The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-11
Democrats and RepubIi-
cans Rejoice Over the
Fall of the Measure.
MAN FROM ARIZONA
WAS WILD WITH JOY
Personal Feeling Against Senator
Beveridge, Who is Extremely
Unpopular, Partly Re
sponsible for De-
feat of the
Bill.

q-ron Our Regular Correspondcnt)
WASHINGTON. ID. G.. March io.--'rhe
defeat OF the statehood bill in the Senate
has caused greater amount OF talk IN
Washington than any vote Of the Senate
in many day, Personal feeling against
Senator Devcridgc enters largely into
the rejoicing. And there is actual rejcic-
ing among both Democrats and Republi-
cans. Delegate Mark Smith. of Arizon,,,
who has been fighting the Jointurc OF
New Mexico and Arizona as a single
State for years, is az nearly delirious
with Joy to-day as he was last night
Immediately after the voting.
II can't get oger it." he said 20 The
Times Dispatch correspondent at tho New
Willard this morning. 1T was the great
est event OF my life. The fight of my
life has been to defeat the union Of the
thousands OF .Greasers of New Mexico.
with the Anglo-Sa2ons OF Arizona. II
would have been an outrage such as has
not been perpetrated in the history of
this country. Tho victory was far greater
than We expected. We were expecting
that we would secure the passage of
the Foraker amendment, requiring that
an election be held in each territory.
That much would have been sufficient, for
the jointure would have been defeated
by an overwhelming ma tor'ty in Arizona.
ana would probably have been lost in
New Mexico, also. II anything approach
ing fair vote had been he'd in New
Mexico. But We would have been put
to the expense and trouble OF holding
an election. Now We are not even TO
have that
A Happy Man.
And he f,i,, rlz ,,-inp.,Il LII, rood
IS, the happiest looking man in Wasli-
ing.on, beyond doubt. though the city
Is fnil Of them to-day. Mr.. S,fits, said
he had been approached By several Re-
ppblIcans who voted for the bill, who
bad informed him that In reality they
were glad the bin had been killed Dig
like of Beyeridge in every case was
Mr.. Beveridge is the most unpopular
man in the Senate by long Odds and
even those who fought with him, are
secretly retoiced that he has been
whipped.
The bill will probably be reported to
the House Monday. Speaker Cannon said
to-day he would allow one vote on the
bill 1t is probable that Representative
Hamilton. the author of the House bill
to admit the four territories as two
States, will move on Monday. when the
bill is reported from the Senate. that
the House refeuse to concur. and ask for
n committee OF conference. A vote Will
be taken on this motion and tile Republic
cans who voted against the bill when
1t passed the House will probably unite
with the Democrats against the motion
for committee of conference. 1t is
predicted that many Republicans who
went with the majority when tho bill
was forced through tho House a month
ago. will vote with the insurgents. and
Democrats
While II is hardly likely that the mo-
ton for a committee OF conference will
be lost. 1T is highly improbable that the
Senate conferees will ever agree to
restore the bill to the shape 1t was in
when 1t passed the House. And 1t is
absolutely certain that the Senate. even
should the conferees agree to reshape
the bill so as to provide for the admission
OF Arizona and New Mexico as single
State. Will never yield. The probability
of the admission Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. to which nobody objects, In
fact, the. popularity of the proposition to
make a State OF these two territories.
was relied on by tho President to pull
through the other proposition to unite
Arizona and New Mexico.
Democrats Did 1t.
The defeat OF the bill is due to the
Democrats OF the Senate. They were
against it solidly. 1t is not the first vic
tory the Senate Democrats have won this
session, and the chances are it will not
be the last. They have killed the Santo
Dominican treaty as dead as a door
and they have killed the Philippine tariff
bill. The President staked everything on
these two measures. and the bill to reg
ulate railway rates. The Democrats
have killed the first two. and thoy are
in absolute control OF the last. with Sem
ator Tillman in charge of the bill on the
floor of the Senate.
Tho rate bill situation is practically
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