Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-03-29
DELAY VOTE ON
STATEHOOD BILL.

and New Mexico statehood bills for
consideration in the senate an objec-
ton was made by Senator Hale who
called the bill a job. On another
occasion it was placed back in the
pigeon hole because Senator Bever-
idge. who is now posing as a friend
of Arizona, the leopard having
changed its spots. was absent. On
his return to the senate chamber
an attempt was made to bring up
the bill and it was laid away be-
cause the senator from Indiana
wanted to await the printing of
report on some amendments to the
bill which was not ready.
Under date of March 26. in
dispatch to the FL Paso Herald
from Washington it is stated that
Senator Beveridge has requested the
adoption by the senate of several
Inimportant amendments to the
court sections Of the ill, and tha'
he bill will be reprinted &c Include
hose amendments and that this
week a request will be made for the
setting of q day for the considera-
ion of the bill. But meantime Other
,auses for delay may be found By
hat great and good friend OF Ari
coma, Senator Beveridge OF Indiana
and it may go over again. Bus
even with the bill through the ser.
ate toward the close OF the session
it is not the end. The senate bill IS
declared by its trainers to be a sub
stitute' for the house bill, the Ham
ilton measure. Arizonans consider
It poor substitute with its clauses
xiping out the educational test. the
direct primary law, allowing the reg
istration of two years ago to be
used, thus opening the door to fraud,
and its humiliating provisions for
an approval of the constitution ad-
opted in convention. Being a sub
stitute for the Hamilton bill. the
Beverage measure will have to win
approval in the lower house. 1t is
more than doubtful if such APPROX
al viii be given and it is more than
likely that number OF amendments
viii be insisted on in the house and
refused by the senate. so that the
question of statehood and its pro
visions will have to go to a confer
ence committee. This paper hopes
to see some sort OF a statehood bill
pass at this session of congress. but
can not express any sanguine con-
viction that one viii. Opposition in
the senate is not yet removed. poi
teal exigencies in the republican
party are not encouraging and
threats of insurgency in the repul,
Iican press of the territory are not
Strengthening the chances as they
exist for the stsal pat elements
would rather see democrats elected
from new states thal snsIrgen. rep
resentatives and progressive sena.
tors. An attempt has been made to
make the Democrats object to state
rood by heaping unjust restrictions
and requirements on the enabling
act. but the republican press with
its leaning to insurgency will be
blamed If the bill shall fail
The Tucson Citizen. under the
management Of a first lieutenant OF
Postmaster General Hitchcock. ably
assisted by the attorney general of
the territory and the clerk of the
district court of Pima county, mas
relieved the suspense and anxiety
which prevailed in Arizona G. o. p.
circles. From editorial expressicas
1t is inferred that Arizona repabli-
cans are expected by the admipistra.
ton at Washington to be regular
stand pat" Cannon" republicans.
The wishes of the administration at
Washington is usually political Law
and gospel in Arizona republican
circles and the Citizen can be ex-
pected to fulfill it's mission Of ex-
FOUNDER of this Washington labeled
gospel to the best OF its ability.
But these are strenuous days in
the Grand Old Party. Suppose some
Arizona cowboy starts a stampede