Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-23
MAJORITY REPORT
FAVORS JO|NTURE
Democratic Minor
ityOpposesState
of Arizona.
TERRITORIAL TAXES CITED
Hamilton Says Returns Not
Heavy as Should Be-
Claims Are Made.
Snecial TO the New Mexican.


Washington, Jan. 23.-The House
committee on territories presented two
reports on the Hamilton joint state
hood bill today. Majority report rec
ommends passage Of bill as reported
by the committee.
The public schools of the new state
received donations of five millions OF
acres for their maintenance. Other
state institutions receive increased
grants of land The new state OF
Arizona will have two members OF the
House of Representatives in Congress.
There will be two judicial districts
and u. S. courts will be held in Albu-
querque and in Phoenix.
The constitutional convention will
consist of C6 delegates from what is
now New Mexico and of A delegates
from what Is now Arizona and will be
held in Santa Fe.
Convention Expenses.
The sum of $15O,O00 is appropriated
for the expenses of the convention
and the same may hold 60 days but
no longer. At the same time, as the
ordinances of the convention and the
constitution prepared by it are submit
ted state, legislative, and county Off
cials are to be elected.
Delegate Andrews this forenoon pre-
sented a petition by the Republican
Central Committee of Bernalillo Coun.
ty praying for joint statehood for the
two territories.
The Delegate also introduced bills
validating various bonds to be issued
for the extension and building of
various territorial institutions and
laws refunding certain territorial and
county obligations.
The opposition to the passage OF the
Joint statehood bill is weakening and
1t is believed will not muster over for
ty when the bill comes up for action
tomorrow. The bill will pass the
House.
Majority Report.
Washington, d G. January 23.-
Representative Hamilton, Of Michi-
gan, chairman of the House Commit
tee on territories, today submitted a
favorable report on the Hamilton joint
statehood bill, which provides for the
admission of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, as the state of Oklahoma,
and for the joint state of New
Mexico and Arizona, under the name
OF Arizona.
The report reviews the bill In de-.
tail, explaining that the capital of
Arizona, is to be at Santa Fe until
1915, and that the capital of Okla
homa Is to be at Guthrie for the same
length of time, when the people can
choose their capitals
Criticism I'll Formed.
The report says: "This committee
considers criticism as i'll formed which
finds fault with New Mexico because
of it's foreign population.
"Out of a population Of 1886 New
Mexico has only 16,465 foreign born in
habitants, a smaller percentage than
most states Of the Union. New Mexi-
co was made Territory in 1850 and
ever since that time the people Of
that Territory have elected their own
legislators, made their own laws, con-
Quoted their own local government and
contributed revenue to the federal
treasury.
Were it not that two-fifths Of its
population which are native born, but
of Spanish descendants have hereto
fore enormously been referred to as
foreign, It would be an aspersion upon
the patriotism Of the people even to
refer to their loyalty. The remaining
three-fifths of the population are of the
same character as the people Of Ari-
zona."
On Taxation.
OF the alleged under valuation of
the property in Arizona, for the pur-
poses Of taxation, which was warmly
discussed in the hearings, the report
says:
1T has total assessed valuation Of
taxable property as shown by the re-
port Of the Secretary Of the Interior
of $57,920,372. but 1t is probable that
its property is returned for taxation
at comparatively a small percentage
of Its market value. In some instances
as indicated by the government re-
ports, at not over five per cent Of it's
actual value
Concerning the taxes in New Mexi-
co, the report says:
"The assessed valuation of property
within the Territory for the year 1905
was $42,578,792, but 1t Is asserted that
for the purposes of taxation the pron.