| Show SENATE AT PASSES P p N 14 STATEHOOD MUD ST BILL DILL Indian Territory and Oklahoma OI To Conic In iu as One State Ns Nm Mexico as os Another I j p ARIZONA WAS ELIMINATED On Senator tarns Amendment the thc Arizona Strip Comes t III Ii e Umli I 42 I l Vb IlI Fb 7 After a n contin continuous reLon lolI nt 01 0 ulna tho tha nt 4 tonight punned tho the Joint bood bill bitt AH Mi A punned paRd the bill 1111 provides for the admission slon or of the tho of ot o Okla Oklahoma homa ona to be 10 of ot terri tern territory L tory tor and Now Mexico Recording to tho th I with wI I ii Arizona A I ei Tue Jho long on session wan 1 liy IJ many prompt g tho ho nt III t 13 12 t J tho ho f nale proceeded In tu the amendments a men t which w h ich hud teen toon by th committee on nn tern tori I tonIe Hid nd which luid been punned over uvel One Olio of ot tin of ot hw n up Ut wn Willi Ilio tho I IH jim en ii prohibiting bi ti ng the tI wilp MI Ii of uC C CIt It Intoxicating ii g In hut t I IH IK H now III In 1 territory for Cor the tho next ton ten ye r thin HUB 1111 with a 1 lute Into offered hy by Mr Air f 11 lull III Inner 1 which the tho to tn the tho Mute for Cur H II of ot thiu WAH adopted The rue i of or tho I h e dRy cuino the tho committee Mr For Kor I Forc or providing for or u n wp 14 11 c Voto by hy each or of the Hie territories of at d ri mid LI Now New Mexico Id ex ItO on oil tho ho con 1011 conj j III It ullon to ho 10 adopted by hy the thio proposed 1 to of or That t provision PlO V IS hUll hud ecu y been herll made n II pint halt of or a V tho ho lit t hilt hill c when holl Mr 1 11 r Hard I 1 ted his hili h Is amend amendment 3 ment which h iou hind had Imen hellI offered by hy Mr 1 r which for tho the admission of or New Mexico as ns iv II i 4 Muto without the addition of or Arizona amendment to be Jo h the tho point around which nil all the subsequent pro of or revolved It Il wan Willi nt at first adopted by hy tho the close clone voto of or 42 2 to lu 40 O Thin vote Oto sn HK taken while the tile WitS was lIlting Kitting In III oC ot the and was reversed In lU the tho sen nto by the tho do tie voto vota of or 38 to 3 38 tho the derided decided by bys I s 1 vote vole of or 13 1 3 to 10 ia 36 to entirely eliminate a Now Me Mexico ri o and Arizona from tho tim bill t an d this th Is result rosul re ulL L had hardly hard I been heen an 1111 announced when Mr 11 Hard Bard In iii slightly I changed form renewed relic wed hits his proposition Ion for tor the lolI of or New Mexico UK II a a 1 state Mute and this thin the tho Prevailed by hy tho the vote voto of or 40 to 38 2 One of ut o othe the MIH ItH CHRt by Mr In III ot of tho thin bill for fur the tho purpose of nt moving tho the reran recon reconsideration of the tho vote lie Ho witH Willi prompt in III making the tho motion I os s noon nn IIA the tho re ic result ici sult was wan announced hut hilt thu the i I ns laid 1111 1 on tho the table by hy n II vote voto of 33 31 it to 38 The Fun effect ert cl wn WM Was to eliminate Art Ari Arizona n a 1 aI zona from tho bill hili anti and to I f of ot New Mexico another r of ot q Oklahoma Indian territory In ii f form 01 m the tile bill wim vit The detent defeat of or tho t tim 10 Hard In the after It lull lii been heen adopted In lit of or the tho gave lIVe rise to tn todome c dome Incidents I lIel Mr Bailey Intimated that there hiatt been n II train tindo 4 i m regarding r the tho adoption of m tn amend amendment t l mont ment a I portion of ot Arizona to i Utah i u 14 Tho rho Mormon il also o received Ml during tho the lily day While the till I provision for the tite admission L of or t New Mexico wn was under Jell M lion Mr chairman of lit the tho committee on privileges and elections I J IP Announced bin hie opposition to tho the hIlt bill billand I and aini stated It van duo to 10 tho the of ut utI I I In that territory to such an nit tl extent that Hint ho considered It unwise to toI I L take the Ihu administration away