Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-12-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

This city Is liable to discover one
! day next month that the Albuquerque
Eastern railroad Will not be built.
Only eight football players were
killed this month. The game Is get.
ting almos; as tame as prize lighting.
The total vote east in Arizona at the
last election was 1896, or less than
onehalf the vote that New Mexico
east
| Col. Thomas Ochiltree. the most dis
| tingulshed Texan of the present gen
GRAFTON. died few days ago at Vir
ginia health resort.
The director of the min. In his an
nual report recommends the closing
OF the New Orleans mint and the re-
moval OF the best machinery to Den
yer.
With cutoff" roads in every direc-
ton from this city. the outlool; for Al.
buquerque is not cheerful. The only
thing that would save the city from
heavy loss is the building Of the Albu-
uuerque Eastern railroad.
There are few officials in this ter.
ritory who think that they can hold a
! frmer grip at the public crib If New
Mexico remains "A territory, and they
are doing their best to help defeat the
hill before the senate.
The acme of gun manufA .ure seems
to have been reached in the 16.inch
monster which has inst been complet-
Ell in Watervliet arsenal. 1t is alleged
that the gun will throw projectile
| Weighing a ton distance OF twenty
miles
| Next week will be momentous in the
history of New Mexico. The question
Of statehood for the territory will hang
in the balance In the United States
senate II the bill passes. this will be-
come a great and prosperous common
wealth.
Senator Beveridge has telegraphed
to DIR. Sloan, at Santa Fe, that the SEN
ate committee on territories will make
adverse report on the omnibus bill.
There will be a minority report In
favor OF the bill. and the contest in
the senate will be exciting and prob
ably bitter.
The regular army now consists of
60 .497 men.
1t Is often hard to distinguish the
difference between a peacemaker and
a busybody.
The republican plurality for COVER
nor Of Kansas is officially announced
70 be 1904.
1t is predicted that President Roose-
welt will not take hand in the state
hood fight In the senate.
The Citizen will be one Of one hun
dred subscribers to donate $4,000 to-
ward sinking a test arresian well in
this valley
Colonel John s. Mosby says he will
tear down the fences on the big cattle
ranges "!f he has to send a cavalry
force TO do It,"
This territory should have a large
delegation at Washington this week.
The statehood bill will be considered
by the senate.
The ten per cent increase just an
nounced In the wages of railway en-
ployes does not apply to Pullman por-
tiers. They are still dependent upon
the charity OF the pablic.
Sir Thomas Upton has Gent to Jas
A. Reardon, OF st. Louis. $1,000 toward
the erection of building at the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition, to be dedi-
Gated to Ireland and the Irish people.
Congress convened at noon today
and adjourned until tomorrow. when
the presidents message will be read.
| The first measure of Importance to be
reported and acted upon will be the
omnibus statehood bill
There is a remarkable apathy ap2a-
rent In the attitude OF certain Office
holders and politicians In regard to
statehood. They have suddenly real
ized that they might be out of a job II
the statehood bill should pass the SEN
ate.
II Is predicted that Senator Bever-
idge will lead the fight against the
admission of New Mexico. Arizona and
Oklahoma. He Is deeply prejudlced
against the territories. In fact he
thinks more Of the Philippines than he
does of New Mexico and Arizona.
The director of the census reports
that the law establishing a permanent
census Office became effective July /.
1902, and at that date the work Of tab
ulating and publishing the returns OF
the enumerrtors for the census Of 1900
had been practically completed. The
results have been embodied In ten
quarto volumes. comprising the re-
ports on population, vital statistics,
agriculture and manufactures; not
since the census OF 1910 has the period
been SO brief between the enumeration
and the publication OF the final re-
suits
Two inches of snow fell at Fl Paso
| few days ago. None Of the beautiful
fell In this city. Beverage probably