The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-22
The STATEHOOD ISSUE.

The Los Angeles Herald, an infiu-
entail and intelligent friend of Ari-
zona, and an earnest advocate of !
Statehood, urges the exercise of spe-
cial effort during the present political
campaign to influence opinion in favor
of the Omnibus BILL The Herald
suggests:
More than two months remain in which
the friends of Statehood may get to-
gether Organize and prepare for the
campaign. 1t was agreed that the
question of Statehood should be taken
up early next December, and it would
be worse than folly for the people of
Arizona and other friends of admission
to allow the appointed time to find
them in state of unpreparedness.
And, accordingly, as Indifference and
neglect are shown, the work of secur-
ing Statehood wills be made difficult.
There is no Indifference to State
hood prevailing in Arizona. The
people are firm in their demand, and
recognize it's justice. They expect
that when the bill is taken up in the
Senate next December it will be passed
and that Arizona will be able to take
her place in the Union on the follow
ing Fourth of July.
The Statehood measure, like nearly
all great legislation that passes Con-
gress, will be the result of compro-
mise. This compromise is based on
the understanding that the political
conditions that prevailed in the three
Territories when the bill passed the
| House of Representatives shall be
maintained. This calls for the cleo
ton of a Democratic Delegate to Goa
gress from Arizona and Republican
in New Mexico and Oklahoma Regret
as people may that the rights of the
people of the Territories TO full en-
franchisement should be subjected TO
the dice of politics, it is nevertheless
a fact that to insure the passage Of
the Omnibus bill existing conditions
must be maintained.
1t is we'll recognized in Congress
that majority of the people of Ari-
zona are Democrats. This has been
proved time and time again. For
this reason, and This alone, the Re
publican leaders in the House of Rep
resentatives antagoniZed the admission
of Arizona. When the bill reached
the Senate all but one Republican on
the committee on Territories opposed
it for the same reason that actuated
the House leaders. Mr.. Quay of Penn
sylvania and some ten or a dozen
Republican Senators from the younger
States of the west, split with the
leaders Of their party and suppor,td d
by the full Democratic strength, re-
solved to do justice to the three Ter
ritories irrespective of the party issues
involved. A compromise was then
effected-call it deal if you will-be-
tween the Democrats of the Senate and
! tWCINC LNSpttlJilAStAos W lOICG TIC ultdS-
uer through. The basis of this COM
promise was that Arizona should re-
turn a Democrat to Congress and New
Mexico and Oklahoma send Republi-
sans.
The Democrats in Congress are in
favor of Statehood as a general policy.
They took up the cause of Arizona
especially because the Republican
leaders wanted to exclude Arizona
from Statehood because of the political
predictions of its people. If Ari-
IONA. by electing Republican Dele
gate to Congress, should repudiate the
support and special friendship of the
a Democrats of the Senate, it would be
, fatal to the Statehood bill.
: This is the issue in a nutshell, so far
. as Arizona is concerned Colonel viii.
son must be elected by good ma
jority to make sure the passage of the
Omnibus bill next December. THE
: people understand this and will &c
their duty. -......-,.,.Lis,.L.. /.