New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-17
STATEHOOD FOR NEW.MEXICO.

STATEHOOD FOR NEW-MEXICO
JUDGE PRINCE REooUNTy THF CLAIMS AND QUAIL
yICATIOys OF THE TERRITORY AS HE SEES
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70 the Edftor~or The Tra6rne...soc
Sir: A short time ago, when in an editorial notice
of the bill for the admission of four Territories you
urged certain objections TO the admission OF New
Mexico, felt sorely tempted to write correction
Of some erroneous ideas which are held BY many At
the East that subject and since that time dis
patch from Washington, headed Flank Movement oy
the Mormons' has seemed to make II obligatory for
some one acquainted with the malgned Territory to
state the facts. According to that dispatch IL -
reported In Washington that the greet object OK the
Mormon leaders at present bring New Mexico into
the Union, the request for tho admission OF Utan
be.ne but q feint,s and sthe Mormon element In
Eew-Mexco being already 50 strong as to DO able to
control the affairs Of the Territory Now, as
matter Of fact, tho Mormon population Of New-Mexco
Is so utterly insignificant that ono would think OF
considering II at al in any contest 1t has not an
sppreciable Influence, even in any single county All
of the settlements that there close TO the An
roma line. One Is In tho extreme northwest, In San
Juan County, and there arc two Others one not far
rom the limo of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Ind ono further south. all told they would not con-
ytitute an ordinary village and not OF the sghtess
olitics weight AS to their future growth or power,
Il Is to be remembered that New Mexico is not now
country like idaho Northern Arizona but that for
many years there has been large Spanish population
there-now fully 100 o00-who not only occupy much
Of the arabic land, but from their nationality and re-
gou are strongly opposed to tho peculiar tenets o.
Normon:sm
And this leads me from the consideration OF this
Mormon xcarc-crow TO the more substantial matters
referred to IN your editorial, and whnh arc objections
very rcperaly felt at the East There Is prevalent
Impression that the Mexican population Is lawiess
uninteicent and untitled for sclfgovernmen and that
unless there is preponderancc OF American voters
therc Is danger statehood This idea the result Oh
ignorance OF the true state OF affairs. In inc rs'
place. even II the aMexicanD population was OF the
character indicated. their vote Is so equally avia'u
between tho parties that their power Is ncutralzcd
But It may DO suggested that aftor Statehood they
would all act together and cast solid vote TEis Is
she most unlikely Of things. They are strong paIt-
cans. and between the leading families are intense
teslousies and feelings of unfriendlncss which mako
tther side prefer the election of American to the
success of rival house. But matter Of fact they
constitute the solid and conservative element of tho
population. In this, New Mexico has Immense adj
vantage over any SIMMER Territory. The new popua-
ton, in all Of Thorn, Is to quite extent restless,
shsneeful, and snade up OF the unstabs elements Of
society In tho Of years At least quarter
Of tho American population Of trwn viii ordinarily
change In one that have ia mind-and not q ruln-
lns townthe rcgIstry list showed that sixty por
cent had moved stnce tho preceding election. Tho
eisss that naturally tho surface ia politics
not tho solid population that has como 10 stay,s
eut thc uoisy fellows Who have to what they
fnn mako 81 who have lake In the community In
recent Legislative Assembly, ont Of eight Amor.
esn' members, loft the Territory before the
sion Geseds IN debt spd disgrace, and has 70.
lusnsd; Ard suoksv removed before ths Legislature
eysn eoesnneRced- The pntursi tfaH In = new com
Eanasy aFe intense setfvfsy ohergy. ana entzuias,
- Saso an1ae teclnsssnsss ~ 70 ths ressllts n