The Edmond Sun (Edmond, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1905 Page: 3 of 16
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TO CONFERENCE
SENATE HAS FINALLY AGREED
TO ALLOW THE STATEHOOD
BILL TO BE CONSIDERED
OUTCOME IS EXCEEDINGLY DOUBTFUL YET
Every Effort Will be Made by the
Friends of the Territory to Have
the Two Houses Agree—Some
Trouble Is Expected
WASHINGTON: The statehoo.t
bill was sent to conference by the
senate soon after that body convened
on Saturday. Mr. Morgan, whose ob-
jections to a conference held up the
bill, finally yielded.
In the few minutes allowed for leg-
islation before the beginning of the
Swayne impeachment trial, the sen-
ate made amends for delay in the
matter of the appointment of con
ferees on joint statehood and the
Panaman canal government bills.
Senator Morgan made no further op
position to the announcement of
conferees on the statehood bill, and
while he declined to serve on the
Panama canal conference, he did not
seek to postpone action on the re
quest of the house for a conference.
Immediately after the convening of
the senate on Saturday the president
pro tem announced the appointment
of Senator Kittredge, Senator Millard
and Senator Morgan as conferees on
the canal bill. Senator Morgan de-
clined to serve, saying his position on
the house provision regarding the
canal commissioners was such that
he could not undertake to represent
the position of the state. He was
excused from serving, and Senator
Gorman was appointed in his stead.
't he statehood bill being laid before
the senate, Mr. Morgan said:
"Yesterday I took the floor under
embarrassing circumstances. I had
supposed that those who opposed the
house bill were to continue their op-
position at this time, but I had not
been speaking long when I found
myself in semi-antagonism to my
friends. I had expressed my views
on the constitutional features of the
bill when it was before the senate,
but had not had an opportunity to
discuss Its suffrage features. I am
anxious to express my views on that
. point, and, having done so, I shall
not proceed further."
Senator Morgan had scarcely ceased
Speaking when the appointment of
the conferees on the statehood bill
was announced. The committee in
eludes Senator Beveridge, Senator,
Nelson and Senator Bate.
It is expected that the first meet-
ing of the conference committees will
necessarily extend far beyond the or-
dinary gatherings of conferees. So
many differences are to be harmon-
ized that the conference will be held
continually between members of the
senate and house until some agree
ment is reached, or until it is dem-
onstrated that no agreement can be
hoped for. Senator Beveridge said
the conferees would earnestly en
deavor to get the two houses to
gether, but he could promise no more.
The house factions have given notice
(hat. the one state idea, that is, the
admission of Oklahoma and Indian
Territorypalone, is not to be thought
of. As the matter stands now the
Foraker amendment is looked upon
a3 the only possible basis of compro-
mise. That would admit Oklahoma
and Indian Territory, and give to
each New Mexico and Arizona the
right to accept or reject the propo-
sition of joint statehood.
There are opponents in both houses
to this plan, and the outcome is ex-
ceedingly uncetrain.
will be an extra session of congre-s.
This was made as certain as any-
thing could be, by a conference whieb
lasted all theafternoon and until 10:30
Sunday night.
A definite program has been
agreed upon by the statehood forces,
which is thus outlined:
First, the senate proposes to re-
cede from all its amendments to the
house statehood bill and then have
the conferees of the two houses pre-
pare an Oklahoma and Indian Terri-
tory amendment. The chances are
according to the best information and
intimations at the conference, that
this can pass the senate. It will then
go to the house and if the house re
fuses to accept it. no more appro
priatinn bills, of which there are thir-
teen still pending, will be allowed to
pass.
There will be a filibuster which
will hold up every appropriation bill
and this will necessitate the calling
of a special session.
These assertions were made just
after the conference adjourned, on
the highest authority, by one who
was present during the entire confer
ence. It is a determined plan to force
legislation at this session, leaving
the only alternative the failure of
the appropriation bills and the calling
of an extra session.
