Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-20
SEES A CAT SHOW iN CAPITAL
AND GoEs TO TAE DOGS M
NEW YORK.
STATEHOOD KILLED
New Mexico Delegation Has Long
Talk With Senster 6evertdge-
Territory Viii Only Have to Wait
Fifty Years,

Washington, Friday. Feb, Is.
hid you ever 90 To q cat show No
the kind YOU nave on your back fenc'
of moonlight nights but regulaI
show Of cats. Vel. I've been to one.
Big cats and little eats, Toms ans
Tabbies. pretty little kittens aud hug,
long haired AngOra cats that Look more
like Eskimo dogs than cats.
About 500 they have and I'm bles
II ever knew there were SO man,
breeds Of cats.
Now I'll go over TO New York ana
STE the dog show and complete ths
menagerie.
The menagerie. however, is up al
the capitol These last days of the
session are red hot ones with 80 many
important appropriation bills to fight
over and not one even fairly launched
on the sea OF Legislation as yet.
The senator's have lot of quiet fun
with each other aud never miss q
chance for sly dig at somebody.
Yesterday they were discussing the
agricultural appropriation bill~~the one
that has our grazing and leasing law
In IT,
There had been more or less discus
sion and every one was tired Senator
McComber got the floor and started "a
make a speech. Senator Proctor who
IN 75 years old about 6 feet 4 inches
tall and has voice like steam siren
interrupted him with Am I right In
assuming that the Senator intends "a
make few remarks on the bill?'
Yes" said McComber the senator
from Vermont is correct In his assumn.
tion."
Then" said Mr. Proctor Il move we
Immediately adjourn" and amid n
shout of laueher in which McComber
dISo joined tney adjourned.
Mr. Beveridge and several Of MS
from New Mexico had a very warm
discussion yesterday over the state.
hood question and he assured MS that
New Mexico couldn't get anything but
Joint statehood for the next so years
ana quoted himself as the authority on
the matter and told US further that all
the talk about forcing 1t on us by con.
gress passing a bill for jointure with
out asking us To vote on it-that no
one dreamed of such a course,
In fact he said that for the present
statehood Of any sort was absolutely
and most unqualifledly dead beyond all
hope Of resurrection.
All Of which was no state secret to
any of us hut still coming from him
was interesting as shelving the drift of
things.
II costs something 10 he in the swim
here. For instance: Two of the New
Mcxicans here were asked to dine with
the president night or two ago, They
inquired around and found that they
must wear a Prince Albert coat. a
white vest, patent leather shoes and
horror Of all a plug hat.
Now both Of them were stockmen
and IL goes without saying that most of
the required outfit they never had pos
sessed and especially the plug hat.
But however by dint of borrowing
here and there from their more civiliz-
ed friends. they made good all but the
plug hat and the patent feathers so
that those important coverings for each
end of their anatomy they had to dig
up the simolions
They figured up later on that their
dinner with the president cost them
just about $40 per but as one said.
1T was worth the money"
And now they are both trying to
figure out If it will be safe to take
those plug hats back to New Mexico
and how they can get there and not
break them all to pieces.
The 1876 pretty girl students from
Pennsylvania are overunning the city
day and night. There are three young
Philippine boys with them who are stu
dents at the school from which they
come and they are remarkably bright
and intellectual young fellows and one