Salt Lake Herald | 1909-01-17 | Page 1 | Promises Do Not Count

r PROMISES PRO DO NOT COUNT Washington Jan 16 Numerous rous delegations Mexico lexIe sad and a Ari Arizona Au Ji f I zona which have haye come here to press the claims of those tho e territories tar state taa statehood t hood have hare learned leam that the senate leaders do sot BOt ot intend to permit the Ute 2 f statehood bill to ta pass at the present Meston see en This Thia Th decision ha has been reached at an Informal conference of the senate leaders f It was slid sid that there was not time URle enough en Y remaining of or this congraM co coto cong to enact sary legislation Statehood measures invariably K t prolonged discussion An ad tItI reason n advanced by senate enat leader l a the UN is the fact t that members who have discussed the qualification quaI of ol territories differ widely as to the character of the population atts Its abUy ab l t tto to carry the responsibilities or of o statehood It is said that there thele are a num number if bee ber of questions to be settled which will be answered by the coming decennial 2 nial census and many members of congress therefore urge that statehood stat be delayed delaY d until after alter it has been taken taen Many other o members t Senator Foraker who ho o has been an advocate of separate le statehood for ti t tr for fora a number of years have pointed out with some me force foree that the platform of both of f the great political p parties partie declare for foz statehood fur for both territories However there are ue only forty legislative days remaining and all aJl of the e big JJ supply sup IY bills are yet to be passed s y I II I J I I J