Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-23
STATEHOOD BILL ID GO OVER ID NEXT
 SESSION
WASHINGTON HERALD THINKS BITTER FIGHT WILL BE ON
 IN THE SENATE.
BOUQUET FOR MARK SMITH
DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE SMITH RENDERED HANDSOME TRIB-
 UTE BY STANLEY.

The Washington Herald of February iG, says:
 "The Hamilton bill admitting Ari- zona and New Mexico to the Union was I passed by the House of Representatives yesterday without an opposing vote. "The measure now goes to the senate,
 but it is doubtful if favorable consider. ation will be given it, because of the determination of some of the members to talk it to death, rather than have lit passed at this session Senator Beveridge, chairman of the committee on territories, left Washing.
 ton yesterday for Indianapolis. He will
 not return to the capitol before Feb
 ruary 27, and it is doubtful if the sen
 ate committee will act on the measure
 during his absence.
 1t is known that Senator Beveridge
 is opposed to the passage of the bill
 allowing separate statehood for the ter
 ritories.
 "When the bill is called up in the senate determined fight, that may run into filibuster,. will ensue It is not
 believed the measure can be consid- cred by the committee and passed by the senate before the close of congress, as there will remain but three days in congress after Senator Beveridige re. turns, and the body will be unusually busy at that time.
 The opposition in the senate will make fight on the plans of the legis- lature of New Mexico resorted to in supporting the bill in the house. An appropriation of $3,5OO was allowed to pay the expenses of delegation to Washington to boost the bill and effect it's passage, if possible.
 "The delegation, composed of Gov ernor George Curry, w. E. Martin, II. | M. Dougherty, Secnndo Romero, Judge Fall, Chief Justice w. J. Mills of the 1 territorial supreme court, and George | Klock, has been in Washington a week, | and since they left New Mexico the | and business men there have been bitter in their denuneiation of tine legislature for allowing the appro- priation, declaring that it was not right to spend the public money in that way.
 ''It is the plan of those in the sen ate who oppose the bill to spend as much time as possible discussing this and the visit of the dele. gation to Washington, and it is said on good authority that several days will 1 be consumed in speech making if the matter comes up at this session.
 "The passage of the bill in the house was marked by good deal of enthusi- asm on the part of both parties. Dele gate Mark Smith of Arizona took ad- vantage of the opportunity to deliver ! speech in which he referred to his twenty-two years of service in the house. He delivered lecture to the for deferring action on the. statehood bill, to which response was made by Representative Hamilton, chairman of the committee that report 1d the bill.
 The democrats, he said, were in con- frol of the thirty-third congress, yet no statehood bill emerged from that body MT. Smith declared he did not wish to inject the question of partisanship into the discussion.
 Representative Stanley of Ken lucky gave a bouquet of words to MT. Smith, who retires from the house at | the close of congress. He expressed | the hope that Mir. Smith would become the first senator from Arizona.
 "Mr. Hamilton also had some pleas ant words to say. of MT. Smith, but ,ould not wish him speed in coming to he senate, as he hoped to see Arizona -eturn two republican senators. The statehood bill was then passed, no de- nand for the yeas and nays being made.