Arizona republican., 1903-01-27
PHOENIX. ARIZONA. JAN. 27, 1903
Senator Foraker's Great Speech.

"A IGW udyS dSOs N1 ASAoAA NO speech of the Hon. Joseph Benson For aker. senator from Ohio. in support Of the omnibus bill, as most complete answer to the speeches made by Sena- tors Dillingham; and Nelson. The tele- graphic summary of MT. Foraker's re- marks did not, however, do justice to the eminent senator from Ohio. The Congressional Record of January 19 contains the speech in full, and 1t can be justly said that Senator Foraker has made the abIest contribution to the literature of the statehood question yet offered in the senate. He carefully avoided personalities, and he dealt with the subject from the standpoint or q statesman. His discussion of the ques- ton was on an exceptionally high plan, and it undoubtedly added to his iaureis as a speaker. Not only did he manifest q clear understanding and strong grasp of the subject in presenting his argu- ments for the admission of the three territories, but in answering the nu- merous interruptions from the enc mics of the measure his readiness and lis unfailing defeat of his adversaries marked him as one of the greatest de- baters in the senate.
 To the allegations made by Senator Bard and repeated, parrot-like by Sen- ators Dillingham; and Nelson, that Arizona and New Mexico are in q "stagnant' condition. the gifted Ohio senator answered in this admirable fashion:
 Now. turn to the speech made by the senator from Vermont, who is op- posed to the admission of New Mex ico. and who was arguing to show that New Mexico did not have sufficient in dustrial development to entitle her to admission, and you will find that hS says that the annual product of Ari- zona-it is not the taxable property in Arizona, but the annual product consisting of copper and silver and gold and other minerals, and agricul- tural products, is S33, ,567, ,537. or twice as much, in all probability, as all the property in Indiana subject to taxa tion was worth when it was admitted into the union in 1910, far more than all the property in Ohio was worth when it was admitted, and a great deal more than all the property in Tennessee was worth when it was admitted. That is not the aggregate value; it is the annual product in dollars and cents. and it is not the annual product as give it, but the annual product as given by an opponent of this measure. the distinguished senator from Yer mont, who made a most able and in teresting speech on this subject, so far as the facts are concerned. And this was his statement as to Arizona. the smallest in population of these three territories.
 Now, MT. President, admitting, how ever. as the senator from Vermont did and the senator from Minnesota did. that New Mexico and Arizona have the property values of which I speak. they say, to use the language employed by the senator from Minnesota yesterday, . that they are now in a stagnant condi- ton: there is no development; there is no going ahead; and there is no pros pect as there was a prospect for Indi-
 
 other territories when they were ad- mitted into the union.
 Mir. President, a grosser injustice could not be done to that people. Let us see if they are not going ahead. I have here q statement which shows that during the past twelve months, ending on the 31st day of last Decem- Der, there were constructed and put into operation within the territory Of New Mexico 35S miles of railroad. Does that look like stagnatiOn? I do not know how many miles were built in Indiana, but I doubt if so many were built there. There may have been. We will all hope so. But it is a pretty lively community in which there is that amount of railroad building on.
 Now, let me call attention to some thing else. Here are the internal rev. enue receipts collected from New Mex ico. lIn 1890 she paid $37,671.19 internal revenue taxes into the treasury of the United States. Of course since then the war taxes have come but they do not account for all the growth In 1901, the latest year for which I have the statistics. she paid S58 6O9 31. Here are her postcffiCe receipts. Now. please note what has been done in this stag nant community. In 1890 her total rostoffiCe receipts amounted to S45.- 639.52. Tn 1902 they amounted to $93. 6Si17. Since June 30. 1900, when the census was taken, they have estab- lished in New Mexico 76 new postofices. as the postoffice authorities have certi- fled. l have their letter to that effect.
 Tt is very ~-fficult for me to keep Arizona and New Mexico apart, and 1t just occurs to my mind that it is not necessary l should do so. They run naturally together. I think l am safe in saying that if I give the data as to New Mexico, you can assume that everything which has occurred there has occurred also in Arizona in the same proportion of the cther-praCti- cally the same. That will save me the