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Show HAS BECOME A SIAMESE TWIN Arizona Strip Scheme Tied to Statehood, Cannot Be Separated From Life of Original Bill. To Cut Them Apart "Would Mean Nothing- Less Than the Death of Both. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 9. Tho fate of tho Statehood bill is a3 uncertain as the weather In "Washington. 'As tho measure passed tho Senate It provides, as is already known, for tho admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State, and New Moxlco as a "separate and distinct State. Poor old Arizona, as Senator Dolllver of Iowa romarked this morning, got the worst of the argument. Not only did sho .fall to get recognition, either a3 a separate State or a combination combina-tion State, but sho lost a big slice of her land north of the Colorado river. This Is tho Arizona strip, mado famoufi within tho past few days by Senator Kearns's great coup. None of the Senators knew anything of this territory when Senator Kcnms sprung his amendment annexing It to Utah. Lost Sight of One Fact. Senator Bacon, who had been selected by tho opponents of the commltteo bill, hastily looked the matter up and by reference ref-erence to tho copy of the Koarns amendment amend-ment on his desk, saw that It was Intended In-tended as a substitute for section 19 of the bill. He had lost sight of the fact that when Senator Koarns called tho attention atten-tion of the Senate to the amendment he stated ho desired to substitute another, which was to be added to and mado a part of section 18, so when the motion of Senator Bacon to Btriko out all from section sec-tion 19 to section 37 was made, he was of the Impression that It included the Kcarns amendment. Dare Not Bring It Back. Yesterday whon tho mlstnko was discovered, dis-covered, Senator Bacon and some of his colleagues tried to rectify tho error, but the bill had passed the Senate, and tho opponents of tho bill did not daro to bring it back again. They knew the advocates of the bill had rallied their forces and were ready to discuss tho bill again. To bring it back meant defeat for the Democrats, Demo-crats, and thoy were content to leave it alone. They acknowledged Kcarns was entitled to all the credit for the amendment amend-ment and tho Senator received many congratulations con-gratulations upon the foresight displayed. Fate of Amendment. Now comes tho question, what Is to bo the fate of thla amendment? It Is moro than likely tho answer to this question Is tho answer to iho other, what will becomo of the Statehood bill? As tho matter now stands, the Kearns amendment amend-ment is a part of the provisions of the bill which admits Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a State Might Open Entire Matter. It is argued that the amendment may be dropped In conference, but tho conferees on tho part of tho Senate, or at- least somo of them, aro favorable to the Kearns amendment.' And, again, to change tho bill by eliminating this prolslon might open the entire subject for another discussion dis-cussion In tho Senate, and the opponents of the bill know vhat that means. Enough Senators havo been pledged to support tho amendment to guarantee Its passage If the bill passes, and there you are. Majority Is Small. At tho best, the majority In favor of the bill reported by the committee Is ono or two, and now that tho commltteo had accepted tho amendment, It could do no less than support It with Its majority. If It did not. thoy aro In the position of losing the bill. Opposed to New Mexico. Thcro Is no disguising tho fact here In Washington that powerful forces ore ut work to defeat tho mcasuro as far as It relates to New Moxlco. The big men of the Republican party do not want New Moxloo as a State. In fact. It was hinted today by a man who Is In a position to know that tho President had stated In no uncertain way his Intention of vetoing tho bill If passed In Its present shape. He. too. Is opposed to New Mexico. Then it le stated that Speaker Cannon lo opposed op-posed to tho proposition as nassed by tho Senate, and the marshalling of his following to oppose any measure mcana certain defeat. May Be Referred. It was said this morning by a member mem-ber of tho Commltteu on Territories that the bill In Its present form would havo lo go back to committee. This, he explained, ex-plained, waa necessary, because the measure-contained a provision calling ftr an appropriation. What will be Its outcome when tho bill lands In commltteo again, no ono durea venture an opinion Might Get Lost. From tho House sldo of Congress It Is staled that there will bo no difficulty In reporting tho bill If this be ho. then the bill In 1U present shape would havo to go Into conference, and so on, indefinitely, indefi-nitely, this bill could wander through the many and devious paths known to Legislatures, Legis-latures, until at length, hidden In somo technical corner or changed beyond recognition, recog-nition, It would be given up for lost, strayed or stolen and no ono would care. Cannot Be Separated. "Whatever the fa to of the Statehood bill, the Kcarns amendment Is fastened to It In such a way that It Is confidently believed be-lieved no power can separate It from tho llfi of tho original bill. It has become a Siamese twin joined together by a. bond that has its nourishment from u. common heart To cut them apart would mean the death of both. |