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Statehood fight ends. Oklahoma to be a state
Washington notes from Feb 26 1903 report the Senate abandons Statehood legislation after a compromise plan to admit Oklahoma as one state with Indian Territory to be added later, and Arizona and New Mexico as another. The piece covers labor, tariff, and philippine measures, plus White House restoration and Navy affairs.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Quay
Aldrich
Spooner
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
Iowa
Dolliver
Judiciary Committee
Islands
Taft
Root
Lodge
Philippines
House
Morgan
Ford
Alabama
Cullom
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Mount Vernon
New York
William Barey Sanger
Great Britain
Switzerland
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fairbanks
Indiana
Donald McLean