awny from tho thit f L j federal f Mr Mr MI and Mr Platt of or tI g p i referred to tho the question of or polygamy t amy my and ani to tho the revelations before tini tho committee The hue bill hili originated In III thu the h boone ami will go to conference t IN t Pelt Keb 7 Under the tha I hI r the thc ecu sen ate entered upon the tho consideration of ot the tho offered to the Joint bill hili Immediately litter lifter con convening nt nl noon tn luy That agreement I provided that the tho entire cloys debute he nt II given to the tho ron of or tho thu to tho the hill bill under the 10 P title rule utah 1111 that a II vote volts shall ho hot u t t ken ii nil all Iho ha t amendment huh s and tint c upon tho the bill itself prior to III it thu tho ad 1111 adjournment iii iiiI I of or the day tiny H II suasion first amendment l pro iro prohibits i i Ii hibits tho ho mile solo of or liquor In the lie Territory for 10 to yours years yell I Mr MI 1 i offered nn nil amendment rm nil a a II substitute for hue tho committee lon tanking Kit I the tho tithe time 21 yearn yeara and extending its 1111 IH it to the entire slate The hue wu M UI debated debate by hy nev sey e elk f erill rini senators Mo MOM rn Ill Ont ant iftiger Stout Ii tOil 11 nd ela ty Mr Stone tono advocated d It 11 n alt mi au Interference with th the stilt anti Mr stilt mid ho Ito would I favor VOl It II If It domestic could be Le b except Mr Teller and Mr III ir Spooner spoke In ii of or the sUbstitute auth 1 lerI Me ni l raker and ami am Mallory against It The WB on the tha ground groom that tho the ted teul an tin Interference with the thi powers of or II a HIlta The substitute won carried by hy a 1 vote volt of ot 66 to tl 20 10 lIters wax us no division on ot porty hines on the thc vote ote MI The text lext of ot the Applying to the tho entire state Klat of ot Okla Ohm Oklahoma homa tiM follows Curt tire stale barter or ci of or Intoxicating within this state M is hereby prohibited for lor n II period of tf 21 years after lifter thu the date of er of or this title state Into the hit Union and thereafter t tier until tho the people of or this otherwise provide 1110 b l of or this constitution In ii tiro lito I no titter prescribed herein Any AllY 4 perron who shall sell lIell II hurter or give unity away any ullY Intoxicating liquors of or fillY any kind Including I ug beer ole anti and III iii wine contrary l to tu the tho pro Inc provisions visions of Ht thin I ha is section Is IA by ed Ill to bo Ito guilty of or a it 1 misdemeanor and tint I upon Ii conviction III hut hereof I ne IIII ourt Juri of or competent Jurisdiction ShiLl be he mu tush ed by II t for COl not itol icse than him 30 hO days dayn nor 1101 moro more than huh lays dayH by lIy a II lino him of or not nol lew limn K rO Q nor 1101 more than hiatt UI O for rm ti mch offense mid 1111 1 haIti U tho thi e of or this I hi is et at Into the tho Union the tho lie provision of Ht thih section be he Immediately I ablo in III the tho courts of or this UV BY lit Then eaton tho ho surprise In III con connection lieu I with Ih I he lie ng Thin This ia ItI 1 ito adoption inn of ur thu tho I ho amendment ITt Out aug BUI by hy Mr Mv for fol forthe forthe folI the he I of or the tie I constitution coast I U mu of til the proponed I stilts of ot to tu the voer voters of lIt tho the Present territory of Ari Arl Arizona nt zona and the territory of ot N New w Mexico sepal Mr 11 hud hind suggested that thai the this committee e in cults i NIU II III bo he h ol upon upun In order to 10 ci perfect IJ the bill when holl Mr Foraker secured recognition to 10 formally fly propeRo lila his it men Flits lint for fur weeks been considered a II ii crucial amendment and till surprise was depleted depicted on nit many facets facet when It win wan to go HO to a n vote vOle without II a from any senator The our sur Irle was WUK no less Ices when the supporters of ot the tha committee tee bill tidied failed to demand n ii division on