Arizona republican., 1902-11-11
Encouraging for Statehood.


 zona and New Mexico is regarded by the metropolitan newspapers as one oi the leading news features of the mo- ment. and the country will be kept well informed as to the movements of the senators. the manner in which they are entertained, the impressions they re- ceive. and so forth, and during the next week or two there will be gen eral discussion of the statehood ques- tion. As a matter Of course. pending the development of something tangible upon which to base opinions, there IS diversity of guesses as to the present attitude of the senators. As we point ed out yesterday, it is clear that those Washington correspondents are Tn error who assume that the republican senators are coming here with minds already made up and with fixed de- termination to report against Arizona, at least. Such an assumption does a great injustice to the integrity of the statesmen mentioned.
 We are much more inclined to be- lieve that the outlook is altogether en- couraging. This is the view of the Washington correspondent of the Globe Democrat, who telegraphs as fol- lows:
 "The admission of Oklahoma, Ari- zona and New Mexico to statehood will be one of the first questions con- he NN-h meets in December The bill was passed by the house at the last session, but failed of consideration in the sen ate.
 Pressure by Senator Quay, however, secured the adoption on the last day of the session of resolution authoriz- ing the senate committee to hold hear ings on the bill during the recess and instructing it to present a report at the first meeting of the committee in De Cember.
 ,"The president urged the admission of the territories to statehood in his first message to congress and will re- new his recommendation in his next message"
 Delegations have been coming to Washington for years-fOr half q cen tury in New Mexico's case-urging their claims. Each delegation has urged that a committee visit the ter ritories, contending that no unpreju- diced committee could report against their admission as states after visit and investigation of facts and condi- tions.
 There has been much speculation as to the political elements that have en- tered into the statehood question. Some of the opponents of the bill in the sem ate at the last session argued that the three territories were liable to give democratic majorities at any time and thereby add six democrats to the sem ate.
 Supporters of the bill insisted that Oklahoma and New Mexico were as certainly republican as were Iowa and Massachusetts, and that Arizona was certainly, if slowly. turning back to the republican column. It was finally un- derstood in a tacit way that the bill would be allowed to remain in the sen ate and that its fate would be, in a measure at least determined by the re- suit of the elections.
 oklahoma and New Mexico, with the rest Of the west, remained loyal to the republican policies in the election on Tuesday, and in Arizona the demo- cratic plurality for delegate. which was 1000 in 1900. was cut down to a scant 800. Friends of the bill are en- outraged
 The Washington correspondent of the Los Angeles Times thinks that the out look for the statehood bill is very he
 Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma territories will be made into states at the coming session of congress. If there is any exception it will be New Mexico. Senator Beveridge has just left Washington, where he received a revised programme of the republican policy respecting these territories. Un- til last spring. when Senator Beveridge, as chairman of the committee on terri tories. made his winning fight against the consideration of the statehood bills. the purpose of the republican leaders was to add no new stars to the flag for the present.
 Now that the mountain states have been reclaimed and silver is a dead is- sue, it is thought the republicans can carry these states after congress
 
 minister remarked: They are Roose- velt's kind of people,
 The president is to make several stops out there on his way to Califor- mia in the spring. and political experts here say that after he has congratu- lated them upon reaching their major ity and whooped things up generally there is no possible doubt that the president will carry all these new states"
 The editorial comment of the best in- formed newspapers is favorable to the admission of all three territories Fair minded senators cannot fail to be inn pressed by the overwhelming evidence of the country's desire that the omni- bus bill be passed. The San Francisco