Show OPPOSES STATEHOOD FOR THE territories congressman grosvenor admits his opposition is on political grounds washington may 8 at the opening of abo session of the house today the speaker announced the appointment of mr of mass as a member of the committee on appropriations to fill tho vacancy caused by the retirement of secretary of the navy moody without preliminary the house proceeded with alio consideration of the omnibus statehood bill under an agreement that general debate should close today at 3 mr moon of tennessee the ranking minority member of the committee on territories the first speaker today earnestly urged the passage of the bill arguing that the admission of three territories ri tories to would bo only an net of simple to the people re biding therein the constitutional right of admission ho contended existed in each case mr grosvenor of ohio opposed the measure he said the weak point in the bill was thatis was aji omnibus measure the claim of each territory to adah ii n lio argued b considered in effect he declared this was a logrolling log rolling proposition when alie lanin lloldi ml said this was not a political measure lie declared he was contradicting all the facts of history from alie time of the admission of kentucky he said political considerations had governed in the admission of states no one he said coald deny that nevada was admitted for purely political purposes did not the lle publican platform of 1000 declare in favor of the admission of alie territories asked mr stephens of texas yes replied mr grosvenor Oros venor but I 1 venture to say that hardly a score of men on the floor of the philadelphia convention knew that mr quigg had smuggled it into the platform was it smuggled into the platform of 1896 T asked mr knox 1 I will come to that responded mr grosvenor mr avowed that ho had voted for tho admission of the dakotas for the same reason that the democrats 1 had opposed it became it would f strengthen the republican party why does alic gentleman assume that the three territories would make democratic states t asked sir thayer of massachusetts arc not two of the thre delegates republicans and would not their admission place four republicans in the sen ahei atei the gentleman ia a democrat replied sir grosvenor docs he say his district is democratic laughter the people of the district are pretty well content retorted air thayer then they are easily satisfied renewed laughter lie was willing lie said to vote for the admission of oklahoma although he thought she would elect two democratic senators and two democratic representatives ta tives but he was not willing to admit now mexico and arizona which ho thought were not yet fitted for statehood if the pending bill became a law it would admit six senators to a legislative body of 00 and only four representatives to a body of should new mexico and arizona he akad be given power in the senate equal to that of new york or pennsylvanian at the conclusion of mr remarks the bill was temporarily laid aside to permit mr dayton of west virginia to ask unanimous to offer a resolution regarding the death of admiral sampson and providing that a committee of seven members be appoint ed to join the committee appointed on the part of the senate to attend the funeral of the deceased there was no objection and the resolution was passed ahe speaker appointed alie following committee jessra dayton payne grosvenor watson hooker and bartlett Uart lett the debate on the bill was then resumed sir smith delegate from arizona replied to mr grosvenor who he said preserved his consistency by being always wrong mr smith spoke of the growth and population of the territory |