Oil thu tho vote Mr In III of or the thc huh bill sat HilI In III his hili customary cent tient on the front row now on o a the hi lean side aide but mada madano no sign rite Tho result created n a of or excitement tho thie chamber and when It subsided Mr o on behalf ot or the lie commit committee tee Indicated the he purpose of or accepting several t amendments by Mr III Otto One of these prescribe the lie pro proportion ir portion port ion of or the tho t ho public Ic lands H to 10 bo he de do devoted voted to 10 I tho the of or tim higher In III ot of learning III In tho the proposes proposed state of or Oklahoma Mr amend amendment ment then thell was formally accepted The Tho amendment suggested by hy Mr Long Increasing the tho donation to the Oklahoma agricultural II Ill 1 mechanical en cal college from front acres to acre Was Willi agreed to it Mr AIr Bailey Hallcy spoke In opposition to 0 tho lie union ot of anti ami Indian Terri Torii Territory tory Ho lIu said Hint hut If It Texas had bath slit t population In I iou In I it tho beginning nit i ng It would III In ii nil 1111 ii probe probability bill ty Ito have 10 been heon di divided 11 vided Into litto livit states Mr MI l offered nn art amendment eliminating tho lie In Iii the bill hili requiring the tho ho adoption ot itt a IL constitution constitution tion by h the tho state of ot Oklahoma many of at the tho provisions provision of or which shall bo he ir II irrevocable revocable without the lie consent of ot tho lie United file Tho amendment was agreed to on a it viva visa voce vote ote BAlm Mr Hard then hien proposed an amend amendment ment providing fur for the lie admission lon of ot New Mexico as ns a n state In accordance with Its present Iro ent boundaries s the tho effect being to 0 eliminate Arizona as a II part I of ot tim tho proposed state The amendment was VILS wa In III the language ot of the tho amendment formerly suggested by Mr 1111 Patterson was vao offered as nil a fl substitute for th thu III In the tho bill admitting Arizona and 1111 1 Now New Mexico as ass one state ilIa to Tho Tue reading of or tho the amendment con comi consumed slimed much time limo and alit an was VilA followed with Interest UN tin It wits was realized that It probably would the tho that Hist test vote Mr Hard Bari explained the time provisions of nf the tho amendment and n it number of ot sea pen atom for tor or against ln t It tho ho senators speaking for tor tho he amendment Among were 1 Morgan and tutu among hose tholO opposed Hopkins unit and A AMr Mr Spooner declared that hint It Il wits was hue to 0 compare New Mexico with the tho html Inal states They did thu not Jot come comae Into tito the tho lie Union i they mode the lie Union New Mexico Is IH Her not nol lit nt to I como come Into lute the union mineral ru B are nrc 11 a ii bagatelle her Is agriculture a IL trifle her population tint nol HUdi an nn to justify Mr III Elkins replying wild Mid ho had hiatt lived In Itt Now Nely Mexico tI for many years and know tho the people to tt be lie In every way WilY worthy of or statehood Ho Ito sold the lie Democratic party was ns keeping ltd its pledges by supporting statehood for New Nev Mexico Mox leo while were w re violating a n pledge three times hues Mr III oppose the tho amend amendment ment the tho lie opinion lint Hint th t th le could never bo lIo n II general civilization without rain I 1 have observed he said lIalI that lint mud and civilization go to 10 0 guther gother Mr l spoke for separate Mate tae hoot hood for Now Mexico 1 IX us nil did lit Mr 11 Teller feller defended the people of New Ni Mexico saying tint they tho compared bly with the tho lie rural In III other sections Mr rind find Mr III Clark of or Mon Montana lana tana nail supported lit amendment Mr Burrows announced announce his hili opposition opposition tion to the of or New N w Mexico n 1 bit based blUell nod his hili antagonism on the tho revo revolutions concerning which have hare been