NEW STATES.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
WASHINGTON, January 26
The House of Representatives, by 194 to 150, adopted the Bill admitting Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma as three new States of the Union.
[The United States consists of forty-five States and seven Territories, apart from the jurisdiction it exercises in the West Indies, Philippines, Pacific, etc. The difference between a State and a Territory is in its local government. The Acts of a territorial legislature may be modified or annulled by Federal statutes, the Governor is apopinted by the President and not elected by the people, as in aH States, and the President appoints the chief secretaries, officials, ana Judges. For a territory to become a State an Act of Congress is necessary.]
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Evening Star, Issue 12722, 27 January 1906, Page 5
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