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Show HOUSE BILL OR ELSE NO STATEHOOD THE DICTUM Republicans in Caucus Unite Against the Measure Recently Passed by the Senate. - no member who indicated his unwillingness unwilling-ness to be bound, by the caucus. This binding feature of a caucus, it was declared, de-clared, was in force throughout the Congress Con-gress in which the caucus occurs, and the statement was made that no Republican Repub-lican member of the House can now feel himself free to support the Senate Statehood State-hood proposition. There is some talk among House members mem-bers that the Senate might accept the House bill, and negotiations with this end in view have been In progress: To make it impossible for the House committee commit-tee to take any action until some understanding under-standing haa been reached, the committee at its last meeting adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman, and no meeting meet-ing will be held until a call shall have been issued. WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.-Statehood for Oklahoma and New Mexico will not be granted during this session fit Congress unless it be on lines provided in the House Statehood bill. This was decided Friday at a conference of Republican members of the House. The following resolution, of which Speaker Cannon was the author, setting forth this position, was adopted, 112 to 33. after three hours' debate: Resolved. That It Is ths ssnss of this Congress Con-gress and ths Republican caucus held April IS, touching ths Statehood of New Mexico and Arlsona, u provided In the bill of the House. hl:h bill had been amended in ths Senate and Is now pending in ths House Committee on Territories, be insisted upon, and that ws insist on such parliamentary proceedings as can be had by a majority of the House or a special order as can be ordered and adopted by a majority cf the House, under which ths aforesaid policy of ths Republicans of ths House will bs worked out. When the conference convened three proposals were laid before it, none of which was -adopted. The first was a resolution .olterod by Mr. Dalsell, recit-Insr recit-Insr the history of the Statehood legislation legisla-tion in the House and rearnrmlng the caucus action taken at that time. Another An-other was a resolution by Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania, providing that the Statehood State-hood bill be made the subject of a conference con-ference between the two houses. The third was an amendment to the resolution resolu-tion offered by Mr. Tawney, recommending recommend-ing that In such conference the House conferees be instructed to Insist on the House provisions of the bill. Delegate Rodye of New Mexico made a strong appeal for concurrence In the Senate bill. However, he did not make any motion to thi9 end. Other speeeches were made by Representative Dalrell. Pennsylvania: Hamilton. Michigan, chairman chair-man of the Committee on Territories, and Powers, Maine. Delegate McGuire of Oklahoma pleaded for action whereby at least Oklahoma and the Indian Territory might be admitted. Speaker Cannon occupied oc-cupied the floor at length on two different occasions. Other speakers were Representatives Repre-sentatives Hepburn, Tawney, Burkett, Need ham, Brick and Gaines. The debate was keyed to a nign pitcn at all times. The ground was taken by those who favored the House provisions or nothing, that the Republicans of the body would be sacrificing their position taken heretofore, to a few Republican Senators who had seen fit to unite with the minority of the Senate, if the bill, as amended, was accepted. A definition of what is regarded as the binding feature of a caucus was made to those Republican members who have Indicated an lntentibn to vote with the Democrats, should opportunity arise for the acceptance of the Senate bill. This definition was that unless a member grlves notice in caucus that he will not be bound by the action taken, he must hold himself bound thereby. At the Republican caucus on April 15, when the House bill was agreed to as the measure to be supported, there was |