The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
COMPROMISE is
FINALLY FIXED
Tom Carter of Montana Makes
Suggestions as to the
Statehood Bill.

Washington June 1.-THE Carter COM
promise on the statehood bill was agreed
upon today by Republican leaders of the
senate and house. Nothing now stands in
the way of the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as a state and a
choice by Arizona and New Mexico as to
whether they desire to come in as an
other state It is expected that the pend
ing conference report Will be recOmmitted
or Withdrawn when il comes up tomorrow
and an amended report returned to both
houses embOdying the compromise. In
this way the discussion of a question that
has been before congress almost COntinu-
ously for SIX years Will be ended
The compromise presented by Senator
Carter provides for the rejection of the
BurrOw'S amendment striking from the
bill all reference TO the admission Of ATi-
iona and New Mexico and the adoption
IN lieu Of section p Of the original bill an
amendment providing the following:
Carter's Amendment.
That at the general election to be held
on the 9th day Of November, 1906. all the
electors Of said territories, respectively,
quallfled to vote at such election are here
by authorized 10 vote for and choose dele
gates to form convention for said terri
tories. The aforesaid convention shall
consist OF 10 delegates sixty-six of which
delegates shall be elected to said conyen-
ton BY the people OF the territory Of New
Mexico and fOTty-fOur by the people of the
territory Of Arizona and the governors,
chief justices and secretaries of each of
tiOn the delegates to be thus elected from
fEeiT respective territories as nearly as
may be equitably among the several cOun-
ties thereof in accordance with the DOpu-
latiOn as shown by the federal census Of
1850.
THAT at the said general election and
on the same ballot on which the names Of
candidates to the convention aforesaid
are printed. there shall be submitted to
the 0ualifiei electors Of each Of said ter
ritOrfes a question which shall be stated
on the ballot in substance and form as
follows
{" Shall Arizona and New Mexico be
united to form one state2
Then follows instructions in detail for
marking the ballots and transmission OF
the results to the secretary Of the Interior
after which IL is provided;
Depends Upon a Vote.
IF It appears from the returns that a
majority of the electors in each of the
Territories voted in favor of union, then
kand not otherwise, the inhabitants OF Arr
zEua and New Mexico. as at present de-
sCrfbed may become the state of Arizona.
but if in either of the territories a ma
iority Of the electors shall have voted
AGAINST the union. then provisions Of the
tfoual convention shall be null and void
excepting that the appropriation made
shall be available for defraying all and
every kind and character of expense in
CURED on account CT the election Of the
delegates TO the convention and the sub
mission Of the question Of statehood.
Each territory VIII elect q delegate to
congress and vote for reEulsr territorial
officers at the same election, so that in
case the Joint statehood proposition is re-
iected the affairs of the territories will
continue as heretofore