Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-16
STATEHOOD NOT
BEEN SHELYED
Still Occupies Large Part
Of Public Attention
in Congress.
WILL GO TO CONFERENCE
Speaker Cannon Gets the
Greatest COmblng of His
Entire Life.
WILL GO TO CONFERENCE
TAFT WON'T TAKE tRMINE YET

Washington, d. c.. March i6.--The
president and Speaker Cannon remain
nrm on the statehood question, re-
gardless of adverse reports and OF
che pressure brought to bear. The
house will send the Hamilton bill to
the conference committee. The speaker
will not take the bill from his table
unless certain of victory. The bill
mas been reported favorably to in
crease the allowance for agricultural
experiment stations The house bill
was reported fayorahly allowing the
secretary of the interior to sell tim
Der from the Jicarilla reservation. on
both allotted and unallotted lands.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, d. c., March 16.-At a
conference of the republican house
leaders today 1t was decided to con-
slider the statehood bill on Wednes-
day, March 2l.
To Lease Arid Lands.
Before proceeding with the legisla-
tive bill, the house today considered
the bill permitting the leasing of 5000
acres of arid land in La Plata county,
Colorado, to the P. r. U. Rubber com
pany fer the purpose of cultivation of
the rubber plant Brooks. of Col
orado, said that the land in question
Is unfit for agricultural purposes and
that it had no mineral value. Gaines,
of Tennessee, proposed an amendment
TO prevent the rubber trust from get
ting control of the enterprise
Statehood Bill to Conference.
Chairman Hamilton of the house
committee on territories probably
will seek to send the statehood bill
as amended by the senate disectly to
conference. II there should be an
objection to this, the bill will go au-
tomatically to the house committee
on territories. which win report it to
the house with the recommendation
that 1t go to conference. Sonse-
quently. the measure is wholly within
the control of the territories COM
mittse, sad Ii is. not thought there
will be any effort TO hinder the biIPs
Immediate submission to conference.
Delay In consideration of the bill Is
due to an agreement to allow state
hood 10 go over until members of the
house rivers and harbors committees
shall return from the southern trip.
Speaker Cannon Excoriated.
| Shackelford of Missouri was given
permission to discuss the bill and be-
ga nto crticise Speaker Cannon in
regard 10 the statehood question. He
was stopped before he proceeded far,
and the objection was fatal to the fur
ther consideration of the bill Be-
| fore referring to statehood, Shackel-
ford had this 70 say about the man
ner in which Brooks got his bill up:
The gentleman was not recognized
until he had first surrendered his
constitutional rights as a representa-
tive of the people, and had crept into
your room, Mr.. Speaker, there to sup
plicate you to extend to him your
grace. No member can submit any
matter to vote until he shall have first
sought and found favor in your sight.
The constitution contemplates that the
speaker shall be the servant Of the
house. In defiance of the coustitu-
ton you have made yourself it's mas
ter. You have packed every COM
mittee. Unless you are willing, no
member can move to discharge a
committee from consideration of a
bill and take it up in the house. You
sit, an enthroned despot, subjecting
reports and destinies of this great
people TO dictates of your own un-
bridled will. Who stands today be-
tween progressive. enlightened people
and that statehood 70 which they are
entitled? You. sir: only you. You
crack your whip, and the majority OF
this house covers at your feet You
turn your thumbs down and the house
deals a death blow to prostrate bleed
ing Oklahoma"
Here Shackelford said that he had
read in the morning paper that
Uncle joe had given it out fiat
footed that he would not permit the
house 20 concur in the senate amend
ment Of the statehood bill, and pro-
ceeded What a horrible announce
ment 10 make in free country"
The confusion in the house through
out ShackelfOrds remarks was such
that very few members knew what he
said, when Tawney stopped him with
the objection.