The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-26
ADMIssIos oF.TERRIroRIEs.
tiahd Sin's Weekly Talks Common
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la Ito Progress Of the World, -
the Current Review Of Reviews dis
clsses the admission Of new states
aud closes with these words The
mistake VI the past IN the admission
Of crude territories render il the more
necessary that the future creation Of
states shonld be we'll considered, free
from temporary sKigencies Of par
tisanship, and, above ali, free from
the seandalous faint of private Ia
tefests -
II asked to give lucid idea Of
y hat hs means ia the foregoing, We
suspect the learned editor would
have nothing To say except To repeat
sonne worn 0ut aud meaningless
piatitudes aud some stale and idiotie
proyineiaiisms. What does be mean
by crude teHitoFiesg" How does
hs think the men of auy territory
THAT has besn admitted during the
pasl fea years would compare, per
capita, ia all the attributes that
make good citizenship with the
gentleman who recently elected Mr.
Mcclellan Mayor of Greater New
York; Again has any state been ad
mitted since the original thirteen,
that Iaftlsssnship did not have a great
deal "a DO aiIh engineering Il into
the unionf
As a. private Interests" and
'ss-andalous taints. Ia shat does
the learned editor REFER
That la most II the sta,es recently
admitted, the people were ardent
adgocates 81 the restoration II silver
money "a the place given IL ia the
Constitution II tho Uuited States.
II that il she cause II bic prejudice,
hos does be knoa that they we're
hot right and that be is dead wrong
Agaiu. aAs i, 10 further the interests
os the people or Was il the scandaious
nofk II fc~ private thieves that
caused tbs las ~ 1879 Ia 10 PASSED
- stealth. thus consnmaiibg the
most gigantic spoilation ever per
pctratod ~ legislation ~ this
Rspahiic'
iiui huF~ is another point II vien
from ahieh the question II the
admission ~ states should - cou
sider~si
When territory possesses the pop
ulatiun and the property necessary 10
carry On a state government uhon
.l.~se .s i.s4 question II ti,e loyalty,
patriotism 90 intslllernes Of such a
people. BY aha, right under our laws
do-s Congress bold such a people IN
f l~atiug stfiBgss fy abs, theory ot
a Republican form Il Government
dc-os Congress tii the otiic-e u such
a Territory ui,h residents 1t other
states. elton pith men utterly unfit
,os thr positions aud scu, ont ia = no
purrose except "a I.ay old political
dulAs - CuugrwsstBcu OF 10 remove
troubicsufn" constituents ub~re ih~s
can PROV upon sirane~rsf ily uhsl
right arr hundreds II thousands 81
Americans. vastly more intelligent IL
tbs aggregate. than tbr same uumt~i
picket al random from any eastern
state, dont~d arlf government aud al
participation Ia tho election 81
Presidents 90 in helping Ia shape ,h'
legislation II III" country over rcgioui
~ uhtvh tbs average eastern Congress
man kuowa nothing.
Sutviy the provincial press II tn
vast ought 80 nnd som" new argument,
yu Justify thcls opposition Go ia
admission uf uow states
Hut tho EnVioh - Reviews ilnAll
attempts io give snmo reasons for Il
opresition. Tho fret l. the gros
national protect against the seating q
Mr.. Amuoi, the Mormon apoe,I
senator from Utah What Of that
Thcto werr quite ~ sharp pro'cs
against the seating II Mr. Cannon
" delegate In tho House Of Rcprcscl
y" ta,ivcs moro than twenty Year, AZ
MWfeuFgT w" INsrAAhh NFAtAh ~
Susou, aud uhich arouscs ID" protest
- u one whtch should hc the dire
b" cnncprpmeut Of the representatives
he every state II tho ReJRhlic. for
'rp sues directly Ia tho most VII
's, principle on vhich tho Rspuh
r. rpsts the principle Of the ah~ol'
rat separation II Church and state
biz the government ~ our country
% The decline uf Nevada h ano'
the reason advanced against the admissi
his If ueW states That IL pointless,
~ the reason tina, no other such circu
stances can ever again govern
tho governed the admission Of Neva
the Congress bad To- have ,No.thiri'
,ter three .toutths majority If the ss'
- to carry through the leaisla'
90 needed 10 meet the cSiaencies vi
n ~ were presented by the great
Naalu at that time. Nevada
supplyine the gold and silver nee