Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-12-27


copy OF the Washington. ID. c.. Star.
which contains the following inter-
view with Hon. Frank W. Clancy, who
was at tne national capital attending
the United States supreme court and
talking statehood. The interview Is
to the point and Is here reproduced In
full:
Frank w. Clancy. who ives at Al
buquerquc. N. NJ. and n ya,ember Of
the bar % thai territu In WASH
ington on business II the s,F
prcme court. and { sur reporter has
obtained from him sone expressions
of views as to statehood 9r New
Mexico. MIR. Clancy formerlyeiIed in
Washington. but has lived r. IN ~
years IN New Mexico and his t....racter
and standing are such as to make any.
thing he says of value. In view of his
knowledge and familiarity Of New
Mexican condition. He was questioned
IA follows:
what do you think of the PROPOSE
ton to unite New Mexico and Arizona
and admit them as enc statei'
IT requires no thought Such bill
Is not seriously considered by anyone.
II cannot pass either house, and II II
could the people Of the territories
would not even elect delegates to n
constitutional convention. and no man
could be found willing to be a candi-
dete for election to such convention.
II would be moic rcasona BILE TO talk
-
and Arizona. as Senator Morgan once
suggested. 1t connot be that the pres
ident ever expressed approval of such
a plan
what Is your opinion Of the objec-
lions to New Mexico set up In Senator
Beveridge's report
Senator Beveridge's Objections.
"'In advance Of seeing the report.
which Is still withheld for revision, al
though Il was due on December 3. 1t is
difficult to answer that. IRON what !
have learned. however, the objections
appear To rely for success upon an Gp.
peal TO the ignoble prejudice which is
assumed To be always present In the
Anglo Saxon mind against all other
races. II is represented that large
part of our population is of Spanish
descent. many Of them cannot speak
English and that some OF them are H.
iiterate. These things are true. but IL
does not follow that these people are
not good citizens. AS a matter of fact.
they are. as "a whole. orderly. peacea.
BILE. law abiding. with greater re-
spect for all lawfully constituted au-
thority than the average citizen OF
English descent. Those counties In
New Mexico where they are largely IN
the majority have less crime and dis
order than those In which so-called
Americans predominant. and less than
in most counties anywhere Ia the In
tied States.
They are progressive in the best
sense Of the word, ready TO adopt new
ideas when shown their value. and
eager for the advantages Of education
to an extent that is touching to see,
And the existing illiteracy Is diminish
ing with marvellous rapiditv Under
our school law school districts are al
lowed by vote 10 levy special taxes
upon their property for school pur-
poses In addition to the large general
tax. and 1t Is In the American commu-
mites that advantage Is taken OF this
provision. These are the people who,
shortly after the annexation. confiid-
ing In the promise Of the treaty that
they should be taken into the union.
held n convention more than fifty years
Srn, ctn IN n N Inn
which prohibited human slavery In
any form. Those of the present day
are much farther advanced In even y
way. but they have the same love for
liberty and freedom which animated
their fathers In 1850, and have devel'
oped strcng devotion TO our institu'
tons and government as best calculet-
cd to crafty that desire.
81 speak of these things because II
IL undoubtedly the fact that there Is
general lack of knowledge al to the
character and disposition OF this part
of our population
Testimony Taken oy Committee.
els It not the fact that the testimo-
ny taken by the committee shows New
MeAiCo uuutuSss tui statSho""'
mo one has yet seen that testimo-
ny outside Of the committee. but 1t can.
not possibly prove anything OF the
kind. have no doubt that II makes
the worst possible showing for New
Mexico, as 1t was evidently taken for
that purpose, and not with any impair.
tlal and judicial intent. The complaint
IL universal in New Mexico that the
committee called only such witnesses
! and sought to elicit only such testi.
ymony as were expected to Illicit dis.
credit upon us. and whatever they OBJ
tanned OF different character was nc.
cidental and undesired. They stayed
part Of a day In Las Vegas, day In
Santa Fe and three days In Albuquer'
que, and In this length Of time assume