Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-18
Now For Statehood.
albuquerque Democrat.)

The election being over and the polit-
ical status of the territory being estab-
lished for the next two years, there is
nothing in the way now of a general eff
fort by the people of all parties in favor
| of statehood for New Mexico.
Our Republican friends have assured
us on occasions innumerable that their
party was in favor of this measure, and
that a Republican victory at the polls
this fall would result in the passage Of
an enabling act for the territory by he
new congress. The people will now be
disposed to hold them to their words.
There will be no possible pretext through
which they can charge a failure in this
regard to the Democracy. The result Of
| the election eliminates Democratic in
iuence from the situation entirely. The
territory has gone Republican by a
heavier majority than the Republican
leaders themselves anticipated. 1t is
unnecessary to refer to the means by
which this end was accomplished. 1t
has beer accomplished, and that is
enough for the present. We have only
results to deal with now, and the result
of the late election placed New Mexico
in the Republican column. The nation
al administration is Republican. Both
houses of congress will be Republican
after the 4th of next March by a ma
jority large enough in each house to
insure the absolute safety of every
party measure, and yet not large
enough to engender differences or di-
visions within the party. And the re-
cent election has placed New Mexico
in full sympathy with the national ad-
ministration and the majority in con-
gress. There is, therefore, no longer
any political reason or preteXt, even the
slightest, for refusing the almost unan
imous request of our people to be en-
dowed with the rights and advantages
of statehood, and, as we have said
above, the true policy for our people to
pursue now is to put aside their differ
ences on all other subjects. unite in a
IOlllIllOu cllOIl Ill lllS olItCliOI, dIlu
work shoulder to shoulder, earnestly,
industriously and untiringly, for the Sc
curing of this great boon, which we all
believe will signify so much for the in
~terests of New Mexico and all of her
people. IS y
To say that we have become tired of
this condition of things is to state a fact
which goes without saying. We have
waited for more than half a century for
the government of the United States to
discharge the duty to which it pledged
itself in the treaty of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo, and we think we have waited
long enough. We believe thai the time
has now come when we may justly de-
mand u rights under hat treaty. We
have been put off, from time to time,
under one preteXt or another, for more
thar so years, but the time has now
come when none Of these pretexts can
longer be made to serve the purpose.
Congress is now in political sympathy
with the administration and our people
have chosen as their delegate for the
next two years a man who is a Repub-
lican of the Republicans, in full SYM
pathy with both the administration and
the majority in congress. The "combi-
nation" is now solely in the hands of
the Republican party, and if the door OF
statehood shall not be opened to us dur
ing the mex two years, there will be
no room for a doubt as to the proper
door at which to lay the responsibility
We are absolutely in the hands of the
Republicans. They can have the credit
of bringing us in as a state, and they
must zeal the responsibility Of keeping
us out. Now let the people of the ter
ritory, without regard to party, deter
mine to back up the efforts of those
who, alone, are able to secure our ad-
mission to the Union. If we shall be ad-
mitted the advantages of admission will
accrue to all of us; and if we are kept
out, under such circumstances, then the
Republican party alone will have to
bear the responsibility and answer to
the people.
Let us join hands all round in a SUI
preme effort for statehood.