Arizona republican., 1903-02-03

proposition" l hurriedly consulted my senate directory. counted the seats in
 the third row to the seventh desk
 where he stood. which was No 49-op-
 posite No. 49 on the list was McCum-
 Der. Porter J.. N Dakota. I knew in stantly that he was pleading for state ly recognition of his little hal: sisters.
 fair Arizona and beautiful New Mexi-
 co; from whose cradle-h hood environ
 ment he had himself but lately emerg-
 ed. That he knew, from having lived thro' such transition what impetus, what courage, what strength would
 come to them if they were accorded
 the rights of their majority; that he foresaw the added dignity to our na- ton when all it's children were of full age and equal standing.
 I hade just heard him say. Take a prospective rather than retrospective view" Now he was saying:
 With our intention ever riveted on
 the future, we are fast leaving be-
 hind us old traditional theories by an
 enlargement to meet conditions far be- yond their original intendment; some times, with startling audacity. aban- doning them altogether to meet great
 CT contingencies; but ia all cases, with consumate skill and Judgment, strengthening the national character
 enhancing the welfare and accelerating the prosperity and progress of the na-
 tion
 The old idea of the nation for the benefit and protection of the several states. the old alliance idea. has been superseded by the higher and broader
 one of the states fer the benefit and
 grandeur Of one nation.
 I am so intensely American my heart got right up in my throat when he came to this:
 The American Of. today almost for getting state boundaries sees mainly a mighty empire with it's lofty ranges of mountains. with it's beautiful and fertile valleys. with its vast forests, it's verdaLt plains and its wonderful rix- CTS. He sees no divisions but those traced by the hand cf cmnipotence, and all of this comprising the most varied in topography, in produce and in natural resources, a land of noun tains and plains. of woodlands and lakes, of prairies and streams, and this
 he recognizes as his country"
 Then he continued, showing that the industries of these far western re- gions were entitled to equal represen- tation and protection with like indus tries in other sections, saying:
 Now, MT. President, knowing as we do, that it Is the people and industries that are represented rather than the territory erCompassed within certain lines, it follows that the best results to the whole country can only be obtained
 when each Of the great industries and the population supported thereby have . representation in this body commcn- surate with it's importance when com
 pared with each and all of the other
 industries. The iron producing sections
 of the country should not outweigh the
 diversified manufacturing sections.
 ''The greatest labor element of the
 cities should net outweigh in it's rep resentative power the labor element Of the farms. If the wheat. corn and stock raising industries of the country represent One-half of the population of the United States, it is clear that the territory supporting that population should have one-half of the voting
 power in this senate"
 He soon produced scne tables of di- vision Of the country in various ways.
 which l did not clearly understand un- til I saw them in the Congressional ReCord-so I came on home thinking l "If that man is a, type of the 1eople who live in Dakota I would ike to live up there if it wasn't so cold"
 ALOL WAMSLEIGH.