| Show A I REPORTS D ON STATE STATEHOOD BilL Chairman Hamilton Submits One Favoring Two States Out Of Four Territories DEMOCRATS TS FOR 3 STATES They ilIe Will To Tu Unjustly tl Out Ou of ot the Union r Washington WahIngton Jon Jan 23 Tim tn an n members of at the committee on un ter territories 1 submitted d to the house tills this af aC afternoon a I the majority report on the tho statehood bill which provide provid 8 for the tha of ot Oklahoma at il Indian Ter Territory TerI I AH 1114 the tho state of or f Oklahoma nod mid provides Joint lor tor or New Nev Mex Mexico s leo ico and Arizona under tho the name of at Ar Arizona izona 1 The Democratic members ot of the I J jr house bouse committee on presented Wi t I a minority report In III opposition to 10 o the J lJ Hamilton Hamil tOil joint bill After re rl reviewing reT T j j viewing the resources re of ot the four lour ter terI I j ot of Arizona New Mexico Uil 1 1 and und Indian Territory und ond do 1 1 daring In favor of ot Joint for tor t Oklahoma and ind Indian Territory the I i report ay there thero IH III no nl more lIrO raison fir pl r I I Joining New ew Mexico Arizona than there would too be for joining J Alaska and I 4 I II I The rue purpose ot of the tho majority I li 11 to 10 unjustly lly Keep I ell Oklahoma out of ut the he Union unless they cnn can with willI great q ti r t Injustice force torce Arizona In pays Fas ay tho 1 report I J We Ve regret tho the pre notion netlon in itt fJ tl recommending fl without Ign og any AllY j t reason joint for tor Arizona i t t i New Nev eW Mexico and oM thui tho 1 1 Just laal expression of o the Iho na national 4 platform on the question of lit i I I statehood for tOI the i Ice ies j The report conclude concludes 1 Should the party piss II tM S SI t I s thin bill wicked as at It l Is In III the denial f o I rights In 10 representation and j J partisan In lit nit nil of ot Its it material detain r I It t will but bul afford another Indecent ex ox example f t ample of ot the suppression of It Individual I I territorial te and national rights right to sub nub I serve party pari ends ens ensI I I Hamilton t I r chairman of ot the hOUMe on nn I l today toda submitted u favora I lite ble report on the thu Hamilton joint state i I I hood bill hili which provide for tOI the tue ml ILl 1 mission of ot Oklahoma and tin Indian ter leI territory us liS u tho th tat of lit Oklahoma an l I I provides Joint for tor New Mexico I i I I co lO o arid Arizona under tho the of ot Arl Ari Arizona arll l i zona rill Tho report r the bill 1111 In lit detail I explaining that tho the capita of If Arizona t In 4 to lo bu ho Je nt Santa Kt Fi 1 1 until full ami fullI I I j that lilot the IMS th of ot Oklahoma Ol IH Pu to hu ho hunt hoitt nt itt for tor the thy name length of ot time 1 when the people ran lIn 1 choose their raid capi capital raidI I tat tal with In tn ii all nil parts ports of at tho I The rhe report leport pays ays Till committee Iho crill t d l luit m a nil ill formed which fault with New Mexico or of Its lie foreign imputation Ion Out Cut of o u II population o lit of New elV hag lutis only foreign n born burn In n ul smaller of o for foreign eign born Jorn than titan moat Mitten Ilia tell of ot tim tha Un Union UnI jon ion jonI I New NI Mexico was wa made u n territory in n 1850 and over fiver since that Hint time th tIa ople of ot that territory I their own legislators mado their own I i laws conducted their own torn local govern government tarot ment anti and contributing revenue to tho th thi i federal treasury Were Vere It not hut that the of lit tt II It IIi i population which urn tun am native horn born but Jut butof butof JutI I of ot Spanish descent lIe have hn VI been hereto heretofore 14 I I I fore torI erroneously referred to ns foreign I It U would be he nn Oil aspersion upon n II patri patriotic otic people even to II refer to their loyal loal loyalty t ty Tile Tho remaining of ot Its 1111 population are of at the same character Hi Hithe tt ll the people of ot Arizona Of ot tiro th alleged of ot prop property property erty In Arizona for tor of or taxa taxation tion which was all warmly dl in III hearing the tho report leport says It lt has haA n it total assessed lIell valuation of taxable property as an R shown by the re ro report report port of ot the secretary of ot the tho Interior of ot but It II Is III I probable that Its ItA property Is returned for tor taxation nt lit a LL comparatively small email stun percentage of ot Its it market value In some Home Instance as os indicated Sn by ly b government retort reports at lit not OVAr 5 i pr JOr cent of 0 Its lis It actual Concerning taxes In New Nell Mexico the report Sll The valuation of ot property I within the Iho territory for tor or the tho year 1903 15 was wu f but Jat It U It I asserted that t for fOI purposes eH of ot taxation property Is not nol returned tit ILl touch much more titan than 20 0 O per cent of lit Its 1111 market t value This Th report r aa nil follows Inasmuch nIl as its Congress hy by the tho or organic ganic ganie net of ot the Territory of ot Oklahoma that nil all a of or the Indian Territory together with what In Is I now n nr county counts should b otto one state stilt and Ind Inasmuch as M tho the present territory of ot Oklahoma has hns for tor or time lImo been hoen Im n 1 for tor JoI which has besil deterred deferred until tho Indian Territory should l he be ready to In Join JollI therewith In statehood In and Inasmuch 1 nil un II Ih CM us H condition end it Ions In III the I he In Indian dian lilt 0 Territory Imperatively I demand dents hd some better form tonn of ot than now no there and en LI B Indian lands will be e allotted In severalty before the time when statehood can gd gt Into tills thIs reports In itt of lit 1 the tho Join Joinder I tier der of ot tho Territory of ur Oklahoma and on I the Indian Territory In one state not I however before March 4 lOOT 1007 such KliCh sui to bt b known ns na II the lie state of ot Okla Oklahoma ho home homa ma maTo To Tp Hint end coil I f end l Ih tl l the tho territories of Arizona and anil New Nell Mexico may III Ill Joined Jollied In one to bo be known ns as the state of ot Arizona thIs thin committee that tho the hill bill do |
