Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-04-14
ARIZONA TO BE ADMITTED.

1t is generally to be conceded that
both New Mexico and Arizona ought
to be admitted as states 40 present
Arizona has the lead in having werk-
ing for her the powerful editor of the
Arizona Kicker. The following is
from his own paper;
In presenting petition having over
1900 signers, praying that prompt
action be taken for the admission CT
Arizona as a state, we received yigor-
GUS and long continued applause. We
had no intention Of making Il speech,
but the moment was ripe, and the APP
plause put us on our mettle. We be-
gan in a modest, humble way to speak
Of the discovery Of America by Column
bus. Seme of the senators couldn't
see the point at first, but when we
produced proofs that this territory
was included in the discoyery-that it
had always formed part and parcel Of
the New World-that her rights were
as inherent as. those Of great New
York or Pennsylyania-the applause
fairly lifted us off our feet.
We came down 10 the landing OF
the Pilgrim Fathers. They landed at
Plymouth Rock simply because it was
more convenient than to land at
Tombstone, Tucson or Prescott, in
this territory. That fact shouldn't
give Massachusetts any legal adyan-
tage over kfizona. Arizona was here.
Her majestic mountains, fertile val
leys and babbling streams all cried
out a cordial wglcome, and the pill
grim fathers, and mothers, and daugh-
ters would have found here haven Of
rest and garden of plenty. The ap-
plause on this occasion clipped off
half the nail heads in the floor and
reached the ears Of our esteemed con-
temporary as he was Entering q saloon
mile away to lie about the clrcula-
tion Of his alleged newspaper.
We touched upon the Revolution
airy War and its causes. That war
was the direct result of taxation with
out representatioo-Of repeated at
tempts to ignore the just claims of an
intelligent and liberty-loYing people
about the same state Of affairs as may
be witnessed in this territory to-day.
At this juncturc we waved an Ameri-
can flag which we had provided our
self with for the purpose, and every
man within sound Of our voice on
sight Of that flag sprang to his feet
and shouted, Liberty or death" 1t
was telling hit. 1t was a dramatic
Incident The creature whom we,
out of courtesy, refer to as our es-
teemed contemporary, heard it down
at the post office and came rear being
lynched for calling us demagogue.
We demanded the admission OF Ari-
zona on the strength Of her popula-
tion. No correct census has ever been
taken. Whenever the census takers
have called around at least half Of us
have been Off prospecting for minerals
or following the trail Of somebody
making a change Of climate. We de-
manded it on the ground OF area. We
have seven times the acreage Of Della
ware and four times that of New Jer
sey. We have $50 different noun
tains, any one Of which would take VI
all the state of Rhode Island and spill
over into Connecticut and Massachu
setts. The state Of Connecticut isn't
long enough to take in our BIZ vii
liams Creek. Our Pinal Range would
| extend across the states Of Ohio ant
Indiana, and our Salt River VALLEY
would pasture all the cows in Illinois
and Wisconsin. We demanded it or
the strength Of our progress, on the