ATTORNEY IS HOPELESSLY INSANE
AND RAYMOND CASE IS POSTPONED
CHICAGO: Leslie C. Fuller, an
assistant attorney to the department
of justice in Washington, Was de-
tained at a police station in this city
and sent to the detention hospital for
the insane until his friends are able
to make arrangements for his care.
Mr. Fuller came to Chicago a few
days ago and registered at the Audi-
torium hotel. At 1 o'clock one morn-
ing he left his hotel and an hour
later attempted to arrest a man
named John Sherlock. Fuller said
he was a policeman, and claimed
Sherlock was violating the law. Sher-
lock thought Fuller was a highway-
man, and the two were having a des-
perate struggle when an officer took
Fuller to the station. A physician
who examined Fuller said he was in-
sane. Fuller refuses to talk to any-
body in Chicago, and persistently
calls for Attorney General Moody and
other well known Washington people.
MUSKOGEE: The question of the
] sanity of Leslie C. Fuller, who began
| the investigation of the charges filed
against Judge Raymond, has been
settled by the following telegram
from C. B. Waite to J. Blair Shoen-
felt: "Fuller under arrest. Adjudged
to be Insane. Department of justice
has men here investigating."
Mr. Waite is the stenographer who
accompanied Fuller when he left
here. The telegram was sent from
the Auditorium hotel in Chicago.
The Muskogee Evening Times pub-
lished a special telegram from
Washington, in which it was stated
that the department of justice has
wired instructions to this place to
the effect that the department was
aware of the condition of Fuller. It
was also stated that it would not be
necessary for Judge Raymond to go
to Washington, as the investigation
will be indefinitely postponed. Judge
Raymond had left here for Washing-
ton before the above information was
received. It is supposed that the
judge will lay his case before the de-
partment. It is said that Judge Ray-
mond will ask that a man be sent
here to make a thorough investiga-
tion of the charges made against him.
BAILEY CONTROLS
Texan Tacks Statehood Amendment
on Appropriation Bill
WASHINGTON: Senator Bailey
sprung a statehood sensation in the
senate, when he offered as an amend-
ment to the Indian appropriation bill,
that portion of the statehood bill re
lating to Oklahoma and Indian Terri-
tory. This cleaTly indicates the de-
termination to force the Issue of state
hood, and there will be no more dodg-
ing and evasion. As a rider to the
Indian appropriation bill the state-
hood amendment, if it pasfcs the sen
ate, will put it before Speaker Cannon
and the house leaders, where they
will be compelled to show their hands.
Furthermore, as Arizona and New
Mexico are not included in the amend
ment, there can be no excuse offered
for failing to accept the amendment,
other than a clear-cut refusal to
grant statehood to Oklahoma and In-
dian Territory. The amendment is a
part of a planned campaign. It will
probably not be insisted upon in case
the conferees agree, but if the com-
mittee fails to reach an agreement,
Senator Bailey will press his amend
ment and the indications are that it
will be adopted by the senate.
At the first meeting of the confer-
ence committee, it is not at all prob-
able that an agreement will be re-
ported. Neither of the opposing fac-
tions have so far shown any dispo-
sition to make concessions. Certain
information which we are not at
liberty to divulge, however, occasions
belief that in the event the conferees
fail to agree, an unlooked for surprise
may be sprung that will put a new
and favorable complexion on the sit-
uation, probably resulting in the ad
mission of Oklahoma and Indian Ter-
ritory as a state without reference to
the other territories. In the langauage
of the informant, "There's a hen on.
When the house leaders learned of
Senator Bailey's amendment to the
Indian appropriation bill, they were
inclined to hostile criticism, and de-
clared they would not stand for such
a rider. Senator Bailey stated that It
was not intended to em harass the
conference in any way, but simply to
provide for statehood for Oklahoma
and Indian Territory in case no agree-
ment could be reached.
