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Show OMNIBUS STATEHOOD BILL. Contest Over the Subject Began Upon the Meeting of Con- gress Waehlneten, Dec 1 -The contest oter tho omnibus htatehud bl 1 began upon tho meeting of Congreas Aa soon aa the Senate adjourned there wis a conference In Senator llnles t immlttee room at-tindedb at-tindedb senators MUaon Alilrlcli Hale Piatt (Conn ), Cullom Lolge llanna and Ueterld8e, tho latter chairman of the Committee on Territories These genlle-ment genlle-ment rcpreeenteel the Hepubllcana who are uppoaed to the omnibus bill admitting Oklahoma -New Mrxlin and Arlsol a and it la understood tutor a bill admitting Oklahoma Ok-lahoma only The principal part of the dlscuaslon waa on the forthcoming leport of the Cim-inttteo Cim-inttteo on Territories Senator Iletetldge briefly outlined the main fi mires of thi irospectlto report ftoni w lib n II was gathered thnt the muj irllt will be strongl sdterao to the a (mission if either Arlzom e,r .New M(l o The Hemtors at the tonferetice expr, .aid the opinion that If the conditions wu, si 11 us shown h the testimnns features ot which were glten b Senntor Meteridge then It woull he unwlto tn admit either New Mexico or Ails., 11,1 Xhe a Imls.lon if Oklahoma and Indian lerrTiors foiui I considerable fit or, though no conclusion w is reaihed I he Kepttblkuns who are making the light for the omnibus bill are under the leinlerslitp of Henat i-s (Jtias and lllklns lies elulnieil llfteen Itiitbllcan pledgee to lhal bill, whleh with the Demoirals would Klto the omnibus bill Hepubllcana opposed lo tlio 'lerrltunl Sllltehnod 1)111 think that certain faiornhle. remarks hate leen taken for pledRea ind that when the tete Is token a nnj rltv cannot be mustered mus-tered to admit three new Mates at this session It la probibla thit a Republican caucus on the subject will be held |