Arizona republican., 1902-06-05
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, JUNE 5. 1902
At least one of the great newspapers of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Rec

At least one of the great newspapers of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Rec
 ord. supports Senator THE Quay in the position he CASE has taken in favor of FAIRLY the admission of Ari- STATED. Zona, Oklahoma anl
 New Mexico into the union. The Records strong state men tof the case and it's admirable which we quote below, should be con- vincing to Senator Bard of California:
 There is really no tenable legislative ground, says the Record, for refusal of the right of independent government to the three territories named in the bill. Through the extended debate in the house over the omnibus bill the Amer ican public has been put substantially in possession of the facts of the situa tion. These are, briefly. that Okla homa, with half a million of popula- ton; New Mexico, with 350000, and Arizona, with 2G00G0. are alike suffer- ing loss and embarra ssment because of the narrow limitations and inadaptive- ness of the territorial form of govern ment imposed upon them. To relieve this strained condition is plain duty of federal legislative authority.
 These three territories are awaiting statehod in order to enter upon a stage Of material development that would probably be uneXampled in the history of the union. Agricultural lands Of unsurpassed fertility, producing an ex- traordinary range of crops; timber J,, <,F eval growth; mineral deposits of inn mense value and infinite variety; an expanding railway system that has all ready far outgrown territorial leading strings-these and many other cognate advantages re-enforce the tripartite demand for statehood. Until the peo- pie of the territories shall be certain that their public affairs shall be con- trolled at home. and not by govern ment agents appointed at Washington. material progress in that quarter must be halting and irresolute-
 This is not fair nor free government but rather mere arbitrary power ren- dered offensive by the pressure of par tiSanship. The internal development of three great western communities. each more populous than any other former territory at the time of it's admission to the union, and throbbing with an in tensive life that fmpa tiently demands the right to expand under free self government, is to be held up'' in con- gress by furtive methods of legislative indirectiOn, and for what? For pre- stunned party advantage; the gra tifica- tion of an absurd sense of senatorial dignity, and the convenience of cote rie of thrifty and influential specula- tors whose rich pickings in the terri tories would be cut of should the popu- lation be accorded the right of self government. This may be good partv politics and shrewd business manage ment; but it is not just nor decent as matter of public policy.
 The Republican has been opposed to discussing the statehood question from the low plane of partisanship, but in view of the general assumption that Arizona will be a democratic state when admitted, it is not out of place to say once for all that this assump- tion is not we'll founded. There has been a democratic majority of about one thousand, it is true. But the inn