The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-15
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sg.r over thr question ~ uniting Arls
,nd Sew Metico IN ioinl Statehood,
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IY, opportunity came NJ tho close ~ n
.o.. url irritating session ~ The Hou~c,
sci. 20 ru committee ~ the whole had le"n
,.. iI,rlng thu Sundry tivil Appropriation
o.. u.Hiiu9 about tho Appropriations for
'Hr Geological Survey and tho Spanish
Treaty Clpin- Commission. The papers
%. 'hr conference report on the statehood
N| were ON the Speakers table, where
they hal lain all day, and at 5iO o'cloC
Mr. Hamilton II Michigan. chairman ~
the Committee on Territories, who has been
the representative Of the House managers
throughout the contest. moved that the
Ho,Se agreed TO the report
Despite the lateness OF the hour there
va a large attendance Of members who
had been waiting all day to see the matter
Disposed Of, and a thrill was felt by
nearly every one a. the contamination
Of the long strife approached, With the
applause of his political associates. Mr..
Moon Of Tennessee, the minority manage r
on the part of the House, briefly reviewed
the history Of the attempts at Legislation
resulting In the pending report and claimed
IN its unanimous approval by the con-
ferces the triumph of the principle for which
the Democrats had oOntended these six
long years.
Delegate Mark Smith Of Arizona, who has
labored for Statehood for his people for
nearly a quarter Of q century. and whose
failures in the past were accumulated and
intensified by consequent physical collapse,
gave Speaker Cannon his opportunity.
In a short speech Mr.. Smith expressed
the bitterness of heart and mind that had
been his in tir,es past. A I'll, he said, had
been borL in some place which should make
its sponsors ashamed Of IL, the effect of
which would have been to deliver the people
Of his Territory to the control and domina-
ton Of those Of New Mexico. II every
voter In Arizona had been opposed to joint
Statehood they would have been power
less to prevent the outrage sought to he
perpetrated upon them.
In. the benighted region inhabited by his
constituents there was a law which pro-
hibited one legislative body from attempt
ing to ooerce or influence the other from
doingor to do an act by the threat to do
or not to do any other act. And II the
Governor sought to influence legislation
by a threat to veto or approve any act,
by that same law he went to the penitentiary.
In conclusion, in hehalf Of his people, he
thanked the Democrats for what they had
done and doubly banked the Republican
insurgents for their action, assuring them
that to their dying day they might carry
with them the consciousness hat what
they had done justified all the abor ex-
pended In securing their seats In that high
place.
SO interested was every one in Mr.. Smiths
remarks, most Of his hearers wondering why
the outburst, that but few persons noticed
the Speaker stiffen back at the reference to
tie territorial law regarding interference
with legislation, and then summon Mr..
Do !zell, his colleague on the Committee on
K les. to the desk. As soon as Mr., Smith had
concluded, which he did amid silence, Mr..
Cannon yielded the gavel to Mr.. Dalzell, and
1"'.d!y mace nus way 10 nus ola pace wen
Up IL the first aisle on the Republican side'
H. face was a1ame with anger. and as he
walked he nervously wiped one hand and
incr NE other with q handkerchief He was
,r,rlu n,ticed until be had entered the
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His purpose to speak being apparent to
all. every Republican Joined in a demonstra-
ton of handcIapping that lasted several !
,ccords Standing in his old accustomed
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""nuS ulltll the applause ''a7c"' II 'heh
spoke as ioiiows'
"a a member Of the House of Representa-.
tives during this session and at all sessions
have represented my constituency and acted
for the whole people according TO my best
knowledge, The coming into the lnion Of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory meets my
approval. If had my choice and was Sill
prelne would infinitely prefer to see Okla
homa and Indian Territory come separately.
with an aggregate population OF a million
and almost n half. with four Senators. rather