Show Bill BillMA MA MAY Y NOT BE E r CONSIDERED THIS IS LEARNED BY DELEGATIONS DELEGATIONS DELEGATIONS FROM TERRITORIES I Senate Leaders Have Practically Dc De Decided Not to Permit Bill to Pace at This Session Washington Jan 16 Numerous delegations from Now New Mexico and Arl An zone which have como come hero here to press the claims of those terrItories for lor l statehood have havo learned that the tho son sea senI I ate leaders do 10 not Intend to permit I the statehood bill to pass pas at the pres pros cat ent session This Thi decision has been i 1 cached at LL an Informal conference of o the senate leaders It was said that there was wei wa not time limo enough remaining of or this congress to 10 enact tho the necessary legislation State Statehood hood hooch measures Invariably provoke pro prolonged longed discussion An additional rca rea soil IoU adopted by senate leaders against the time Is 18 the tho fact that lInt mem members bers who have havo discussed the qualifications of these territories lifter differ widely Idel as to tho character of or the tie pop population population and Its ability a to carry the theT responsibility T of statehood It ii Is la said that there are re a n number of oC questions to be settled which will bo answered I by tho the coming decennial census and many members of congress therefore urge that statehood be bo delayed until I after aCtor It Has lias been b en taken Many lother other Including Senator ir who has been boon an on advocate of o separate statehood for them theD for a number of jf f years yeats havo pointed porn tell out with some somo force that tho the platforms of both hoth of the great political parties declare for statehood for both territories How over oel there are arc only oryl forty legislative days remaining and nn practically nil all of the th big supply bills arc are yet yot to bo be passed |