Show OMNIBUS STATEHOOD BUt OPPOSE BY MR GROSVENOR ON P GROUNDS I W WASHINGTON May 3 At At the opening of the session of the House today the Speaker announced the appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap of Mr Gillett of Massachusetts Massachusetts s as as a member of the Committee on Appropriations to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement o of Se Secretary of the Navy Mo Io Moody iy Without preliminary business the House then proceeded with the consIderation consideration consideration consid consId- of the omnibus Statehood bill for foT the admission of f Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma under an agreement that general debate should close today at 3 o clock Mr Moon of Tennessee the ranking minority member of the Committee on Territories the first speaker today earnestly urged the pa passage t the e bill arguing that the admission n gel he three Territories to 10 o j be only an act of lQ e people residing therein Th right of admission he ded existed existed existed ex ex- ex- ex isted in each case case Mr Grosvenor of Oh the measure The claims E h h Ii Territory Territory Terri Tern tory to admission h he a hould be heard separately In co coon on he hede hede- de declared dared that tha t this was a jr F rolling proposition When the g nan gwi-nan nan from Massachusetts Mr l a d this was v not a a. political m meas c he de declared declared do- do dared he was g all the fa facts ts of history hl From T rne e Of the admission of Kentucky politic politiCal cal considerations had In the admission of States No Na Nohe he said could deny that Nevada was admitted for foi purely political purposes Did not the Republican platform of 1900 declare in favor of the admission of the Territories asked Ml Mr Stephens Steph Steph- ens of Texas Yes replied Mr Grosvenor but but I venture r to say that hardly a score of men on the floor of the Philadelphia convention knew that Mr 1 QuIgg had smuggled it Into the platform Was it smuggled into the platform of 1896 asked Mr Knox I will come to that responded Mr Grosvenor Mr Grosvenor avowed that he had voted for foi th the admission of f the Dakotas s for the same reason that the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- had opposed it It-bec It because it-because because use it It would strengthen the Republican party |