Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-14

Tawney, chairman of the committee on
appropriations, who is anxious to get
the sundry civil bill out of the way
asked If the bill would engender any
extended debate. Mr.. Hamilton as
sured him that it would not. 1t then
was discovered that neither bill nor
papers were on the speakers desk
the Senate not having communicated
its action on the statehood bill to the
House, and Mr.. Hamilton greatly dis.
appointed, was compelled to postpone
action on the bill until later in the
day.
Statehood Bill Slid Through Easily.
Special to the New Mexican.
! Washington, d. G., June 14.-The
statehood bill passed the Senate prac.
tically unanimously. 1t will have no
opposition In the House. Senator Nor.
gan predicted that the provision in
the bill, granting the State of Arizona
$5,OOO,OOO cash and $30,000,OOO worth
OF land for the use of the public
schools, would induce both territories
to accept joint statehood. He regret.
ted that two states would not be form
ed out of New Mexico and Arizona.
Senator Money made a similar predic-
tion and expressed a like regret. Sen
ator Bailey, the Democratic leader,
Withdrew all previous objections, and
not vote was recorded against the
passage of the bill with the Carter
amendment.
That Bribe Of 100000.
Senator Morgan critisized the com
promise provision on the ground that
it leaves to the President the right to
say whether New Mexico and Arizona
should decide to enter the Union, say.
Ing that this was delegation of pow
er which Congress has no authority to
make.
He predicted that the vote of the
two Territories would be for state.
hood, because they would not be able
to resist "the bribe or s5,OO0,00O given
by the bill to the proposed state of
Arizona.
Mr.. Morgan declared that the bill
has been from the beginning Repub
llcan measure and said the effect
would be to advance the interests of
that party. In this connection he
spoke of the varying size of the states,
and comparing Rhode Island to New
York, said it was more majestic be-
cause it's two Senators were present
in the Senate while New Yorks Sena.
tors were not. He predicted that such
legislation as this would be resorted
to until two-thirds Republican ma
jority Is assured and said that such
possession Of power was liable to re-.
suit in the expulsion of any Senator
who would dare to express his senti.
ments. II would not impute that de.
sire to the Senators on the other side,"
he said, "but | confess I dread you
when you get the power-I dread you
While expressing the opinion that
the result would inure to the interest
of the small eastern states, Senator
Stone expressed his willingness to &C.
cept the report as a final settlement
of the question.
No "Surrender" for Mccumber.
Senator McCumber, who has from
the first objected to joint statehood,
! for Oklahoma and Indian Territory in
dicated his intention not to "surren.
der" because he believed that each
Territory possesses all qualities nee.
essary Ito a good state. He did not
agree that the consolidation of the
Territories had been engineered by the
Republican party, but he believed with
Mr.. Money that it had been influenced
by sectionalism, the prejudice on the
part Of the old states against giving
more power to new states.
PoIygamy Alarms Senator Dubois.
Senator Dubois found fault with the
report because of the omission Of the
anti-polygamy amendment as applied
to Arizona. He declared that there are
many polygamists living in that Terri.
( tory, and that once Arizona Is admit
ted to statehood the Mormons heir.
archy would control politics. He then
said.
II know what this statement means
to me; it means the END Vi fny poll
tical career. I have given no quarter
and have asked none. ! enjoy the
life and duties here, and would have
had continuous service in the Senate
but for this conflict.
4 Il would not have been defeated in
| 1895 but for this hierarchy, and
know that no man can now be elected
to the Senate from Utah, Idaho OF
Wyoming who antagonizes the heir
archy. warn the Senate that II Ii
playing with fire. I shall never vote
for the report"
BY the terms Of the conference re
port on the statehood bill adopted BY
the Senate today Indian Territory ani
Oklahoma are to be admitted to the
Union as one state under the name o
Oklahoma. The Territories Of New
:. Mexico and Arizona are to be admitted
, as one state under the name Of Ari
, zona, provided the people Of each D
\ those Territories vote for Joint state
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