The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-15
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
NOW NEAR A REALITY
.SPE AKER ON FLOOR,
DEFENDS HIS STAND.
Dramatic Scene in House when
Uncle Joe" Answers Insin-
uations Of Treachery.

washington, June do Not in years
has the house Of representatives wit
messed more dramatic scene than it
witnessed yesterday, incident to :. the.
rs Mr..sHamilton of -Michigahs chairman
Of the committee on territories, called
kup the. conference report on the, state
hood bill. In anticipation of something
their seats, while the galleries were
comfortably filed. A round Of cheers
from both sides Of the chamber greeted
the. chairman Of the committee when he
moved the adoption Of the reports While.
Itself, a most unexpected episode en-
sued. 80 NJ ss .ss !:
Hints at influence. s. r.. - z
Mr.. Moon of Tennessee, the ranking
member of the minority on the commit,
tee ION territories: had made a state.
ment in relation to the position Of the
democrats as to the scompremise which
had been agreed upon in conference.
He was frequently interrupted with ap-
plause and was then follower by5lM ar
Gus ss A., Smith, the delegate f onilE Ari-
iona, who took occasion in D. guarded
Eway to- insinuate that there had been
| undue 1nnuence used m ,Postponlng. an
agreement. 80 ..s1 r.. -. -.
smarting under what he. believed to
be a direct insinuation against him,
speaker Cannon impetuously, left the
chair. calling Mr.. Dalzell to the sdesk,
and, taking position In the aisle oppo-
site 1.-The seat: which he occupied for
many years until chosen speaker, he
asked the speaker pro tenn For five MIN
utes to explain his position ft:'1aste2Es :
Z, .Thunderous Applause. I. (.
speaker as he stood With hand I1 uplift ed
the house. Again and again waves of
Applause swept over the chamber, demo
erats and republicans participating "a
na1ly order was restored. and then,
,m naia every word, Speaker Cannon
~. Mr.! Speaker, as "a member Of the
house. Of representatives, during this
represented my ceTstituents and acted
t for the whole, people according to my
best Judgment. The looming into the
union Of Oklahoma and the Indian Per
ritory meets my approval %'IfsI had my
choice and were supreme, I would inf.
n1tely prefer to sees Oklahoma and the
Indian "a Territory come separately, with
an aggregate population Of two and al.
most one halfa millions li!q with -four sena,
Xrizoha come togetbeg, apd eod fao ST
rather than TO see them Gomez 'singly
With but 100000 population, with -four
senators. S . s.f; sH.taeass4>F<
u e!,;tss:.:: Continues Defense FL
r. NIt,is no secressas TO- i1,ysvyiews as p
representative. Hthavesaouahts toIthe
best. OF my belief Gto yroice amy views
You have the result before yo,l.,,Altbo
Tevery, man in the. Indian Territory
t should vote againat Statehood for The
new pIopdsedf state oP Gklah o1f1a. not.
I withstand ding Jthatseprosestya & The state
! gogAa'd be and ,will he; formed under thi.
MI Smith Eth If a r,;; ,s = 80 -. r''@*E'
lido not = yi ni51o at fRie moment
continued Mr.. Cannon. ".5There Is ne
fseparate vote there. There IS a separate
/ vote, however; as to the otheeir two. Sc
+ n4chx.fo that. LIDO not PROPOSE r.
70 into. the merits Of this proposition. =
I ~ IHwould not have taken the foo,
A 5tsfa re- nats The honorable :gentlennan
I oelegate from Arizona (Mr. Smith,
made; the remark that there was higl
= penalty for the governor of that terri
I tory 70. attempt to influence legislation
fberstip, to attempt to traffic 81
Is legislation with the other in order Il
secure other legislation, If Incorrectly
''@'''<@'~ An Absolute Denial. -.-s.
+ l.."sf*-rhat REMARK could have had '''b, u,
one motive and one meaning. and tina,
meaning is that someone in the hons,
has, sought, to affect legislation in thu
house as q matter of traffic in, ordel
to t6e secure sensf act11 IGN upon this matter il
SO tar as It reflects upon the speake
Of this house, and, SOL far as I know
|. OF. believe, upon any other member O
this house, Is unworthy of the gentle
man that uttered it and without foun
, dation in fact. Cloud applause.)
= II IT, was necessary to ,furnis]
proof OF this statement, I look abou
me here on my own. side of the hous
on members, with whom I disagree,
touching the progress of this bill iron
time to time, and upon that side @
4 the house, and I pause and invite an,
member present who has the least in
tlmatlon, knowledge or even belief. tina
the statement implied in the insinua
, ton OF the gentleman is true, tt
say So y,
House in Uproar. 49,.
When Speaker Cannon finished tn
house was in an hproar. It could no
be controlled, nor did the presiding of
ficer make any effort toward controllin,
; it. Members who had sat in silenc
; during the delivery Of the speech. dem
! ocrats and republicans alike, crowde
around the speaker to shake him b
the hand and tell him how glad the
were that the long -drawn-out fight 70
statehood had been happily ended i
a. compromise and that his speech voice
the: sentiment of the members.
Delegate Smith in reply said:
The less said about the way TIL
bill has Jared the better for the histor,
: Eof this congress-. i, congratulate Ar
iona, thanking the. house for what i
, has ultimately done and we shall a
the next session Of this congress. wheI
the election returns are shown, demon
strate to this house whether or not
in spite Of what I conceive to be
bride of zoe, 600. in this bill-and
! rejected that before the committee
we have a people above such arconsid
ation, and J. have no doubt we vii
come back with such vote on tn
!, proposed proceedings that it is the las
J. we wall hear Of joint statehood between
Arizona and New Mexico. ,, IAp
Eplause. on the democratic side. 90
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