The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-11
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/ turning to power, will surely admit them,
and many Republicans feel that their
party might Just as well gain favor in
! those communities by confsrring upon
/ them the great boon of statehood, as TO
/ leave the advantage to its opponent
+ New Mexico, practically promised admis-
sion ID the union AZ the time OF the Mex
! lean cessien, has for more than half
century urged its claims upon congress.
oklahoma is abundantly large for state.
and no one objects TO its admission, es-
pecially if the Indian Territory compli-
cation could be adjusted Arizona must
come in, if at all. to make a clean job
out OF It. Without doubt, any comomuni-
~ prospers more under statehood than
territorial conditions Trade and invest
meRts would be strengthened by the
cnange.
The objections TO the admission of
threeOr four new states in the southwest
relate chi1y 10 the balance ef national
power between the small states and the
large ones. If our small states were scat
tered through the union, just As Rhode
Island, Delaware and Florida are in the
east, no harm would be done by the ad-
mission of three more. put wnen
dozen or more states which Will always
be small are grouped, it gives TO the
interests which they have IN common
very disproportionate stren,sta in the SEN
ate. and that BODY today is rae m5st
powerful part of the government Of the
United STATES. having encroaehed scnne-
what upon the powers Of he executive
and largely subordinated tho hcuse IF
representatives. y is easy 70 conlopJte
that, with these for territories admit
ted to the udot d very small fraction
Of the country pop latlon. wealth and
business power Tpight constitute sen
ate's majority. The combination of the
south with the Rocky Mountain west,
made by Brayns drst canvass and ike
ly to be repeated from time to time in
our history. is dangerous TO the sutstan
tial interests Of the grea- block of states
from Bangor TO pes Mo,nes. The center
of population is in Indiana. Its sned.an
point is many miles fartehr east. The
center OF business life OF the nation is
still more TO the north and east. If the
territories are admitted, the center of
political power of the nation. as reflected
in the senate. will not be far from Ozark,
Mo.
The statehood bill relies for its sue
cess on three political elements: a
the Democrats, CO the Republican sena-
tors from adjoining small states, ard (Sl
eastern Republicans who have financial
interests in the territories.
Quay and Penrose of Pennsylvania
and Eikins of West Virginia are strong
for statehood. w. H Andrews, a Quay
henchman, went out TO the southwest
some years ago, and now expects to come |
10 the senate as soon as this bill passes. |
There is 2 big railroad deal on in which |
certain eastern senators are reputed TO |
be interested, notably, Mr.. Quay. If |
statehood is secured. the bonds of all |
such enterprises can be foated to better |
advantage and big profits are to be net
ted by the transition. 1t would probably |
be found that several eastern senators |
have their lines out in this way, ard |
that they viii expose their interest if
the vote is close enough to make this
essential.
sThen, there is a sympathetic feeling
among the representatives from states
which, like wyoming and Utah, have only
recently emerged from the territorial
condition themselves. This sympathy, /
too. is often comobined with business in
terests for the Rocky MoVntain belt, as
a rule. sends only its richest men to |
lie senate. The Democrats viii vote for /
statehood because they expect these
tnree territories to be Democratic states. |
and no one who looks ct a map Of the
United States and sees where they are
can wholly dispute this claim. The pres
ent Republicanism OF New Mexico is sig
nincant chiefly Of the desire of its peo-
ple to MAKE favor with the party likely
to have most to say in regard TO state
hood Oklahoma, even in these circum-
stances. is in doubt noow, while Arizona
is regularly Democratic. The probabili-
.-es are that these states will much more
orten be represented by Democrats than
by Republicans, even though they have +
a tremendous appetite for protection on
wool and hides and metals. Some OF the
most iniquitous tariff schedules of the
past have been written 10 placate Rocky
Mountain senator's.
1t thus appears that the combination
for statehood viii not fall short OF
ma iority of the senate. The failure of
the Democrats to carry the Delaware leg
lsIature, which would have sent two new
senators here in January TO ill vacan-
cies. is an important point, for such
known accession of strength. even after
the decreed date of voting, would have
been utilzed as well in aid of the cause.
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