate and house. Moth.
Ing now stands In the way Of The ad-
mission of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory ~ u state, and n choice by Ari.
oxna and New Mexico rs 10 whether
they desire TO come In % another
state. Il In expected that the pend.
inE conference report viii be- recon.
mitted or withdrawn wien n comes
UP tomorrow and an amended report
returned 10 both houses embodying
the compromise. In this way the dis.
cussiun of n question that has been
before congress almost continually for
six years will be ended.
The compromise presented ~ Sen.
ator Carter provides for ths feiection
of the Burrows amendment. striking
ffona she hill MI reference 10 the "a.
missioa af Arizona ard View Mexiro
and the adoption In lieu of section "a
OF the original klll an amendment
providing the following: ~
That The general election to be
held on the sixth day OF November.
1906, all the electors Of said territor.
les. respectively, qualified TO vote al
such election are hereby authorized 10
vote and choose delegates to form a
convention for said territories. The
aforesaid convention shah consist Of
Iia delegates, sisty.six Of which dele
gates shall be elected to said eonven.
tion by the people Of the territory Of
New Mexico. and forty-four by the
people Of the territory Of Arizona, and
the governors, chief justices and sec.
retaries Of each Of said territories. re-
spectively, shall apportirn the dele.
gates 10 be thus elected from their re.
srectiye territories, as nearly as ma,
be equitable among the several Nsuu.
ties thereof In accordance with the
population ~ shown BY the federal
census of 1900. !.
~ Expenses of Elsrtlon. ~
THAT az the said general election
aforesaid are printed, there shall be
submitted 10 the qualified electors Of
each of said territories question
which shall be stated on the ballot in
substance and form as follows:
Shall Arizona and New Mexico be
united 10 form one stat. e.
Then follows instructions In detail
for marking the ballots and the trans.
mission Of the results TO the secretary
of the interior. after which IL is pro.
vfded:
If II appears from returns that
majority Of the electors In each of the
territories voted In favor Of union,
then. and not otherwise, the inhabi.
tants Of Arizona and New Mexico. as
at present described, may become the
state on Arizona. but III In either of the
territories majority ot the electors
shall have voted against the union
then provisions Of the bill for the as
sembiins Of the constitutional conven.
tion shall become null and void, ex.
cepting that the appropriation made
shall be available for defraylng all and
every kind and character of expense
incurred on account OF tho election Of
delegates TO the convention and sub.
mission ,fue question of statehood.
Each territory win elect a delegate
70 eongf,.ss and vote for regular terri
toria1 otf..e,, at the sanls election, 50
that In essr the joint statehood propo-
sition isaciected tie affairs n the ter
ritories will continue as heretofore :
Especial TO The 0ptic.l
81 Washington, June 1.-THE follow.
Ing New Mexico postmas,ers have
been appointed. n, n. schoonmaker.
Las Vegas: Marguerite X PEPPER.
Riverside. John Gantenhein. Acme.
Railroad Rate Again.
Washington, p. C. June Is.-The
railroad rate bin was sent to confer.