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Show 1880 without a vote, it was easy for him to undertake. When any menber of congress had some pet measure Mr. Andrews would go = of his way to secure for that member the aid of his powerful ae § in congress from the state of Pennsylvania. In this way the elegate brought to his assistance and ardent support, when the Ke came for him to ask for reciprocity, many members who helpe ‘‘just because Andrews asked them.’’ His close connection with Senators Quay and Penrose supplied him with an nie ing that was valuable in the extreme. Senator from Pennsylvania.’’ ber, na 1909, when He was known the 61st congress had been elected from New met, during Mexico 17, 1910, the so-called was passed by the house was received ‘in the Hamilton of representatives senate the Thir following which time Mr. An- on the statehood issue, he labored in season and out for the passage January as the From December, 1905, until Decem- of a statehood bill. Bill—H. without day and On R. Pe opposition. referred It to ue committee on territories, of which Senator Beveridge was the ehaare man,*** a pronounced foe of New Mexico, whose plotting and 10(House Bill No. 4). At his request, Senator Penrose presented the <ail] in the senate on December 9th (Senate 1484). It was on this house otieally the hearing was held on January 29, 1908, referred to elsewhere. dun ace same bill was re-introduced at the beginning of the short session 0 niet gress, December 8, 1908; as that was the time when action. had been weet bivened year before by certain officials in Washington; but, as usual, that prom out to be only a subterfuge for delay. ee ; the ‘On rae 3, 1909, Hon. E. L. of Michigan, house committee, who deserves a warm Hamilton, spot in the heart of everyhe a oe Bill of his constant friendliness the territory, Se cico and one No. 27607 of the 60th congress, being an to enabling act for New : ex erations. for Arizona, on account combined in one bill, but entirely separate in t se api for This was the conclusion of the house committee on the subject or aia greatel the territories, after various hearings and full consideration during art of two sessions.’ vi age P 488 Prince, L. Bradford, Struggle for Statehood, Santa Fé, N. M., ae of 122: ‘‘It was well known that Senator Beveridge had in os official provisions varying from those in the Hamilton bill, and his 1 ea Dillingham shape in a bill introduced in the senate on January 31, by Beam pill, known 38 (for Mr. Beveridge) who was Senate 5916, immediately ‘“Thanks was that of absent from Washington. This pill and was had exactly the same title as that of the Hamilton ’ referred to the same committee. sannt annus which to strong influences outside of congress, sigan in te repubPresident Taft, who insisted that the pledge oo the territories; lican national platform should be fulfilled ‘by the admission ti + New Mexico there was now little outspoken oppcsition to statehood for - “ it, was in or Arizona; and the senate committee, having both bills be: ieaine that of position to February settle all details. Various hearings were 18th, referred to in another chapter, and the held, i e gave care ul committe TO 1912 o79 triguing finally availed him nothi ng, for he was outgeneraled by the delegate from New Mexico. Senator Aldrich, at the time the greatest force in the Senate, at heart was opposed to New Mexico and Arizona and did not propose to let any bill pass which would admit either of the two remaining territ ories to statehood. He, too, was no match for Delegate Andrews in political maneuvering. ‘‘For three months,”’ says L. Bradford Prince,**® ‘‘the statehood bill remained on the calendar of the senate, and until June 15th there was always a doubt as to the final result. As time passed congress became restless at the lengt h of the Session, and the members expressed great anxiety for an adjournment not later than Saturday, June 18th. Several times the hood bill had been postponed in order consideration of the stateto allow other measures of national importance to be taken up, and the last of these was what was known as the conservation bill. While the action of the committee on territories appeared to be in good faith, yet there were lie who were suspicious of its real desire for the passage of the bill. “At length, on June 15th, at half past five in the afternoon, the conservation bill was passed; the state announced, and as the hour was late, hood bill was immediately by general agreement it was made ‘unfinished business,’ which would bring it up at two p. m. on every day until finally disposed of; and the senate then adjourned. ‘On the Succeeding day at exactly two o’clock Vice-President Sherman laid the statehood bill before order. Senator Beveridge as chair the senate as the subject then man of the committee on territories, explained the proposed amen dments embodied in the senate bill. The most important was that which required the statehood elections in Arizona to be held under the territorial law as it exIsted before the disfranchising statute of the last legislature; others related to the donations of public lands, to the payment of territorial and local debts, ete. ‘He was followed by Senators Frazie r, Nelson, Hughes, and Smoot. All were in favor of Statehood, but the democ ratic preferred the Hamilton attention or House Bill. senators Senator Frazier, speaking to the subject until March 14th, when Mr. Beveridge made a report, as its basis, but striking out all of that Substituting the Beveridge bill with a few slight amendments. '8 Teport put the bill on the calendar as No. 388, and brought the matter Squarely before the senate. ’’ : *89L. Bradford Prince, Strugg le for Statehood, Santa Fé, N. M., 1910, pp. a#-5. “Tt ig well known that Senator Aldric h and his friends were of the Confirmed Opinion that the house would not coneur. The distinguished gentlehad man he fromHOE Rhode Island Mey aheat neverhoushave permitted the bill to proceed thus anes would that the far e would not follow the senate. Delegate ndrews outwitted him.’’ sing the Hamilton pill (H. R. 18166) bill and ee aes eae “ HISTORY Pen MEXICAN PEPE PES ara vi _e S OF NEW IP. 52 ee, | Te om) 7 > * e * fa neers ae ea Pry Pa rs FACTS PE Sr EP ane te ere a Pel Ce a oe 4 ee+ ee eeeeaoeete LEADING hehe 578 |