The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-14
BILL FOR ADMISSION HAS
ALREADY PASSED HOUSE
Expected That Lively Fight VIII
Develop in Senate Committee
on Territories

Washington, D. c., Feb. 14.-After
having their hopes repeatedly dashed |
to the ground during the past few |,
years, The people of the territories Of i
New Mexico and Araizona are about
TO become citizens Of sovereign states
of the Union
1t is expected that a lively fight VIII II
develop in the senate committee on 7
territories before theb i'll which has
already been adopted by the house BY |
an almost unanimous majority. will
be reported fayorably to the senate |
Senator Beyerldge, the chairman of
this committee, was for long time |
opposed to allowing the two territories
TO come into the Union separately. Il |
was he who directed the opposition
to the great winning fight made a
few years ago by Senator Foraker Of
Ohio 1t IS likely that the conditions
Of entering the Union win be made
more diffieult than In the house bill.
No matte. how much opposition
develops in the hearings, however.
there is no doubt of the final passagel
cf the bill through the senate before
the end OF the session, for the seaseil
hthat both parties in their last national
platform made emphatic declarations
in favor Of it. Those corporations
which have benefited more under a
territorial form Of government than
would lie the case under a state, be-
cause Of he much lower rate Of tay2
ton mder the former, are not put
ting M the same fight through a nut
merous naid lobby. and The possibility
Of q struggle on the floor Of the Son
ate is remote
Nor are tine territories themselves
sending big delegations 10 Washing
ton to further their cause Formerly
the wealthy men Of each Territory
who, for patriotic or selfish reasons.
were Interested in having state form
of government. we're called upon 10
contribute 10 a general fund, ont Of
which the heavy expenses of the rep
resentatives were paid. The goyei.
nor and state Officers appeared amons
them, aiding in the work OF buttons
holng the members OF the house and
eenate. incidentally, as these delegi-
tons were made up Of the leading
politicians OF the territory. various
schemes for political control were ar
ranged with snch care that all inc
offices were apportioned in advance
When The bill upon which these hopes
depended did not pass. the disaDpoint
I'd crowd dsconsolately made its way
home
Nri+b oooh lisan,,oi, tn,nuf .lrc on
countered II became more difficult te
raise ihe fund necessary TO maintain
The delegation. Hence the small lob
by in washington at this session doe
not mean thst the wealthy men Il
the prospective states are SO sanguinf
lcf success that they believe Il Is moi
necessary 10 spend money. II means
that they have been fooled so many
times that not even the declarations
in the party platforms are sufticien
TO assure them thai they will ne
again meet with rebuff Later Oh
when the measure has actually bee
reported to the senate the delegation
may grow in size, but at the pres
cnt time a very few represent eacl
territory. Even these are apprehen
sive. especially as they always NEE
with respectful silence on the pas
of Senator Beveridge, but unneces
sarily so, for the legislature fate
have decreed that the bill proyidir
= for separtee statehood shall at las
pass.
Z More than ordinary historic impo
tance attaches TO he enactment of
I law permitting Arizona and New NIe'
leo to enter the Union. 1t mean
l tnat the las of the territory With
the mainland of The United State
he made a part Of the sisierhood Q
states. For nearly one hundred an
I twenty-five wears. as the boundarie
1 and civilization of the country hay
! been extended, new commonwealth
4 have been added 10 the or ginad ini
4 teen until the forty-sevenih and fo
I ty-eighth are about to complete III
/ work Vermont was The fourteenth
| entering IN 1871, and oklahoma wa
l the forty-sistt entering in 100
l Some statesmen at the Capitol preii'
/ That the number win eventually b
slifty when The population Of Texa
I becomes 50 jcnec Us 20 make des
\ able The division ~ II into four siste
1 il, accordance With the powers gran
\ I'd 1t when II w9s annexed 70 fh
\ Union liz 1916 Hat this is a long VIZ
\ or and Ii IL considered likely ihg
1 with no new contiauous territory I
n be developed and admitted 10 ne III
{ ion The surplus population viii see
klethep outlets and The attention OF th
4 country will he directed once NOR
! 10 problems OF expansion
II Arizona wss q part of the teTlt0r
I acquired from the Republic Of Me-
1 leo ay Toe tseats of iSaS and hy Il
I Cadsden purchase Of 1863 and was
Elpart Of the original territory Of Ne
I Mexico. from which il was separate
I end orsauized into a territory ID 1856