Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-01-06
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The HERALD believes that there i
 a reasonable chance for the erectioi | of Arizona into State, as good i; chance as there has been at any time
 in the past. Of course it Is not an 1 ticfpated that our present delegate il l Congress will be able to do much il | that way; if secured during the pres 1 ent Congress it must be by a strong
 republican delegation from the Terri toryin Washington and at work with a determination that will push the proposition through by means of the friends they are able to secure in the Senate and House. The few spasmod- ic efforts of the past in this line have
 availed nothing for the very reason
 that they were not backed by that in
 tensity of purpose on the part of the people of the Territory that gave the impression in Congress that we want ed Statehood as the right, the birth right of American citizens; that we wanted it on principle; wanted it for the advancement of the welfare of our material interests and for the promo tiOn of good government. So far have the results of our efforts been from gress that they have been looked up on merely as the clamorings of pro- fessional politicians and spoflsmen. While some of our delegates in Con- gress have made able efforts in the line of our promotion they have re ceived practically no backing; again our present delegate made serious mistake at one time when urging our admission on a constitution the Terri tory had already adopted in refusing to permit the enabling act which ul- timately admitted Utah, to cover Arizona; the people who were able to secure the admission of Utah were willing to take Arizona in with that state but as we have said the offer was refused; Arizona would go in on the constitution she had already adopt ed We are still out of the Union. circumstance that has con tributed largely to our failure in at tempting to gain admission has been the fact that with remarkable reg ularity we have done the wrong thing l at the moment we might have logic | ally expected admittance by electing | q Delegate in political opposition to | the administration With good, l strong republican Delegate in Con l gross now we might legitimately | hope for admission but contrary as | we are to our interests we have a | good, strong democratic Delegate there | rom whom we can expect nothing. The bill he has introduced to permit If the election of our Territorial of .ofing q law at his hands than does bill for statehood, unless the people | If the Territory take the matter in | land and send a delegation of her most influential citizens to Washing
 on to stay there till the thing is ac-
 The HERALD is well
 ware of that narrow opposition that
 $ bruited about of statesmen who | Fould not have another western state Il account of the additional influence
 . would give to this side of the coun-
 ". That is the spawn of a section lism and narrowness which any man -orthy of being in Congress might ell be ashamed of. The HERALD lkes very little stock in it. There are 7 1me men who occasionally get into , ongress by force of prejudice or f )me other man more so than them lives who cannot see beyond their :, munitive political bailiwick but that e lere are enough such men in Con 0 'ess to control it, is preposterous, so when Congress is repub- . can. The real difficulty with our C mission is our comparatively small b 1mber of voters compared to
 e number now required to fl ve representation in Congress. This io really the only objection of weight, il Id considering the population upon II II hich many other states have been s Imitted this objection as urged c -ainst us is an injustice to the Ter a -ory. Will Arizona push this mat | . tins year? She stands just as good | f, chance to be admitted as a state as d e does to get ''home rule" al
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