Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-09-02
AN ENABLING ACT.
Statehood for New Mexico To he
Urged on Congress.
The Constitutional Convention Ia ~.
tembie ~ Santa fein Dec.
embrr, 1894,
GOOD ARGu NEST fORsrArLHoOp

A Washington despatch .Ays;- Del.
gate Joseph has prepared n bhl for H..
admission ~ New M-Iicu, which will b,
laid before the house u, the fret oppot
iunity. II provides for u coas,tntionR
convention and the submission tu the
people of the results ~ to laburs Tor rat,
tication or rejection. All residents ~
the PROPOSED state who have dv-lt
therein Tor SIXTY days and who are
otherwis. qualified 10y thu iaws ~ the
territory to vote for the representatives
VI the Legislative assembly thereof are
authorized In vote Tor delegates to form
the couyentiOp.
An appointment ~ d-legate 70 the
convention IL made 10y the hlll in Etrtc,
accordance with the population of the
territory, M shown 10y the last censue
The governor 10 authorized to order the
election on Tuesday after the tirst Mon
day 10 November. 1874 The number OF
Delegates 10 the territory IL To be 70.
The constit utional convention will M
scmble at the capital on ths trst Mon
day of December. 1894, and when Assem-
BLEED IL shall adopt the constitution OF
the United States and proceed TO tn.
formation Of N state convention.
The bill spec,aily provides that In all
The public schools 'he English lang uHse
snail De- taught. The constitution shalt
be su ubmitted To ,h. people Tor their rsti
hcatiou or rejection Al an elet t,ou IL b-
held IN said tsrritory Tuesday after th.
first Monday IN April, 1895 II u major
ity OF the votes osst shall be- Tor the con
s,ItutioD, the governor of the territur,
shall csrtity tbe result TO the prrsiden,
0f the United States, who shall then is
bu1 his pruIi... ton announcing the
result OF the election and the state ot
New Mexico shall then oe deemed ad-
mitted into the Union.
Delegate Joseph is fully prepared To
meet the Arguments urged against the
Aimiss,on of New Mexico on account Of
the large proportion of Mex,can speak.
ins population. lie says: "Can il be
ssd that the native Of New Mexl,o who
rrnounced his allegiance To the republic
Of Msxlco over forty years ago has less
interest In the government of the Uol'rd
States, less devotion TO the Republican
principles, or lsss fitness Tor American
cltlxsuship than a subject OF European
kuRioms, who has within q few years
left his native homer
"Ssvsntesn years after the territory
became - part Of the United States,
New Mexico was called upon TO furnish
soldiers 10 defend tho Union, There was
DO hesitation IN responding 10 the de-
mand. NeS Mexico gave 5000 soldiers
to the Uninn during the late war, being
more than WAS furnished Dy all the
other existing territories conbined in
Guiding the present states Of Nebraska,
Nevada, Colorado, Washington. the Ds.
kulas, Montana. Idaho and Wyoming.
"lhs-- troups were in - greater part
commanded by persous of Spanish do
scent and the ranks were tlled by the
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