Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-08
COMBINE FIGHTS THEM
Single Staters Reach Understanding
With Anti-Revisionists.
UNCLE JoE's" PLAIN TALK
The White House Is Much Interested
in the Fate of the Philip
pine Bill.

The revolt against the statehood bill BY
the insurgent republicans of the House.
which was detailed in last Saturdays Star.
assumed such proportions over Sunday that
Speaker Cannon has taken hold personally
of the situation and is making vigorous eff
forts to round up the republicans who
threaten to jump the reservation
AS stated in The Stars account Satur-
day. the Insurgents claimed that they had
seventy-flye republicans who would join
with the democrats to defeat the rule pro-
viding for consideration of the statehood
bill and lay the bill open TO amendment.
The object was to secure vote on an
amendment separating Arizona and New
Mexico.
Speaker Cannon began to look into the
situation yesterday and this forenoon ana
found that the insurgents had gathered III
@ number Of new representatives and were
pleading with them to defeat the organiZa-
ton Of the House and prevent the passage
Of the rude. These insurgents were being
brought into the fold upon many claims.
The beet sugar men who are opposing the
Philippine bill were told that an amend
ment might be added striking out the sugar
differential which would XIII the Fhliip.
pines bill II insisted upon, az the Senate
would never agree to 1t. The democrats,
however, do not want to kill the bill, al
though they would vote to strike out the
dfnerenttat, SO the Slludtioll TeSdioiilS e!io
combination of the beet sugar men, the
democrats and the antf-statehood men IL
somewhat involved.
The first thing the House management
did was to change the program, ana De
eide to have a vote on the Philippines Dill
before bringing In the statehood DILL by
this plan tho insurgents will have to de-
liver their goods to the beet sugar men
FIRST.
Statehood Outlook.
nf he
House is said to be based upon conviction
that 1t will be impossible to pass state
hood bill through both houses that does not
provide for joint statehood for Arizona and
New Mexico. They insist that an amend
ment separating these two states is de-
signed to prevent legislation and leave the
territories in their present condition. 1t
was said today that this situation has
drawn attention to taxation questions In
the territories. and that a number of bills
proposing some striking reforms in rail-
way and mining taxation in the territories
will be introduced Immediately and will be
pushed.
The new statehood bill was printed this
afternoon and laid before the committee.
1t does not differ in any material way
from the bill which passed the House last
session. The committee will begin further
consideration OF the bill Immediately. and
will report it to the House as soon as con-
dftions are ripe for its favorable reception.
White House View of It.
Representative James Watson, the repub
lcan whip of the House. had an i'm
portant conference with President Roose-
Welt this morning as to the combination in
the House between the anti-PhiHppine tar
if and anti-statehood people. The COM
hination aided by number OF democrats,
threatens the defeat of both the Philippine
tariff and statehood bills, In which the
President is tremendously interested Mr..
Watson Is understood to have laid the facts
before the President, telling him just what
the combination hopes to do.