New-York tribune., 1906-01-24
STATEHOOD UP TODAY.
DIR. CANNON Confident.
Insurgents" HoweUer, Sag They
WI Win By Small Margin. &.
Froul Tns Tribune Buresu)

washington Jan. 2S--The Statehood Dill VII
be brought up in the House tomorrow and
the long heralded battle between the so-cahed
insurgents" and the "stalwart Repuohcahs
will be on in earnest with the rate Oh Ihe oii'
in the balance After weeks Of preliminary
skirmishing both sides tonight express con-
fdence as to the result.
The House managers maintain that on an
actual party vote a sufficient number OF Repup-
licans will rally about the Speaker to insure the
passage OF the "no-amendnlent" rule and the
measure The insurgents" on the other hand,
assert that there large number Of Re
publcans opposed TO admitting New-Mexico
and Arizona a single State that by uniting
with the Democrats they can vote down the
rule.
The plan Of the managers is to bring in an
trouclad rule providing for consideration Of the
bill without amendment. 1t is on this rule that
the test Of strength will come. the insurgents
planning TO move the previous question
The bill to go before the House provides that
Oklahoma and Indian Territory shall be ad-
mitted as one State and New-Mexco and Ari-
zona as another. The fight of the insurgents
is against the latter clause, and their efforts
will be to defeat the rule and obtain separate
consideration Of the proposition to admit New
Mexico and Arizona as one State.
There is close figuring the vote tonight
by the leaders of both sides. With several un-
avoidable absentees counted out. the full voting
strength is estimated at 8s3. With solid Dem
ocratic vote Of 1856 against the bill the in
surgents" would require fifty-four Republican
votes. These, they say they have There is
reason 10 believe, however. that a number Of
the Democrats viii not be present, and some
Of the Republicans who are said TO have given
pledges to vote against the measure Will not
be in attendance. The highest estimats Of the
+n,. -+ofvr &c De FORTY
six. Speaker Cannon is confident that he has
the "insurrection" thoroughly beaten
Thirty-four insurgents" held a caucus to-day
in Representative Babcock's committee room.
This Is the largest number Of Republican mem
bers so far at an -nti-Joint Statehood meeting,
and Mr.. Babcock Mr.. Mondell and other leaders
OF the fight against the Hamilton bill say it
shows their strength is increasing as the fight
approaches.
Representative Hamilton OF Michigan chair
man of the House Committee on Territories, to-
day submitted favorable report on the Hamn-
ton Joint Statehood bill. The report says:
This committee considers the criticism as i'll in
cause Of its alleged foreign population. Out Of
foreign born inhabitants, smaller foreign born
percentage than most Of the States in the Union
have been eIecting their own iegfslatures making
their own laws, Conducting their own local gov
eminent and contributing revenue to the federal
treasury
Were it not FOR the fact that the two-hfths Of
It's population which native born but of Span
ish descent. have been heretofore enormously re-
ferred 70 foreign. It would be aspersiOn upon
patriotic people even TO refer to their loyalty.
The remaining three-ffths Of its population are Of
the same character as the people OF Arizona.
OF the alleged undervaluation Of property in
Arizona for purposes of taxation which
warmly discussed in hearings. the report says:
It has total assessed valuation OF taxable prop
eTty as shown by the report OF the Secretary OF
the Interior OF S57.s08l, but II IS probable that
its property is returned for taxation a COM
parativey small percentage Of its market value in
some instances as indicated by government
ports. at not more than rer cent Of its actual
value.
Concerning taxes in New-Mexico. the report
says:
The assessed valuation OF property within sthe
Territory for the year 1876 S4257S,79 But It IS
asserted that for purposes OF taxation property Is
not returned at much more than % per cent OF its
market value.
The Democratic members Of the committee
presented r. minority report IN opposition to
the bill. After declaring in favor Of joint State
hood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the
report says there is no more reason for joining
New-Mexico and Arizona than there would be
for Joining Alaska and Porto Rico