Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-03
DELEGATE JOSEPH.
Returning from His Lab0rs at Wash
ingtOn He Talks Of Live
Topics of the Day.
Statehood and Practical Politics-Tar-
if Legislation-Military Posts
and Silver.

Hon. Antonio Joseph, New Mexico's
delegate in congress, arrived in the city
Saturday evening on the Santa Fe. AS
announced in Saturdays paper, he was
not expected until Tuesday or Wednes-
day as he had intended to stop day or
two at st. Louis. telegram received by
him, however, announcing a cloud-burst
and flood in the vicinity of his home at
Ojo Caliente caused him to come to New
Mexico without delay.
Mr.. Joseph was seen by a New MEXICAN
representative yesterday morning at his
room at the Exchange hotel, the same he
has occupied for the last thirty years on
visits to Santa Fe and which has thus be
come looked upon as his headquarters
when in town. He had just finished a
good breakfast and was evidently enjoy
ing his return to the delightful atmos-
phere which New Mexico in general and
Santa Fe in particular has in such abund-
ance. .' t..a''
THE DELEGATE TALKS.
"Yes," he said, with smile that showed
he meant what he WAS saying, 81 am glad
to be back home again. Washington
has, especially at this season, the worst
climate in the world, do believe; and to
be able to enjoy this New Mexico ozone
is reward enough in itself for trip
across the continent, even if there were
not innumerable other reasons for my
being glad to be with my people once
more.'
Mr.. Joseph is looking unusually well
after his continuous labors in congress
for the last year, and his appearance GER
tainly carries out his statement that he
has not been sick a day during the forty
eight years of his life.
1t was suggested to him that the peo.
pie of New Mexico would by glad TO have
his views, through the New MEXICAN, upon
the work of the last congress.
"Well," said he, 81 guess most of the
matters brought up at this last session
have been fully ventilated in the public
prints. The possible exception to this Is
the condition of our statehood act.
THE STATEHOOD BILL.
"You know this act passed the house
some weeks ago. 1t then went to the
senate and was referred to committee
of which Senator Faulkner, of West Vir-
ginia, is chairman. This committee de-
cided to report the bill favorably and did
so, and it would have come up for con-
sideration in the senate and have become
| boJ nt hot
Davis and Platt, the Republican members
of the committee, gave notice that they
would object to its consideration out of
its regular order. This left us no re-
course than to have it 60 to the calendar
to await its turn. On account of the
tariff bill, mainly, it was not reached at
this session. 1t will be reached early in
December and put upon its passage"
"Will the bill become law at the De-
cember session.
SIT undoubtedly WILL" he replied, "pro-
vided ... .
| NEW MEXICO GOES DEMOCRATIC
in the fall elections. You see, politics is
run on business principles; and politics
has always entered into the admission OF
the territories. The Republicans admit
ted Wyoming with only $4,000 inhabitants
and Idaho with only $1,000 because they
considered each of these territories safely
Republican. That party has uniformly
refused to admit New Mexico with double
the population and many times the re-
sources of either of the territories just
mentioned because they considered her
Democratic.
"The Democratic party is the friend OF
the New Mexico people, but it is I'M
reasonable from the standpoint of practi-
cal politics to expect the Democrats to
admit the territory unless she shows this
fall that if admitted she will be true to
Democracy. OF course, my interest in
my section makes me DESTROYS of seeing
this territory state any way, but we must
remember that this is a matter of politics
in the estimation of both the leading
parties at Washington and we have got
to solve the matter this fall upon politi-
cal basis. do not hesitate to say that il
New Mexico sends a Democratic delegate
this fall and elects a legislature Demo
cratic on joint ballot, her statehood bill
will be law by New Year. Otherwise
I am afraid statehood is matter in the
distant future"
"What are your views as to the
BENEFITS OF sTATEHooDW
was asked.
81 old not know" replied Mr.. Joseph
shat that is a matter upon which there il
any difference of opinion. l think it is
universally conceded that statehood would
be the greatest possible boon for New
Mexico. One of the first benefits would
be the removal of the operation of the
alien law, which prevents the holding OF
property in the territories or in the Dis
trict of Columbia by foreigners. This
law itself has cost New Mexico $4,000,
900. Then there is no doubt that, as soor
as we become state, capital from the
outside will flow in to develop our great
resources. l have had hundreds, yea
thousands, of persons in Washington to
make inquiries as to our resources and tc
eoy that wara this n etata thev WOult plad