The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-28
Republicans Pledged TO Admit All
tie Territories.
DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING
REPUBLICAN LEADERS WILL
BREAK PARTY PLEDGES.
Mark Hanna and Gear Reed Are Hos
tile to the Territories, But They
May Be Overcome = Possibility
That All the Remaining Territor-
les Will Be Admitted.
lsnecial Corre:s=IpLlloinllience.l

Washington, d. c., Nov. 24.-The Re
nublican party will soon have a long
procrastinated opportunity to carry
into effect its pledges to the people OIL
the territories These have been relt-
Grated in many national platforms OF
the party, only to be utterly ignored l
afterWard by congress. For the Hrst
time in a decade the Republican party
will soon be in full control OF all
branches of the government, executive,
legislative and judicial. 1t will, there
fore. be vested with plenary power IN
legislation, and cannot fail to admit
the, territories, except through mere
wantonness. All the old arguments,
brought up for many years by RepuD-
lican opponents of admission. fall TO
the ground this year. Even the free
silver senate bogy can cut no hgure
in the argument, for, were New Mex
leo, Arizona and Oklahoma all to enter
the Union, with two silver senator's
each, the senate would still remain Re-
publican to the close of President NC
Kinley's term of office. And, judged
by the recent territorial elections, there
is no good reason for the Republicans
to fear that the territories will elect
silver men, for Oklahoma and New
Mexico went heavily Republican, and
Arizona showed a reduced Democratic
majority.
1t is quite possible fort Republican
administration to celebrate the tenth
anniversary of the admission OF the
northern belt of new states by AIDING
three southern stars on the fourth or
next July It is we'll known here that
the Republican leaders in all the terri
tories have promised their people early
admission as a reward for treason 10
the silver cause 1t now rests upon
these men to deliver the goods.
They have taken a very hard con-
tract. In the first place, Speaker Reed
is vindictively, even profanely, -hostlle
to admission. He makes no attempt
to conceal the fact that he does not
like some of the states already in the
Union, and that he would like still less
some of those that might now come IN.
He has repeatedly declared that the
territories were unfit for statehood.
Delegate elect Dennis Flynn of Okla
homa knows, to his extreme sorrow,
that Reed is ready to jump on any pro-
ject for territorial admission with mob
nailed shoes. If Dennis had a vote for
speaker he would never cast it for
Reed He has often said that he re-
ceived manv more courteSies from
Speaker Crisp Dem.) than from the
speaker of his own political faith. dur
ing his former service in congress. II
the experienced eX-delegate. and dele
gate-elect is so hopeless of eXertlng IN
fluence in favor OF admission, the green
Republican from New Mexico will have
even less opportunity to get his terri
tory admitted by the favor of Reed.
Another malignant foe of territorial
admission is Senator M. A. Hanna. He
will strenuouSly oppose admission OF
any of the territories.
DEMOCRATS FAVOR STATEHOOD.
1t is. certain that the Democratic and
silver members of both houses OF
congress will make strong efforts to
push the admission bills. 1t is quite
within the range of probability that
the present senate, which is controlled
by the silver men, will, this winter,
report and pass an enabling act for
all the territories OF course Reeds
house would postpone final action on
such a measure until the next congress,
but it is doubtful if it would be pos
sible for the new Republican congress
to deny recognition of statehood after
the proposition had once passed the
senate.
The admission bills, if presented, will
offer very knotty problems for the gold
bug contingent from the new states of
| the west. Oklahoma has more popu-
lation than any far western state had
when admitted: New Mexico has more
people than any of them, except Utah.
Arizona exceeds in population many of
the new states when admitted, notably
Wyoming and Idaho. In order to de-
feat the admission bills in the new SEN
ate, it would be necessary for North
and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
| Wyoming and Washington Republican
senators to vote against admission.
| They might be so hide-b bound in partt-
sanship that, forgetting the long period
| during which their own states groaned
under territorial serfdom, they would
vote against the remaining territories
| coming into the Union. But whatever
the position of these senators in the
matter, there is no room for doubt that
! the people of all those states would like
| to see continental America composed
of free and Independent states. The
period of territorial tutelage ought tC
| end after half a century. The colonial
condition may be all very well fol
Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Guam and Luzon
but there are no arguments that car
be offered against the admission OF
New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma
| that are not based on religious or par.
tisan prejudice The position of all the
Democratic and silver senators from
the Rocky Mountain states is wholly
friendly to admission. Senator Jane:
K Jones, chairman of the Democratic
| himself introduce bills in the Fifty
sixth congress admitting all our pres
ent territories, excepting the Seward
| purchase. FRANK H. HOSFORD.
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