Middletown transcript., 1903-02-28
QUAY sPxAKs THRoUGH
TIE NORTH AMERICAN
Tells Why the Territory Of New Mexico
Should be Admitted to Statehood

Tells Why the Territory Of New Mexio
/ SHOULD bs Admitted to Statehood
i Senator Quay is the champion Of th,
Statehood bill now before the UniteS
States Senate. He also is an enthusiastic
sponsor for the people of the Territor,
OF New Mexico. which be describes in ~
extended article written by him for the
Magazine Section OF next Sundays Norti
| Aaerican.
For more than fifty years New Mexico
has knocked at the door and demanded
recognition as right inherent in the
treaty which annexed the territory to
the Union. Statehood has been de-
manded Of twenty-nine Congresses, aud
at least once bill passed both houses
and failed only because of the neglect or
sinister act OF the then Speaker of the
House Of Representative, who permitted
the bill to remain upon his desk.
In his effort to make New Mexico q
State, and, incidentally, make his friend
and former lieutenant, w. H. Andrews,
a United Stated Senator, Mr.. Quay has
brayed the indignant protest OF the
united press of the country, and dared
70 threaten to encompass the defeat OF
the Panama Canal bill.
Senator Quay and Andrews. who is
now Territorial Senator in the land of
his adoption, declare that tile Republican
party, through the last two National Con-
ventions, has demanded Statehood for
New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma,
and also that the Democratic National
party has endorsed admission. They
protest that the territory is peaceable,
prosperous, law abiding, enterprising,
with valuable industries well developed,
vast agricultural district fully improved
and vast mineral deposits which are an
nually adding to the wealth OF the
nation.
Senator Quay claims that the railroads
OF the State are well built and reach into
every quarter, over 5000 miles now being
in operation and many hundreds of miles
more under contract. It will be the
fourth State in the Union in point Of
size, with over $4,000, 900 acres within
the jurisdiction, of which over s., ,0Oo,-
900 acres are yet subject to pre-emption;
an area as large as Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts, combined. It has costly
public, educational and religious struc-
tures. fine hotels, clubs and homes.
The population is Republican almost to a
man, the vast cattle and sheep interests
causing the New Mexicans to appreciate
the protective tariff of the Republican
party. Last year the wool crop reached
Is, ,000, 900 pounds, the coal output l.
SOC, 900 tons and minerals OF all kinds
netted the territory SIC, 600, 600.
In next Sundays Magazine Section of
The North 4mericaa Senator Quay tells in
a statement especially prepared for The
North american the reasons for his advo-
cacy of the admission of New Mexico
into Statehood Territorial Senator w.
Fl. Andrews, formerly Senator from Craw-
ford County, Pa, now a heavy owner of
mines and president Of railroads in the
new country, also gives to the readers of
The North Amsrican an inside view of the
resources Of the Territory.
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