The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-10
THE TIE FLYNN
r.oa.p,sT THE ONLY PEBBLE
Il
NEr
Delegate ROdey, Of New
Mexico Doing Good
Work for Statehood

Nhtic 10 oh} hNiAb ~ Na"N NtN 'N-
that perseverance, oyercomes all things
and Accomplishes wonders, the ad-
mission Of New Mexico into the sis
aerhood Of states is foregone con-
cIusion. The school primers have
stories about drops of water wearing
away rocks. piercing holes through
masonry dikes and performing other
almost miraculous feats. The per
ssistency and keeping-eyeri6stingl
II requisite to the accomplishment OF
such results have been employed for
fwenty-one years by pugnacious
Arishman, who speaks Mexican like
native, in the campaign for statehood
Tor New Mexico. Some big dents
'navo been made in the rock OF oppo-
sition and Bernard S. Rodey now con
kidently expects to be the last dele
gate in congress from the territory of
New Mexico. AS he expresses It.
with true Irish bull SAVIOR, The next
delegate frem New Mexico will be a
congressman"
It is almost necessary to know
Rodey to appreciate a recital Of the
efforts he has made and the schen,
he has employed in the advocacy OF
statehood for his territory. Word
photography has not reached the ad-
vanced age necessary to produce any
thing like an accurate picture of him
Born in Ireland. he was 21 years Il
age when he located in New Mexico
tn 1881 Prior to tnat time he had
'zived In Canada, Vermont and in Bos-
-kon- He had been a clerk in o. coun-
cry store. a student in a law Office,
and had worked in a railroad office as
a stenographer An Irishman, full OF
health, bubbling over with energy,
curiosity and a desire to learn. ac-
cumuiates wonderful fund of infor-
mation in twenty-one years. ana
there is no indlcation that Bernard
Shandon Rodey had overlooked any
xhing when the time arrived for him
30 cast his hrst vote. He had the ma
ave Irish wit, the methodical bust
ness methods of the Canadian the
shrewd cunning of the Vermonter and
the culture OF the Bostonese,' when
ne decided to go West and located in
1881 in Albuquerque as the private
secretary of railroad manager
About the first thing he did after Sc
curing a boarding place was 20 begin
20 write articles for newspapers ad-
vocating statehood for the territory.
He had piles Of newspaper clippings
on the subject, ana began inserting
them in the letters sent out by the
railroad manager.
The young mans activity attracted
che attention of the politicians of the
territory. and Mr.. Rodey was selected
as stenographer OF the courts for the
Second district Of New Mexico in
1852. and was admitted to the bar the
Sext year Since then he has been
practising law as a profession and
booming New Mexico for statehood as
a business. lie has built a homs a
Albuquerque. has provided for q
splendid family, but has made a rapid
transfer of very large per cent Of his
legal fees into statehood literature
with which he has bombarded the
Eastern people. from whom, he has
realized. the greatest support for the
measure must come. He was a mem
Der OF the constitutional convention
Of New Mexico in 1889. and offered
an entire constitution for adoption OF
.tRe hrst day OF the session Most o.
mis- ideas were embodied in the meas
ore finally agreed upon. incidentally
he served as city attorney for AIou
querque. as a member of the New
Mexico legislature for several terms
and has been most active in the pub
lie affairs Of the territory.
This much in the nature OF bic
graphy, Is cited simply to show tn
remarkable. restless activity OF tn
man. After he was nominated a
delegate to congress In 1900 he opeI
ed the statehood fight with fres
energy AS soon as he was sworn 4
as a member he made a demand 70
mis- allotment Of garden seeds. The
ne bought a rubber stamp, reading
Work for statehood for New Mex
90" and insisted upon stamping thi
upon every package sent out Tn
postal authorities objected but Rode
could not be subdued and the pacl
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