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Show INTEREST REVIVED IN STATEHOOD Will Recommend Revision - of Constitutions of Pro- -posed New States. WASHINGTON, Msy . W. J. Fields of Kentucky, a new Democratic member, began-tha debate on the-free list bill ia tha house, todsy .by. humorously humor-ously chiding Minority Leader Mann. "I hope," he said, "that my speech will not worry the geatlemaa from Illinois. It is not so much the speeches of the new Democrsts that worry the minority leader, but our presence here and the demonstration of the overthrow over-throw of the Republican party. "Hixteea years ago there waa a wedding. Tha Republican party married mar-ried Miss Money. - They started in to live happily ever after, but there were no legitimate children. They adopted, however, three children Andrew, John D. and J. P. and trouble after trouble trou-ble followed, until they have been driven from home." One Hundred Speeches. More than 100 speeches have been made since the bill was called up a week ago last Monday by Chairmaa Underwood of the ways and means committee, and when it ia takea up under the Ave minute rule Monday ta be passed before adjournment a number num-ber of amendments will be presented by members of tha minority. The Democratic leadere asserted todav, however, that all amendments would do voted down and the bill pesaad as sirreed oa in the Democratic caucus. Interest was centered today ia the forthcoming report of the committee on territories relating to statehood for Arizona and New Mexieo, which will be the legislation nezt on the Demo-! cratie program to be considered. The suh-eommittee to which the matter waa referred will report to the full committee com-mittee Monday and it in turn will report to the bouse probably oa Tuesday. Tues-day. Arizona and New Mexico. Ratification of both eonatitutlon will be recommended with the further suggestion thst the question of the recall re-call be reaubmitted to the people of Arizona at an early date aad thst the people of New Mexico be given an opportunity op-portunity to revise tbe constitution so that it may be more easily ameadable. Representatives of all factioaa in both territories agreed before the committee that such re com mends t ions would be carried out. Gannon Oppose Bin. After Representative Collier of Mississippi Mis-sissippi anil Representative Carter of Oklahoma bad spoken in favor of tbe hill, former Speaker Cannon took the floor in opposition. He referred to it as the "halm of Gilead" offered by the Demoerata to tbe farmers because of the passage of the Canadian reciprocity reci-procity bill. Then, dissecting the measure, he endeavored to a bow that its benefits would aot be importaat. Mr. Cannon demanded to know why live cattle, rice and other produete of the south had not been put on the free list bill, when those products of the northern farmer bad been deprived of protection by the reciprocity measure, lis intimated that southern members oa tbe ways and meana committee had kept the tariff protection on southern products. "And wool raiser of "Montana and Wyoming are in a bad way," he added, "unless Texas come to your rescue." Renewing an attach oa reciprocity,-Mr. reciprocity,-Mr. Caonoa aaid: "I believe thi , secret agreement never would have been made u it had aot been demanded by th great publishing pub-lishing interests of the country." Taft as Humorist. President Taft 'a speech at tha publishers' pub-lishers' bsaqust in ew York, be aaid, "waa a fine piece of humor; better than 'anything of Clemena. "In it tbe president urged tbe publishers pub-lishers to 'be constant' in favoring the passage of the reciprocity bill without smesdmcnt. " , Mr. Cannon also referred to tbe Associated As-sociated Press, eaying that it waa made up of the pubFishera, aad that in turn ths publisher made up the A asocial ed Press. He declared it was a great organisation aad be ' ' would aot kill it if he could." "I lost my temper over the reciprocity reci-procity pact," said Mr. Canaoa. "I felt that those who represented two-thirds two-thirds of tbe people were willing to sacrifice tke others to aaswer the aye-terieal aye-terieal cry raised by the demagoguea, the Demoerata and the aewapapt-ra. " He predicted that the Demoerata would be overthrown ia the next election. elec-tion. , - k i |