| Show STATEHOOD ST A Bill i 1 lS TO DEFEAT DEFfA T Referendum Amendment Is Certain to of Utah Senators Doubtful Special to The Herald Washington March the close of the statehood fight in the senate there does not seem to be much uncertain uncertainty ty as to how tomorrows vote on the proposition will result Senator Foraker has two amendments to the bill and the s suc success c cess of either one will mean defeat of joint statehood for Ari An Arizona Anzona zona and New Mexico It is believed will have a vote upon his amendment cutting Arizona and New Mexico entirely from the bill and if this carries it will not be necess necessary ry to have a vote taken upon his amendment which provides for ratification of the constitution of the joint state by a majority vote of Arizona and New Mexico taken separately There is some doubt as to success with the first named amendment but practically none in in re regard regard gard to the second if the first one fails I It is conceded that all the Democrats will vote for the referendum amendment and sufficient Republican votes are relied upon to carry it by at least four or five It is not known with certainty how all western senators will vote but it is believed that Wyoming will divide Senator Clark voting for referendum amendment and War Warren Warren ren voting with the for the bill as it wishes it passed The Ut Utah h senators will not indicate how they are going to vote but it is reasonably certain they also will divide on the question voting for and Sutherland voting ng with t the l Washington March senate met at 11 an hour earlier than usual In order to afford additional time for tia discussion of the state statehood hood it for a while like that object would be frustrated by the lack lackl of attendance on the part of the When the meeting arrived not a single seat sed in the chamber was occupied but as the vice president and the chaplain entered through th the e north thor Mr McCumber and Mr lIr Gearin at Jr r Teller d MI Patterson came in afew st fOr Other senators slow in arriving and at 1155 I 1 when Mr Ir McCumber began to on c the statehood bill less than a dozen wore were in their se seats ts I Argument for the West Mr McCumber introduced his speech b by presenting a 8 substitute for the statehood bill creating one state out of Oklahoma and another out of In IndIan Indian dIan territory the latter under the name of in honor of the Cherokee scholar of that name and en entirely entirely eliminating New Mexico and Arizona Ho He made an argument against the consolidation of the ter territories territories into fewer stat states contendIng that more western states were neceSsary necessary sary to give the agricultural and other 1 interests strong rep representation in congress He predicted in the near future the west would have havea a much larger population than the east and said that eV even Il if the present boun boundary diry dary lines were preserved it would still be Impossible to secure as many states ns as there were east of the Mississippi and therefore the balance of power In the senate must necessarily be against the western sections McCumbers Prediction Mr Ir McCumber declared that the time eme would come when the east would fine find Its protection In the west He re referred to the influence of foreign im ha migration in eastern communities and andin andIn in thIs connection aid that at its last election eJection Chicago had elected a SocialIst as mayor When Mr McCumber closed Mr human TilIman gave notice that as soon as opportunity he will address the senate on the message of the president sent to the senate yesterday on the coal Inquiry resolution recently p by 01 congress on Mr Tillmans t He EIe referred to the presidential mes message sage Eago as a very remarkable docu ment and said that but for the pres pressure pressure sure to proc d with the statehood bill he would ask to at this time Speech of Mr Patterson Mr Patterson then addressed the senate on the statehood bill speaking in opposition to the passage of the house bill He devoted his attention almost exclusively to the portion of the bill providIng for the joining of ArIz ArIzona ona and New Mexico and contended that Arizona had an unquestionable r statehood cx X t Ie n a lia ha Izona an anNew New MexIco were now prepared for separate statehood and contended that the country was in honor bound to ob observe observe serve the compact made when the ter territory territory of ArIzona was created Some Interesting lIr rr Patterson gave an interesting of the narrow escape that New Mexico had had from becoming a state when Colorado was admitted In 18 1276 6 At that time Mr Patterson was the delegate in congress from Colorado and Senator Elkins the delegate from New Mexico for the admission ot of both territories as states were passed by the house and after being amended were also passed by the sen senate senate ate When the bills were returned to the house from the senate they were hEld on the speak speakers rs desk and while retained there Mr Burrows now the seD senator tor from MIchigan made a a speech which Mr Patterson said was so elo eloquent eloquent quent that it aroused the greatest en enthusiasm enthusiasm on the part of the republicans cans while at the same time It en enraged enraged raged the democrats Mr Elkins w was s samong among the first to offer to Senator Burrows and the e dem democratic democratic members were not slow to note his enthusiasm and to determIne to punish him for the offense Punished Mr ElkIns As a consequence when at 2 In the morning ot of the last session an effort was made to take the Colorado dad nd New Mexico bills from the speak speakers ers desk the effort succeeded In the case of Colorado but failed in the case of New Mexico Mr Patterson concluded that If New Mexico was ready for statehood thirty years ago it was now prepared for tor it This anecdote related by Mr Pat Patterson Patterson terson as a reply to the charge which Mr Patterson said had been so fre frequently frequently made that he had been Continued on Page 2 JOINT STATEHOOD BILL BILLIS BILLis IS DOOMED TO DEFEAT Continued from Page 1 sf le for the election of President Hayes by his assurance that If Cob Colo Colorado rado should be admitted to the Union find ind that at that time Its electoral vote would be cast for the Democratic can whereas it t was found when the returns wore were counted that the Republican lican vo voters ers were in the majority Mr Patterson In his speech alleged allege that the idea of joint statehood had not originated In either Arizona or New Mexico and asked whether the idea was the child ot of the Indiana senator or orsome orsome some member of the house of re re He declared that such a union In view of the pledge to Arizona would ouId be a grave rIme crime and urged the adoption of the Foraker amendment for a separate vote as to the rational solution of the problem Effort of Mr Beveridge Mr Beveridge who followed began his speech with a a reply to Mr Patter Pattersons Pattersons sons observation concerning the of the joint statehood idea saying that tha t I it was not n a matter upon wh which h the people of the territories should be con consulted suited The people of the entire coun COUIi country try were ere concerned over r the creation of states and the senator contended that congress should proceed upon that the theory theory ory As going to show that Arizona mi might ht ultimately accept union with fa favor favor vor Mr Beveridge stated that while the people of both Oklahoma and Indian Territory were opposed to union they were now practically unan unanimous for it He expected to see a similar change in sentiment in the two more western territories He opposed the Foraker amendment arguing that If adopted It would give to people in Arizona the power to thwart the will of in the two territories combined His Figures Refuted He declared that the Copper Queen Mining company alone employed men In Arizona Mr Patterson and Mr Clark of Montana united itt in the declaration that the number lid not exceed 2500 but Mr Beveridge justi justified fled fied his statement by quoting from the testimony Ulten talen by the committee on territories Mr Beveridge dwelt upon the liberal provision made for educational educational purposes in Arizona and New Mexico Mr T Teller made inquiry as to why so much more ample help Is proposed to the schools than ha ever before been granted to a new state adding that the proprieties of the senate chamber would prevent his bs stating what he be believed to be the reason for the unprecedented unprecedented dented provision the Indiana senator de declared dared that this was the first time In which a voice in opposition to liberal provision for education had been raised In congress and that the only motive of the committee on terri tern territories tories had been to advance the Interests of the people of the proposed state Mr Beveridge urged that while New Mexico and Arizona wre were not prepared for separate statehood it was unjust to keen kee the two out of the Union as one state Mr Beveridge had not concluded when at iiO p m the he senate took a recess until 11 tomorrow The senate will begin voting on the amendments offered to the bill at 4 p pm pm m tomorrow and the final vote will wiH be betaken betaken taken before for the day |
