Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-15
THE STATE QUESTION
A Senate Committee to Prepare a
Memorial to Con-
gress.
Cutting the Clerks Fees-Agrcultural
CoIlege-Two School Bills
in the House.
SENATE.
MONDAYS AFTERNOON SESSION.


president affixed his signature TO the
same.
Mr.. Dolan also favorably reported G. b.
No. %, can act to amend an act relating
to fences in Lincoln county"
THE STATEHOOD MATTER.
Mr.. Catron presented and had read the
preamble and resolutions adopted at the
territorial statehood convention, held in
Santa Fe on the 18th instant, and asked
that the same be referred to a special COM
mittee of five, with instructions that the
committee prepare at once memorial to
be forwarded to congress urging that
body to pass Immediately an enabling act
for New Mexico's admission as state.
The president appointed as such com
mittee.. Messrs. Catron, of Santa Fe (; Rodey,
of Bernaillo; King, of Grant; Fort and
Prichard, of San Miguel.
Mr.. Catron also offered q resolution pro-
viding that 800 copies of the preamble and
resolutions he printed in English and
Spanish, which was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Prichard, OF the coun-
Gil committee to confer with the house
committee on G. 3. No. 81, relating to the
payment OF certain contingent expenses
OF the present session, the council receded
from its amendment to the bill.
G.. B. No. 6. relating to practice in
criminal cases, was read third time and
again referred.
C.B. No. 7, relating to similar subject,
was placed upon its third reading and
passed.
C. b. No. 10, relating to filing OF infor-
nations by prosecuting officers, prohibit
ing the same, was also passed.
DEEP WATER HARBoR.
The following special message from the
governor was read and referred to the
committee on territorial affairs:
To the Legislative Assembly OF the Territory OF
New Mexico:
Gentlemen of the Assembly: have
the honor to transmit herewith COM
munication from the Hon. w. w. Griffin,
chairman of the territorial committee in
stituted in cooperation with the move
ment for the creation Of q deep water har-
Dor on the northwest coast OF the Gulf of
Mexico.
This movement is of vast consequence
to New Mexico, whose people, with all
their interests, will reap greater benefit
than any others not situate upon the gulf
coast, from the successful agitation OF that
enterprise.
Whatever may be said of the propriety
OF distributing the proceeds of national
taxation for the improvement or creation
of navigable rivers and harbors, there can
be no question as to the entire propriety
and constitutionality of the devotion Of
the necessary amount of the public rev.
enues to this project-immediately upon
the sea coast and essential to the CONNER
cial and industrial prosperity of so many
of the states and territories OF the union.
The great area of the public lands now
lies upon the western rim of the Missis-
sippi valley, in the valleys and on the
plains of the eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains. A great tide of people in
search of new homes has been for many
years pouring over this vast stretch of
practically unoccupied country, till pros
porous and powerful communities have
taken the place of the Indian, and the
buffalo has become Renaissance in the
presence of the herdman's ranch and the
farmers bountiful fields.
But with the development of surplus
of product these communities have found
themselves and all their interests ham
pered by expensive long distance trans
portation to sea-board markets, which
disability has in turn been supplemented
by unfriendly revenue and monetary
national legislation, which causes COM
bined have absorbed large part of the
value of their products and crippled and
repressed their developing energies and
cramped these benefcent and inviting
conditions.
At last the public apprehension has
turned to q shorter line of communication
and transportation to sea-board, which
will reduce by more than half the dis
lance and the cost of freightage to tide
water, and practically bring the markets
OF the world to our door.
We are now shipping our products
1000 miles to the sea-board markets,
though within 700 miles of what can be
made one of the finest tide water harbors
on the gulf of Mexico.
The tendency of public appropriations
has been so long and so firmly held to the
policy of sectional diffusion in waterway
improvements, that only powerful con-
centration of effort OH the part of the
growing west and southwest will be able
to effect q change and bring the policy of
the government back to its original intent
and limit in the expenditure of the public
revenues for the improvement Of naviga-
ton and the promotion and protection of
commerce.
With what will be at not distant day
our great grain fields within 700 miles of
a deep water ocean harbor-our vast vol
ume of manufactured product based upon
inexhaustible mines of coal and all the
useful and precious metals-relieved from
the burden OF an exhausting system of
transportation and placed in position to
compete successfully in that respect with
every part OF the union, and vastly super
ior in the power of production, it is diff
cult to forecast the strides New Mexico
will make in her development of the COM
mercial activities and political power.
The time is ripe for the beginning of
this movement. New Mexico will I'M
doubtedly receive the greatest benefit of
all the interior communities from its con-
summation, and it is therefore eminently
proper that she should be foremost in both
private and public action in its behalf.
| therefore recommend that the legisla-
tive assembly, by public resolution, take
early and emphatic action in memorable
ing congress for prompt and sufficient ap-
preparation for the development of deep
water harbor OH the gulf coast.
EDMUND G. Ross.
Mr.. Rodey gave notice that he would
offer an amendment to the senate rules,
and the same was read.
Adjourned to 10 a. NJ.
To-DAY's SESSION.
President Chaves called the council to
order pursuant to adjournment. Prayer