Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-01-05 | Page 2 | Let People Vote on It

LET PEOPLE VOTE ON IT. Senator Foraker Would Submit Question Ques-tion of Arizona and New Mexico. WASHINGTON, Jan 4 An amendment amend-ment to the Statehood bill has been introduced in-troduced by Senator Foraker Intended to permit the Inhabitants of either New Mexico or Arizona to reject the constitution constitu-tion of the proponed State to t-e . , . . L t . 1 by combining lh two Territories The bill as reported to the Senate from the Committee on Territories provides that the constitution shall lo submitted to tho le.ople of the proposed State for its ratification rati-fication or rejection "and If a majority Of the legal Votes ' ftst on that question shall le fui the constitution the said ran-v.-isHlng board shall cerllfj th' w.te ,,. the President." The amendment proposes that a majority majori-ty of votes must be cast In "eaoh of the Territories" In order to ratify the constitution con-stitution Opponents of the Statehood bill, that is. those who advocate the admission of Indian In-dian Territory and Oklahoma as one' State but urge that no action bo taken at this time in regard to Arizona and New Mexb o, believe that the Foraker intendment outlines the ehaiaetor of Uncontest Un-contest that will bo waged against Statehood State-hood legislation. They declare that th people of Arizona are not ready for State- b 1 if t omnelled to accept it In the form of an annex to New Mexico.