Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-01-02
New Mexico and Arizona as
One State With Three Re-
presentatives in Con-
gress Under Name
Now Mexico.
HoPEWELL'S POSITION.
Eastern and Western U. s. Court
Districts, Capital for ten
Years at Santa Fe. Dem
ocratic Leader Favors
New Plan if Scpar-
ate States can not
be had.

Hon. w. S. Hopewell, chairman of
the Democratic territorial central COM
mittee returned at noon today from
visit to Chicago where he was on bust.
ness for the Santa Fe Central Railway
Company. While in the "Windy City,
he was in consultation with several pro-
minent politicians who are interested in
the passage of an enabling act for New
Mexico and Arizona. 1t was developed
that there was much opposition to the
present omnibus statehood bill but that
bill providing for one state out of
New Mexico and Arizona has q good
chance to re-pass both houses and to be-
come law, as Is was understood that
President Roosevelt was favorable to
such q solution of tho statehood ques-
ton. Mr.. Hopewell stated that from
his observation u bill combining the
two territories as one state under the
name of New Mexico, granting the new
state three representatives in congress,
two United States district courts one for
the eastern district to be composed of
what is now New Mexico, and one for
the western district to include what is
now Arizona, with two United States
marshals and two United States district
attorneys and retaining the capital of
the new state for the first ten years at
the city OF Santa Fe might be acceptable
to the people of the two territories AS
Jar as he was concerned, hn would in his
persoi d ana Atf'a s-=..:si capacity, favor such
bill, especially II three members of
congress were allowed the new state
and the name remain New Mexico and
the capital be fixed in Santa Fe. Mr..
Hopewell is Of the opinion that bill
including these points will be substitute
ed for tho resent omnibus statehood
bill upon ssembling of congress
and that 'ni,ss % strong "a opposition
was waged agains it by the neople of
New Mexico and Arizona, it w9rld pass
and be approved by r asideat Roosevelt.
The sentiment Of senators, he was in
formed, was rapidly changing towards
the project Of one state for New Mexico
and Arizona. He thinks that the people
of the two territories could afford to
unite upon the basis above stated,
two senators, three members of
congress, two United States court dis
tricts with full complement of officers
for each, the name of New Mexico to be
retained, the capital to be fixed at San
ia Fe and the state supreme court to be
in two divisions, one for
what is now New Mexico with seat at
santa Fe and the other for what is
now Arizona with sessions at Phoenix.
If a bill of this character is offered Mr..
will throw his political and
personal influence in it's favor as he be-
ieves the passage of such bill will
prove for the benefit of all concerned
and will make New Mexico strong
'tate with an efficient and well support
ID state government and will advance
he new commonwealth very rapidly in
population, in wealth, in Importance
nd industrial and moral progress.
Mr.. Hopewell is first In favor of New
1exico and Arizona as separate states
ut If this cannot be, then he is in favor
t the one state OF the two territories,
lrizona to be attached to New Mexico.