Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-28
BEVER|DGE
REPORTS BILL
Accepts Prices as Fixed for
Public Lands to Be Given
New Mexico
.PRECEDENTS FOR THE ACT
More Than One State Had to
Submit Its Constitution
to Congress.
Special to the New Mexican.


Washington, March 2S.-Beveridge
today made the statehood bill report.
1T differs from the House report more
in the case of Arizona than in the
case of New Mexico. He accepts as
the price for lands three dollars and
five dollars per acre west and east of
a certain line in New Mexico Land
under irrigation projects is to be sold
for not less than twenty-five dollars
an acre. Ohio was the first state
whose constitution was not submitted
to Congress. Since the Kansas admis-
sion no constitution has been submit
ted to Congress but only to the Presi-
dent. The commissioner of Indian af-
fairs gave dinner to j. Lorenzo Hub
bell of Ganado, Arizona.
No Spanish to Be Taught in Schools.
Washington, March 2S-The report
| defending the Senate bill, for the ad-
mission of New Mexico and Arizona
as separate states, was presented to
the Senate today by Senator Bever-
iidge of the~committee on territories.
| The. Senator vigorously defended the
tehanges from the House bill. The
chief differences he outlines as fol.
lows: The Senate bill would refuse
| to recognize the Arizona law which
disfranchises those citizens who are
| unable to interpret the constitution in
English. Separate elections will be
required by the Senate bill for the
adoption of the consequent constitu
tion of the proposed new states and
the selection of state officers. The
Senate bill requires also that the con
stitutlon must be approved by the
President and Congress. Provision is
made by the Senate measure for the
payment of only such territorial bonds
as have been validated by Congress
while the House bill would provide
for the payment of all outstanding
bonds. Restrictions would be throw
about the public lands and saline
lands of New Mexico to be withdraw
for the state government by the Sen
ate measure. Schools would have t(
be conducted 'entirely" in Englisl
under the Senate bill, while the House
measure would permit teaching O
Spanish
Transfer of Power Sites to States.
Washington, March 2S.-The move
ment for a transfer of the water DOW
ler sites from thee National govern
ment to the several states and terri
tories took shape today when Sena
tor Smoot introduced a bill for tha
purpose. Contrary to general expec
tations, the bill will provide for tn
leasing of power sites by states, an,
would not permit their sale under an
conditions. 1t would provide efor
transfer to the state whenever it wa
shown to the satisfaction of the Sec
retary of the Interior that any trac
of land is chiefly valuable as a powe
site. 1t should be shown however
that the transfer does not interfer
5 with prospecting for or the develol
t ment of mineral resources. The stat
is to have the right to fix charges b
power companies for each ten yea
period. No monopoly shall be permi
ted to the lessees. Under the la,
the last section would provide fc
forfeiture of land by states in case {
any disposition of land contrary to tn
provisions of the proposed law.