Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-12-09
ENEMIES OF NEW MEXICO.
Senator Culberson and Congressman Ste
phens Oppose Statehood for the
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The following Washington dispatch
in the Globe Democrat tells of the dis
position of Senator Culberson, Con-
gressman Stephens and a few other
Democratic statesmen from the Lone
Star state towards New Mexico:
With the assured support of a large
portion of the Republicans in con-
gress, the certainty that President
Roosevelt is favorable to their claims
and the adoption of favorable resolu-
tions by the Democratic caucus, the
advocates Of statehood for Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico seem to feel
that they have clear sailing before
them. But opposition to New Mexico
has arisen from Texas. 1t is now GER
tain that at least a portion of the Tex
as delegation will oppose New Mexi-
cos claims Senator Culberson is plac-
ed among the opponents of New Mex
leo, while Representative Stephens and
several others in the lower house are
outspoken in their determination to
vote against the statehood bill so far
as it concerns New Mexico. The Tex
ans say the poorer classes are illiterate
"greasers' and not in sympathy with
our institutions.
Delegate B. s. Rodey has arrived from
his home at Albuquerque, and Is pre-
pared to open most vigorous campaign
in behalf OF statehood for New Mexico.
He has spent 21 years in the territory
Mr.. Rodey has his measure, proposing
statehood for New Mexico. ready for
presentation and is equipped with docu.
mentary arguments which he will see
get into the hands of every member of
congress. He asserts that the expense
of visiting isolated towns and ranches
of the territory led the census enumera-
tors to do much guess work, and he es-
Inmates the American population at
100000 and the native-bo New Mex
leans at about 100000.
''But the natives must not be classed
as foreigners" said Mr. Rodey. "It
must be remembered that New Mexico
has been territory of the United States
for more than fifty years. New Mexico
today has more money in her public
schools, public buildings and on deposit
per capita, than any state In the Union.
Transports laden with teachers followed
the American troopships to Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines. For fifty
years the United States government has
cruelty sighted New Mexico in this
respect,
The forthcoming report of Gov. Otero
of New Mexico, includes many statistics
strongly supporting the contentious of
Mr.. Rodey. The governor will show
that the territory now has 53,008 chill
dren of school age, of whom 47,700 are
enrolled as pupils in the schools, with an
average daily attendance of $1,000.
The percentage of ilIiteracy has been
reduced from IS per cent in 1870 to less
than 20 per cent in 1900. The state
educational institutions are all we'll
endowed and are self-sustaining.
Delegate Rodey accounts for the op-
position in the Texan delegation by
charging it to the i'll feeling that has
resulted from the international dam
project. He asserts that the building
Of the dam, under the provisions pro-
posed, would rob New Mexico of the use
of waters from the RiL Grande and turn
all of the benefits to Texas. He is pre-
pared to make this plain in the presen-
tation of New Mexico's claims. His bill
for statehood provides that four sections
of each township, instead of the usual
two, shall be set aside for school fund
purposes, and that 1000, 600 acres be set
aside for public institutions.
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