Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-14
WILL STOP
OWENS BILL
House Has Been Aroused to
Little Joker Contained
in the Measure
STATEHOOD BILL REPORTED
Provisions Are More Favorable
to Territories Than
Anticipated.
Special to The New Mexican.

| Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., March 14.-Ow-
ing to prior business on the calendar,
the Owens Indian Prohibition law,
which would make Santa Fe, Albu-
| querque, Phoenix, Tucson and other
towns prohibition territory, and which
passed the Senate without dissenting
vote, will not be taken up for consid-
GRAFTON in the House for several
weeks and agencies are now at work
! that will smother it or amend it so as
not to apply to towns and cities out
side of reservations in the territories.
In the Senate, Chairman Beveridge
of the committee on territories, re-
quested that the statehood bill be re-
printed. He takes the Hamilton bill
and strikes out everything after the
enacting clause and inserts the Sen
ate bill. The apportionment of dele
gates to the constitutional conventions
is based on the vote for delegate in
1908. The qualifications of electors
are to be the same as for that election.
/ The election is to be not earlier than
sixty and not later than ninety days
after approval
The constitutional convention is to
meet on the fourth Monday after the
election. The debts of the territory
and of all the counties are to be as
sumed and paid by the state and for
the railroad bonds specific grant of
million acres is made. The cleo
ton for the approval or rejection of
the constitution is to be within 80
days after the adjournment of the con-
stitutional convention. Religious toll
GRAFTON is guaranteed and Santa Fe
and Phoenix are to remain capitals
of the states until 1925. The bill will
| not be taken up for consideration for
several weeks.
| Notwithstanding contrary reports
there will be no $30,0O0,O00 bond is
| sue for irrigation but it is very like
ly that certificates of Indebtedness
will be issued.
The supreme court decision today
holding that grazing of sheep on a
forest without permit is not a criminal
offense puts the kibosh to the forest
service and wipes out one of the fa'
nous departmental orders issued
without warrant of law
Will Delay Statehood Legislation.
Statehood legislation, which has
passed the House, and postal savings
bank legislation, which has passed the
Senate, have been sidetracked for the
administration railroad bill. The pos
tai savings bank bill, in view of the
fact that hearings have been ordered
by the house committee on postoffice:
and post roads, will not reach the
floor for several weeks, and in al
probability not until the session near:
, its close.
, Regardless of the fact that the pos
. tai bank bill, the anti-injunctiol
measure, statehood legislation and th
: administration conservation measure
are all part of the administrator
program, there is not apparent any
, where a positive force pushing then
: for consideration. If the, debate o.
the railroad bill lags to the extent tha
f has been freely predicted, it may re
quire a presidential message to in
I still life in the other features OF tn
1 program.
e Washington, March 1.-THE Ar
iona and New Mexico statehood bi
J, was reported to the Senate toda
}. from the committee on territories b
il Senator Beveridge who said it was a
entire substitute for the House bill
Prohibition for Hawaii.
Washington, March 1.-THE Haw
iian prohibition joint resolution
amended so as to eliminate objectio
able features, was passed today by tt
ID Senate.