Show STATEHOOD BILL HAS RIGHT OF WAY I C I H Pure Food Measure Background I I I DE DEBATE BEGUN GUNIN IN E EI I DEMOCRATS AE ABE A AGAINST ST CON 1 W Wahington shin ton an reconvening today afe after th tin hoJ ay the fhe am en enl atO l plunged directly the consideration tar t tile He DIU tor br Inc lne a m m of two r to be composed of and Now New Melco Mexico Ina am un ani A motion b ny lair r Beveridge to lo take up the bI bill by a mory Mr r who renewed hi iris effort to get Ut up tire pure lood voted WIt with the on one rol roll cal call but With this thlu exception the Republicans voted solidly to proceed to the or of the statehood bi bill and the Democrats te soUd solidly against that course A moton motion by Mr Bate to was voted down 1 Nelson Neison spoke ut at length In Ia advocacY tire the bl bill There was an exceptionally large at attendance t or of senators when the senate ws was c Jed to order President Pro Te Tom Fr Frye e eWing Wing h abent absent Senator Perkins presided hl Mr Platt ot or New cw York reported a reo reso ution lution l for the printing of copies cople or of orthe the he t report of the commissioner of cor Ps P ad and an amendment Pp s by Mr Hale Bailey for p wih with the report a decision ot of the s court or of the States w h he said the report criticises An objection to Immediate consideration the he t resolution went over lair r Warren arren reported the omnibus claims bil b ill and JC gave notice that he would ak ask eary e arly consideration ot of the bi bill which rep represents resents r iO 6 claimants Mr introduced a bi bill for the thc r of oC corporations which was re referred furred to the committee on oa judiciary ry Statehood BilL il When rhen tle the session closed Mr Beveridge moved that the senate proceed wih with tile the consideration ot of the joint state hood h bi bill The moton motion brought forth a agat areat gat g reat Mtr stir and several senators addressed t he chair lIr Mr Heyburn asked whether the he t motion motton mae made by hint him to take up the pure p ure food bi bill which Was pending when the senate adjourned for the holidays was as not pending Te The chair decide decided that the he t moton had died wih with that days see ses SI s ion of the h senate iro eio On the motion to proceed to ton t ion the vote ote was 31 ayes aes to 17 na nays s The reading of the statehood bi bill bein being concluded Mr Bate moved to recommit that measure because the tho testimony tale tak taken taleen en before the committee on territories had not oen reported rendering i it dif difficult to make a a minority report Many Manyo lany lanyor or o tle the sittings of the committe committee Mr Mi Bate sad said had been held when the senate WitS was In session and this wIth other cir clr circumstances cum h had prevented the attendance or of Democratic senators He pleaded against undue haste In the mater matter and stare started upon a an argument against the consolidation ot of te the four territories into two states Referring to the proposed union ad and NeW New Mexico he said tey they would mae make 3 a state ot of sr greater ter area than is com sed In al all the New Egland England states wih with New New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania added The only for the consolidation was fund he said I in the tho to prent prevent an ot of United States seators senators Member We Were Noted Notified Mr said aU all te the member members or of the committee on terri been no titled of the commIttee meetings arid and th that t failure to attend wa was the fault ot of individual members lie He also said the tact fact tat that the house had made a full report of mae ful testimony rendered a similar report by y te the senate Mr k Bate Bate admitted that due notice or of meetings had been en glen given They wanted anted us to help make a a quo quorum quorum rum he says but we did not come up wIh with te the ante ante The reference or of the venerable sentor senator to a game caused a smie smile the chamber His motion wa was voted down dOn 15 to 31 Mr Ir voting wIth the Democrats for tor Mr lr Nelson supported the bi bill as re reported ported by the th committee Referring es especially to tIe tire territories of Oklahoma and Indian territory he said they were so constituted as to be the complement each ot of the other Explaining the grant of land for school l Mr Nelson said that the entre entire state would get the benefit of the grant to Oklahoma He also spoke or of the grant te gat gatof of 00 for schools but sid said this was not a gratuity as was suggested by Mr r Bale BaleI Bailey Mr r Foraker and Mr Baie Bailey united In asking questions concerning the provi provision slon sion referring to the tho Oklahoma school lands which had already dy been granted and nd Mr lIr Baley Bailey suggested that it might lead to further trouble Mr Nelson saId the reiteration was merely for the purpose ot of making as doubly sure In considering the provisions of the bill bUl relative to New Mexico and Arizona lie he quoted to show that the of both territories had been slow and stil still wa was meager He estimated the he present population ot of the two territories at 40 or less He admitted that a large percentage or of the people of Arizona were Americans while hUe many or of those thos e or of New Mexico were 11 Mexicans He did not admi admit however that a a majority or orthe o othe f the New Mexico people were American s lie he also contended that there was no real roal ties between the two nationalities tes Mr Nelson had not concluded when hen henon on moton motion of 1 Mr the senate at 16 p m adjourned out or of respect to tl tub memory o of Representative Mahoney ot of |