The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-20
STATEHOOD STATISTICS.
Argument In Favor Of the Admission OF Ari.
zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

# The United States Senate will shortly
# determine the fate of the omnibus bill,
ri which provides for the admission of Ari
vi zona. New Mexico and Oklahoma into
III the creation of three new commonweslths
81 proved more strenuous of voice than votes
N formidable, or how weak this opposition
81 may be in the Upper House of Congress
remains to be seen. The Senate is a more
conservative body than the other legisla-
tive branch and for that reason there Is
some fear that hostile action to the bill
might be taken. There is another element
however, to be considered. In the House
Of Representatives the larger and Older
II States have greater numerical sterntgh
than in the Senate, where each State is
equal
The partisan objections which have
are in part insincere. The West, regard
less of party, favors the creation of the
new States, while the Atlantic seaboard
with some reinforcements from the cen.
trail commonwealths. has in great part
been opposed
The populous East Mas complained Of
the injustice of the equal representation
in the Senate of sparsely settled States
with such commonwealths as New York
and Pennsylvania and has continually
held up Nevada as the awful example
This is condition of affairs which will
equalize. Nevada has future and will
some day exceed In population several of
the commonwealths east of the Mississip-
pi river.
The press of New York weeps over the
fact that Nevada, with population Of
with population of 7.26S. .O12. 1t urges that
1t Is unfair to New York to admit Ari-
zona with i22. .931 inhabitants and New
Mexico with 1890 Apparently there is
4 force in this argument. but there are 9TH
y er statistics While 1t is true that New
York has 7,225,677 more people than Ne
4 yada and 7.145.0s1 more people than Ari-
zona. 1t Is also true that New York has
VI 7.0S7.277 more people than Delaware, which
is one or the original States. whose ca
paeity for growth is nearly exhausted
The East has made its exhibits OF fig
ures In the fight against home rule for
the three American territories. The West
also has figures to offer. California, Ore
gon and Washington, the three common
wealths which face the Pacific. all of
comparatively recent settlement. have a
combined population of 2.fl6692. Three of
the original States. New Hampshire
Rhode Island and Delaware, which have
almost reached the possible maximum OF
development, have altogether 1,024S79 In,
habtants. The three Eastern States with
less than half the population of the Pa
ciiie coast commonwealths have the same
number of Senators. California alone has
nearly one and one-haif times as many
people as the three combined and has
one-third the number of Senators.
Some day the great commonwealths OF
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma may
nave the same complaint to voice about
the inequality of Senatorial representa-
tion which populous New York makes use
OF today. When Nevada and Idaho have
: their miilions of inhabitants they may ask
why Delaware. win barely enough people
for a single Representative should be al
lowed two Senators. Meantime, with eq-
uity on their side. the territories ask in
tention of the Constitution to be carried
out by giving them home rule.
When the East uqotes figures to prevent
local self-government. 1t would be wise
for the West to remember that it, too,
has figures to offer.--Fred w. Stowell in
San Francisco Bulletin.
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