toads made In Imi the Ih lie ease case of or Sen Senor tor Smoot before the Ii committee on o privilege lege of ot which ln his Is chairman I cannot vote voto for tor the ad III at million of ot New NIli Mexico ho lie mid Hald I be cRuise e to take It out nut of oC till the Jurisdiction Jurl of ot the HIP United States find to II lift It U Into would b 11 be to tu remove the tho he probability of nr to justice hose who tire are violating tho ho law mu The bill no us It II stands he lie wild MitI 1 1 recognizes th the tue of ot the he crime of ot p py ply y rainy In New Nell Mexico by b prohibiting Its lis practise Admitting that wh when h n It be he a II sovereign state shuts It II may ma remove the restriction and sn nullify It II This h lie he us its fate fare see to fare fatu with a 1 condition should alarm the lie roun coon f not the senators objection lIon liP an anliS IU ph with wih Ju just jUl t as AI much force fore to the he ad All admission mission of ot a II state stat rom 1 of ot the two 1110 wo territories of or Arizona and New e as III to this the of or New Mexico alone ticket Mr 1111 II e Mr 11 admitted 11 It I 1 that It II did 11 1 I will vote against the ad lid admission admIssion mission of New Mexico or against Its admission coupled with Arizona The rite condition with reference to poly Rainy ln U Its I much worse vorse In tn Arizona than In III ev Mexico and the conditions In hI both bolh ore are such Buch as to restrain me moo from froni voting for tIr either cither Today polygamy exists In InN I I New N cw Mexico It H hits has been buemi declared to be lIe Ii the Ih breeding ground of or that practise I 1 am turn In possession of or Information con colt concerning tim HID condition coalitions In that hat territory which Is la absolutely startling 1 cannot now flow enter eaten Into Inlo but hut I do 4 want to rail attention to the tho conditions Silt and 11 I Ilia say that III In my lilY Judgment i it would be ht a u fald to admit cither olther or both bolh territories hail and I 1 the tho lh country at III no time would rue iUs the tho step If it taken Neither terri tern territory t tory lury should be he admitted Until till lii abomination IN lit wiped wi pod out Mr Ir who Is s also a II member of ot o othe the committee on ott privilege and elec elections lone lIon spoke for the of or Nov New Mexico saying that thiat the revelations con ron polygamy made In the Smoot mool moo ca ease ouo o hOve have been hren so startling sPirIting that hint the na tnt government will lake take control of or o the lie question of ot polygamy In the he states HS HI well as All In to the he territories Mr also spoke ot of the rove rele before the Ih committee anti an ix X Pressed the that opinion that In lii view of ot o them thom fur more effective strictures than lint are arc now univ In Iii force forI against polygamy are oro necessary He opposed tl separate statehood for Now Mexico Mr of 01 Connecticut l there liters won WAil no doubt about the thc lie power lower of or Con on gross gress to In restrict polygamy nn tilt tin mm which li Is I he tail paid 1111 so Pt I Inimical I to 10 C our ClOt A ani The fIle vote on tho the amendment for thu separate lolI of or Now Nell Mexico was War then taken and It II was carried 12 u to 40 O OI t I It ann nH H evident from Iho the outset et that hint the Ihl hI I oti n to would bo he i close clone elo e and l the lie t progress wan ears followed with deep interest l Fol lowing Ia uv lug Is the I hi a vote oe In III detail tieta Ii f elIs liter Hulley Hard Ilard hit te Berry Herry rn runt ik in ik of or Montana a ii a Clay hit y I bernon Daniel Dubols r Koster 1 ester of or I lot man it git 1 ri I II II Iller her ber Mallory Martin ii rt I it Money MOlley Morgan mm I a Peti Jerie Perkins Iris Stone Teller Total 12 Nays Allen Hall II I I II Ill rh II it II nione Clapp ii lh I of nt Wyoming I arke mihe of sif Arkans A 11 I ii I haiti Dick Dietrich 1 lii I ii g ham haiti Doll Iver r |
