Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-12-20
Quay in Fighting Trim
The Statehood Mess

A Washington dispatch. under date
Of December IL. regarding the state.
hood middle. says:
In a speech In the senate this after
noon Senator Quay declared: III the
republicans can lie to the people about
the admission OF territories. they can
about anything else and the people
will lose confidence In them. II is non.
sense to talk about senators not be-
Ing prepared to vote. The senator
from Massachusetts. Mr.. Lodge. says
he isn't ready yet. The senator from
Massachusetts was chairman OF the
national convention and submitted the
resolution to the people So was the
senator from Maine In that convention
The situation is not new. New Mexico
has been knocking for admission for
fifty years. The question has been
fought out in national conventions and
In this body at every session
The New Statehood Plan.
Efforts were making this morning to
unite republican senators on statehood
legislation through compromise bill
which will make two new states OF the
four territories. II is proposed to make
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
one state. New Mexico and Arizona
another. President Roosevelt told re-
publican senators this morning that 1t
would be most unfortunate IL the party
differences over the statehood ques-
ton were not ended by some sort of a
compromise measure. II two new
states could be created from four terri.
tories. Arizona and New Mexico com.
bined will have 235.600 square miles.
Texas has 265.7s0 square miles. The
name for the proposed new state has
not been suggested. II will not be
New Mexico. for hat name has always
been Objectionable.
The proposition is unsatisfactory to
both Rodey Of New Mexico and Smith
Of Arizona.
Gus agreement would pass II through
congress. The scheme, II It should go
through at all. would give the demo
Gratis two senators from Oklahoma. Ac-
cording to the last election returns the
republicans would get the senators
from the state formed by the union of
New Mexico and Arizona. II Is doubt
full. however. II the republicans could
carry the new state in view Of the Ger.
tain antagonisms which the forced un-
ion Of the two territories would ere
ate.
{ Mr.. Quay In Control.
As the statehood situation stood this
morning. the friends OF the omnibus
bill have the republican steering com
mittee routed. Mr.. Quay IL apparent
ly master of the situation. The with
drawai Of the bin which the republican
membership OF the committee on terri
tories had industriously labored over
for weeks was not strategic move az
so many newspaper correspondents de
clared this morning. On the other
hand IL was an open confession OF
weakness. The senate oligarchy dis
covered that it's bulldo2ing tactics
could not intimidate Quay. The young
err and less experienced republican
senators believed themselves In SAFE
republican company with Quay ant
Platt Of New York. who controlled thu
biggest delegations In national con
vention OF republicans. The republi
can senate steering committee ism
big enough to read these two SENATOR
out Of the republican party. Tit
charge OF commercialism against Qua!
gave him an opportunity Of making
personal plea for his colleagues
Statehood for New Mexico has become
the paramount issue with him.
Quay has been loyal To Roosevelt
when other republican senators hav
sought to stab the administration Il
the back. No one las ever suspects
the senator from Pennsylvania Of
scheme to build q presidential sent
ment around Hanna. When other ser
ators urged their state conventions I
10 slow In the matter Of endorsin
Roosevelt for 1904 and talked abou
lack OF precedent. Quay replied: wv
will establish q precedent" II II
therefore. not a matter of surprise tina
President Roosevelt wnn.s q comprS
mise.
Mr.. esvsr,des's elunder.
Beveridge. whatever else he may q
may not have done, has made "a
meas OF his committee work. He ha
caused to be printed In every paper
the United States an indictmer
against the people OF Arizona and Me-
Mexico. An opportunity was offsre
him of juggling figures and words, an
h. Instituted comparisons for the sol
purpose Of arousing eastern sentimen
The same argument he submitted
these comparisons between the pop
lattous NJ Nav York md Arizona an