The Holbrook news., 1910-02-04
Statehood Is No Longer
 A Dream
Admission Sure By Summer of 1911 Expected That Bill VII Be Agreed Upon Satisfactory io Boih SenaEe ard Hackers of Hamiliion Bill.
Morning Journal Bureau, 613 Munsev Building,
Washington, D. C., Feb. 1

i nature Quflng the past two QayS
 in connection with the statehood
 bill, further than the introduction
 of the senate bill, prepared by
 Senator Beveridge and the senate
 committee on territories, all doubt
 as to statehood for New Mexico
 and Arizona now. seems to be
 removed; and there is no longer any question that the two states
 will be within the union by the
 sl m ner of 1911.
 Although there is still a feeling
 here that Senator Beveridge at
 heart is not for statehood, in spite of his seeming conversion
 by the president, and although there has been a fear that he,
 would insist upon loading down the bill with provisions to which
 congress or the territories could not agree, this danger seems to have been safely overcome. The feeling in congress is practically unanimous for statehood. Senator Beveridge it is said, now realizes that he would not be sustained in making a fight against admis- aion. His opposition, 1t is said. will not go so far as to oppose an agreed bill which will carry some of the provisions of the measure drawn by him and some of the provisions of the Hamilton bill.
 It is now believed that it will be possible to agree on bill which will pass without any op- position. This bill will provide, 1 first, for the holding of consti- tutional convention during the coming summer. the ratification of the constitution by the people of the territories next November and the submission of the consti- tuition through the president, to | congress at it's session in Decem- Der next. This submission to 1 congress will not be for it's ap- prOVal; but for the Durnose Of | giving congress an opportunity toreject the constitution to legis- lation if they should believe it is | not a proper constitution in the case of either territory.
 Should congress adjourn the 4th, of March without rejecting the constitution, the president will then issue a proclamation admitting the two territories and 1 authorizing the holding of and election for state officers as pro vided Tn the bill, thus putting the whole machinery of state | government into effect by the summer of 1911, This will only be a few months leater than the Hamilton bill would have allowed | for and it is held, will give the territories time to pave the way for their state organization, without haste or confusion.
 It is understood that Sena-or Beveridge wants and will ask the submission of the constitution to congress and require approval. This the friends of tee territories object to. They declare this would complet the territories the make the fight beior congress all over again. It is realized fully that there is a great difference in receiving the approval of con- gress for a measure which is desired and in having congress disapprove something which ctn- gress may not want. As a mat ter of fact, with the president, the administration and a majority in both houses friendly to state hood, it would be practically inn possible that congress should re- ject any constitution that is drawn along constitutional lines. Should 9 bill as outlined by the friends of the territories be pas l sed. as now seems certain, the ]