ONEMORETOJAPS
JAPANESE, IN A DESPERATE
BATTLE, HAVE FORCED THE
RUSSIANS TO RETREAT
MIKADO'S ARMIES ARE DETERMINED
READY FOR THE INAUGURAL
A New Campaign Opened With the
Usual Result—From Reports, There
Seems to Have Been a Sure-Enough
Battle
ST. PETEF5BURG: A dispatch
from Sachetun, dated February 24,
says:
"The Japanese, in superior num-
bers, forced the Russian detachment
at Tsinkhetchen to abandon their
base at Beresneff hill. The battle
has been desperate on both sides."
ST. PETERSBURG: General Kuro-
patkin, in a dispatch dated February
23, sends a report that twenty Japan-
ese torpedo boats and a large war-
ship are on their way to Vladivos-
tok.
A telegram from Huan Mountain,
bearing a recent date, says:
"The Russian reconnaissance In
force in the Tsin Khetchen district
compelled the Japanese to bring nine
battallions and twelve guns into ac-
tion. The gradual advance of the
Japanese in that district continues,
causing outposts to withdraw the
fighting to their main positions.
'On February 22 we had two offi-
cers and sixty-two men wounded."
Committee Has Perfected All Plans
For the Event
WASHINGTON: With the Inaugur-
ation of President Roosevelt so close
the members of the inaugural com-
mittee have ceased to plan and are
awaiting what they hope will be a
successful culmination of their labors.
An unusually large attendance of
inaugural visitors is expected. The
parade will include many unique and
interesting features. The fireworks
display will be elaborate, and the in-
augural ball room will be handsomely
decorated. The entire pension bureau
building has been placed in the hands
of the inaugural ball committee, and
the work of decorating the great
court of the structure is already under
way. The top balcony of the build-
ing has been banked with ever-
greens, and blue draperies have been
hung on the upper floors. The em-
ployees of the bureau, except the few
•needed to attend to the mail have
been excused until after the inaugur-
ation. Major Sylvester, superinten-
dent of police, has issued his general
instructions. Among other things he
ordered that the entire route of the
parade be roped in and cleared of
vehicles at 8:30 a. m. on March 4.
There will be 450 special policemen
sworn in to supplement the regular
foroe. A batallion of district na-
tional guards will be posted near the
inaugural stand.
Durant has organized a canning
factory. The factory is to cost ?5,000
and will be completed in time to han-
dle thV yenrs crop.
WASHINGTON: Unless there is I When the weakness of a friend be-
statehood legislation for Oklahoma comes apparent avoid applying to it
and Indian Territory this week, there l*he magnifying glass.
ST. PETERSBURG: Official dis-
patches given out dispose of the ru-
mor of General Kuropatkin's retire-
ment from the Shakhe, but taken in
connection with the Associated Press
the Sinketchen dispatches show that
operations of an important nature arc
in progress in the mountain region to
the eastward.
The movement was precipitated by
the Russians, who last week sent out
two divisions and occupied well ad
vanced positions. The Japanese at-
tacked these positions in force. The
Russians retired slowly, fighting and
were driven within their fortified line.
The latest dispatches prophesied
heavy fighting on Friday. The war
office attaches much importance to
the blowing up of the British South-
ern of Hal Cheng, and hopes it will
interrupt the transportation north of
Port Arthur munitions for some time
at. this critical stage of affairs.
Cotton GrowerB Organize
GUTHRIE: The cotton growers
of Oklahoma organized here by elect-
ing C. H. Ownby of Rossville presi-
dent, Roy Hayes of Goodnight vice
president, and I. B. Irwin of Still-
water secretary-treasurer. The plans
were Indorsed to secure a 25 per cent
reduction of the cotton acreage and
a corresponding reduction of fertil-
izers, and also the plant to retire
fro mthe market a sufficient amount
of this year's crop, to be blended with
the crop of next year, to the end that
the law of supply and demand will
make the export price for middling
cottton a minimum of 10 cents per
pound.
Quarantine Law No Good
WASHINGTON: The Interior de-
partment has decided that the act of
the Oklahoma legislature extending
the stock quarantine act of the terri-
tory so as to include the Osage In-
dian reservation was in evcoss of the
powers conferred by congress and
was inoperative with in the Osage
reservation. The department will
open bids Thursday tor grazing land
I leases on the Osage reservation.
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