El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-18
THE STATEHOOD QUESTION.

ard are In successful operation In
Pennsylvania, and other states of the
east.
THE STATEHOOD QUESTION.
"As to the claims to statehood of
New Mexico and Arizona, [ am not of
those who favor it in New Mexico. [
live in east Las Vegas, aud surely
see the benefits to come from such q
course.
THE contention of the advocates for
statehood l believe is that a state gov
eminent would attract emigration from
| the east, would increase the pODuls-
| tion, and would give an impetus to in
dustries and Investments in the new
state. All these things are desirs BILE.
and hope heartily for them, and
| should favor statehood If | thought it
| would bring them. But how will it do
SO?
1.-THE argument in favor OF reten-
ton of q territorial form of govern
ment il that everything our officers
aud officials do now is subject to ap-
prevail and revision by the American
government and the congress OF the
United States. There can be no great
err security for US than lies in that.
There is a total population of perhaps
200, 600 people in New Mexico, and of
these not one fourth are Americans
thoroughly imbued with the principles
of free constitutional government. The
result of attaining statehood now, | am
afraid, would then be to place the gov
ernmer ct in the hands of men who did
not thoroughly understand how to gov
ern, and the people would suffer.
"Those who most desire the change
are for the most part politicians who
are actuated not by the noble maxim
a public Office is public trust, but
by the more ignoble one-'To the
victor belongs the spoils.'
THE FIRST NATIONAL
'As to the business of the bank here,
1 can best give an idea of the increase
by reference to the fact that the the
footing which was about $3.50. 900
in 1895 has risen to over a million this
year. Business of all kinds we find
little dull after the holidays, but the
general condition Ia excellent and
most promising. We we're not affected
in the least by the panicky furry in
Wall street of more than a month ago,
and heard of it like other banks over
the country only through our CORE
spondents in the larger city.
ATTACK ON GAGE.
LAS to the recent attacks on Seoreta-
ry Gage, 1 think they were made by
Congressman SulZer for political no.
toriety land backed up by the New York
Journal and the World, possibly In
furtherance of the claims of a rival
banking institution.
1.-THE secretary's answer was clear
and concise and to the point, and the
personality and personal honesty OF the
man should, 1 think, be q sufficient
answer in themselves. AS he epic,
every bank had equal opportuu ty with
the City National but none other had
SO great an amount of CO. eminent
bonds on hand to offer as security. The
revenue collections in New York City
amount to more than q million day.
AS TO Ell PAS0.
81 don't want to say the same old
stereotyped thing, but really the pro-
gress of Ell Paso is Wonderful, and as
each of my monthly visits shows great
er business and mor3 building, 1 am
delighted. It is IN
doubtedly The CO ming town of the
south west.
THE ISSUE OF 1900.
eff the money question comes into
play at all in the campaign of this
year, in NY opinion it will be the
same fight between gold and silver,
with the cause of the former greatly