| Show STATEHOOD IS YET IN DOUBT DOUB Sentiment for Admission of New Mexico 1 and Arizona Is Strong in Both Houses Bi But But Still May Fail of Success POWERFUL SENATORS ARE STRONGLY AGAINST I IT Senators Beveridge and Aldrich Declare That the Mining Interests In Ir Interests In- In Would Control Both Bot States and They Object THE PRESIDENT FAVORS I If IT ITH ITO ITe O e f H 4 H 4 4 O 0 f f 4 Washington lon Tel Fel 7 i 7 A i poll oll of oC off f ff i f both branches s of rc I shows shout f ff I Iun f un almost sentiment f ff I f 4 In or favor of oC immediate f for foe the of New Mexico f 9 and Arizona Of or the tuo o 4 senator sixty K CH CIl expressed f ff I f 4 es themselves cs ch-cs as us Irons dot of f I. I for the lull hill f ff f i- i Throe 1 arc ure t tc eu ure UlC nonI non- non f ff 1 f I- I committal In the thc poll Joll b lug lugI f 4 I- I mach hiring t t I end of the thc eck k 4 f js fifteen members cre found Cound ah- ah f fF ff 1 f p. p hont from rein their seats scats unit com com- f I j jf ji i F f rooms In ll the house Hou- out f I of r JU me are on f ff I I f record rord ns as nor HK the admission lon f 1 4 of oC both both The Th mali lIum number cr of oC off 1 f I II If Ii i f four foul nrc edl dl t nil ml- I 4 I f ms lon fort one forty one are non com 1 i 4 j f initial four n members 1 4 could not be been cn 4 4 4 4 4 f H f t 4 H 4 i f 4 COn O C OOn On February 1 the of or Representatives Rep Rep- will m pus the bill e Hamilton I ch chairman of or the committee on territories terr said so 80 to- to night Speaker Cannon will wm interpose no 0 objection Neither will his aides aide The he bill bUl will go through the House under uder a 0 suspension of ot tho the rules lulos Buthen But nut when hen It reaches raches the Senate according will have to Senator Beveridge It opposition op op- position To be P passed the bill must mut go on the calendar hout dissent resident President Roosevelt velt and antI President President- elect Taft ran are oro to have the measure ensure succeed f at this conGro congress s. s Tho The resident President has hos brought great influence to boar bear on members of oC both branches brt but it without tt fJ T S tr t v- v tm v nt n of or the territories I is qualified for tor statehood state state- hood Od Th The The- Thea acquirement a of four tour more moio senators taken from a n population si o 1 as os that of ot the he territories he i would be disastrous Both Senators Beveridge e and Aidrich Aid Aid- rich ch declare that if It the tho t territories arcI are arc admitted d the mining Interests would woul dominate the politics of ot both states I Senate Senar Senator Senator Sena Sena- In I a speech ch made in tn the I tor r Beveridge attacked the territorial Corporations rich and antI powerful and amI which pa pay little or no taxes He lIe cited the IC United Verde Vede company compan as 08 one clarIng tv ot at It was worth v.-orth to he said S And An yet et 1 It pays pas taxes on less leEs than tha 1 ono Th The Tho Cooper Queen mine wl with Ith h Its associated properties is worth and so on It Is also common common com corn mon on report that the Congress Congre gold goM goldmine mine Inc Is worth at a low estimate yet ct the Congress mine Is ts sved ed for tor ta tn a af at only For several years last past the bullion tuba production of Arizona has al almoSt almost alost al- al return of most ost the entire tax the e territory Lost Last year ear tho the bullion production of Arizona including copper copper cop cop- amounted to o per r and other metals I about 43 That was almost as I much as the entire tax return which was as put out at about 48 In the entire tire tax returns of Arizona all t the property II in tho the whole ei was vas ag put It in at only about It Is said paid on reliable authority that Arizona Lizona poses s s s. s subject to taxation more ore than worth of prop- prop l on In e flight STATEHOOD IS YET IN DOUBT Continued from Page Pago Our Ono I crt orty erty and yet ct returns less than GO- GO worth on the tax list The railroads aro arc worth about I and are returned for tor less than In New Mexico at a moderate valuation the property of the territory toni terri tory has haa been calculated to be of or a avalue avalue avalue value of yet t are or 01 the tho tax list The railroads of Now New cv Mexico are arc valued by tho the secretary sec sec- rotary of ot the tho Interior at but are arc on the tax rolls roUs at With Arizona and New Mexico Into statehood all continental America would be represented In tho the Senate Senata Alaska only would remain outside |
