Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-13
NEW STATES COMING.

NJ
Il seems to be a foragone conclusion
that Utah, New Mexico and Arizona
are 10 be admitted TO Statehood by
this Congress. The arguments which
wers made against the admission Of
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho are not
being repeated. congressman seem
10 have settled down TO a conviction
that the territorial condition involves
difficulties; that the sooner new com.
munities are trained TO govern them.
selves the better ii win be for the ma.
tion, and that they should not be KEEP,
In Q position Of tutelage.
IL is argurcd by some intelligent OBJ
servers that In admitting new States
some estimate OF their probable future
should be made in order to prevent
the larger States from being swamped
by the smaller. When objections
based upon such apprehensions were
raised to the admission OF Idaho, Mon
tana and Wyoming II was replied that
thsy would grow as the river valley
States have grown. The three States
had In 1880 combined population of
TT ,24e. The three Territories which
il IL now proposed to admit differ in
character. Utah ia the census year
had . population Of 2o7 Dos. after .
white occupation Of for, three years.
The question whether II will attract
immigrants from the East and from
Europe depends largely on the conf
dence placed in the Mormon assurance
that polygamy has been abandoned.
That confidence cannot be described
% robust at the present moment.
Many intelligent people believe that
% soon as Utah Ii admitted and q
State government organized the Nor
mon church will reassert its doctrine
from The vantage ground Of State sew
ereignty. SO long as doubts linger
on this point, Gentiles will be slow TO
pitch their tents in Utah. and it's in
crease will be largely confined to the
influx Of Mormon proselytes.
New Mexico occupies different
position. It had in 1890 a population
Of 153, 593. II contains some fine agri-
cultural land, and in the southwestern
corner some excellent mines. It's area
Is immense--12I,O 900 square miles.
The chief objection which has thus far
been made TO admitting It as a State
d that its people are mixed race, the
Indian and halfbreed Spanish element
,utnumbering the Americans. Peo-
pie are slow 70 believe that commu.
nifty in which Indians and halfbreeds
can exercise intelligently
The duty OF self government. But IL
Utah and Arizona are admitted New
Mexico can hardly be kept out.
Arizoua Is the least developed OF
he three Territories. Il has been a
Territory of the United States for 80 |
Tears, yet IL only contains 90. 900 peo-
pie. A great deal oil lie land 10 only |
10 for pasture, but much Of the re-
Ia capable of being made |
highly productive by irrigation.
1reat schemes are now projected. pro-
PRESSING or completed for bringing wa
or upon its arid tracts. Some OF the
,est agricultural and mineral land of
he Territory is devoted 70 Indian re-
srvasions. With its grazing, mining
md agricultural possibilities. the re-
noyal Of the Apaches and opening OF
heir reservation 10 settlement, Arizo-
aa's future is comparatively although
not very Immediately promising.
II these three Territories are ad.
nitted, % 1t seems they will be-. six
stales--Wyoming. Idaho, Montana,
Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, which
bad total population In 1890 Of GOT,
67-wiil elect twelve Senators, enough
70 turn the scale IN any question on
vhich parties are closely divided