Telegram from T.H. Marlin of the Indian Territory to Joe Cannon, March 13, 1906
Since the House bundled New Mexico and Arizona statehood with Oklahoma statehood, the bill proved very immensely controversial. Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon (R-IL) pushed the contentious bill through the House. The Senate, however, amended the bill to omit New Mexico and Arizona statehood. Cannon, despite "an avalanche of telegrams" from the residents of the Oklahoma and Indian Territories remained determined to resist the Senate's amendments.
RG 233, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives
