Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-11
HOUSE TAKES Up
STATEHOOD At
TOM0RROW'S
SESSION
The Report of Whole House
Committee Will Go in Just
As Subcommittee Prepared
1t and Will Be Debated.
FINAL VOTE MAY BE
REACHED IN EVENING
stan correspondence 4,
The C,ra,w4 te~rald
Room ~. Pest Nldg.

Washington. May II The full ter.
! titoii"s committee report op New
! Mexico ana Arizona n being preparrG
! 10y Chairman Flood 'Oday aud the
Joint resolution viii bee heard tomol.
TOW Just as II was drafted by the
, Subcommittee. \ majority of tho
committeeman now believe the house
VIII got do"n TO actual consideration
oi statehood al once Tuesday thu
house probahly will resoly. itsolf in.
20 committee OF the whole ON lat
! day the debate may last all day and
the members will Try 10 reach final
/ vote m The evening.
/ Tue text e the joint resolution,
! recommended by the house commit
/ tee un territories and which the house
I VIII likvly adopt is as follows
! Resolved Oy The senate and the
. house of representatives of the Unit
led states Of America IN congress as-
lsomblcd, taat tho territories of New
Mexico and Arizona age hereby ad-
united into the union upon free aud
vPuM fn"ting with the original states
~ accordance with tho terms Of the
enabling act upon the tcrme and con-
ditIons hereinafter set forth The ad-
mission herein provided for shall tax.
effect upon the proclamation Of th.
president of the United states when
the conditions explicitly set forth IN
this joint resolution shall have been
complied with, which proclamation
snail issu" At the earliest practicable
VIM" AFTER ihc results Of the .icc-
ton herein provided for shall have
been Get iii"d to the president, and
also after evidence shall have been
submitted To- him of tn. compllnnc.
VITA tho tcrms aud conditions nr this
resolution
"rhe president h. authorized and
directed tp c'r,if, the adoption Of
tll~ resolution g., Ia. go,,rnnr of
''rn '..iit"rN az soon a. prscti,able
'itc. th' aoupiIou ;"r,oL ana each
"t said gov tcrnors shall Issue his pro-
glanlsti"u Ter rhc holding nf the nrst
general election a. provided for IN
tao constitutions respectively hereto.
tore adopted hy each territory aud for
To-" submission OF . vote to the
electors "i said territories OF TIA
".h'hdlh'uis of the constitutions OF
"IH ''"its respectively herein srt
''iiH iu arcuruauc, with thu terms
ana conditions of TINS luir, resoiu-
Won lh' results OF said election
s"'H h' crrunrd 20 the president bv
'h' governor "t euca ol the territories
Nnd % the rrms aud conditions of
this Joint resolution shall have been
complied with. the proclamation shall
immediately issue oy the president
Announcing The result of said ei,c-
urns 81" asccytdiucd and upon the is
auance "i said proclamation. the pro-
posed states snail pr deemed admit
tea pS congress INTO tn. union on
'puHi footing vita the other states
49, i"r' the proclamation Of tue
president shall is~u. announcing the
result 't uid election Ia New Mexico,
"nd 40 thD sam, time shat the STATE
erection aforesaid i- held. the electors
"i Sew Mexico shat vote upon the
t"ll""nS proposed amcndmcnt 90
W'r state constitution as a condition
precedent o" tho admission Of said
state. tu-Wit."
Her" follows amendment which is
- substitute" for s,ction NIX OF IN,
pr'.'ut constitutions This provides
that an amendment may be proposed
in 'Ithor nous, of The Legislature. ana
That % majority of each voting sen.
'l'l, malt cause tho amendment 90
'r entered un the respective Journals
WIN lhc yeas ana nays tHcropn. Th.
'u' ndmtnt shall be- voted nu 1t tho
next regular election after the ad-
l"urnmrnt ~ IA, legislature or go q
special election 10 o.. held not I.-.
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