Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-07
RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON
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also. have two United States district
courts, two revenue districts, two
United States marshals, probably ten
United States land Offices. with a reg
lister and receiver in each, probably
two surveyor generals, and the same
educational and public institutions that
We now have in each territory, with a
tremendous endowment of land going
directly to the eastern and western
portions of the new state for both edu-
c~ational and public institutions. The
capitol would probably be placed at
Santa Fe for at least ten years, If not
permanently.
The statehood bill had at least
twenty-five majority in its favor in the
senate throughout the whole session.
1t was simply talked to death by about
five senators. The delegates have
taken steps to see that the committee
on territories in the coming house is
not packed against statehood. We are
assured that 1t will not be. and, there
fore, we expect the bill will easily pass
again. New Mexico came out of the
hSht pN'sNi ihdh ont WtDt III. IL was
the greatest fight ever made in con
gress on a similar subject. The terri
tory received more advertising through
the statehood fight than it ever receiv-
ed in all its history previously, and it
is getting the benefit of that advertis-
ing now by the splendid progress it is
making. | spread information of our
resources everywhere. and | have
knowledge of enterprises that will be
commenced in the territory during this
summer and fall that would astonish
our people if | had the time to tell
about them.
Il have put in W and a half years
of my life for New Mexico's benefit,
and worked as hard as | was capable
of working. or its effect our people
must be the judge.
THE enemies of statehood not only
talked statehood to death, but they
killed a whole lot of other legislation
which the country needed, n forced |
an extra session of the United States |
senate. The Philippine tariff bill was
needed badly, the Aldrich financial
bill was needed still more, and both of
these measures shared the fate of the
statehood bill. The friends of state
hood get a little grim satisfaction out
of this fact. even though most of us
were in favor of the Aldrich financial
bill, because it would have turned loose
hundreds of millions of dollars now
uselessly held in the United States |
treasury. The statehood fight will be
a landmark in our national history and
will, in my opinion, result in some
modification of the senseless rules of
the United States senate. That body is
not a government of majorities, but is
a government, negatively, of minori.
ties. Any five healthy United States
capable of talking four or five
hours a day each, and repeating it
every fourth day, can prevent the pass
age OF all legislation in our mgr
during the period of their natural
lives.
There were two or three reasons
talking the statehood bill to death.
The first one, and the one most ad-
vanced by its enemies, is a false one,
is, a fear that the new jurisdic-
would be democratic. The ene-
mics of the measure knew that claim
false, and II 1t was true it could
not affect the United States senate pc.
Iitically, as 1t would only make 80 dem
senators against 81 republican
senator's. The second reason is the
jealousy of New England of the grow
ing power of the west. That is deep
Only one senator, Gallinger,
Of New Hampshire, had the courage
to support the statehood measure and
live up to the party promises of the
party, and he deserves all
credit for his manly position. The
third reason, and the one that really
the measure in this last coz,
gress, is the jealousy OF power of re-
publican senator's in that body. There
are 81 republican senators, 29 of these
all party ~caucuses, and hence
the nation. The remaining 2S
senators belong to the re-
publican senatorial kindergarten. If
only two Of the ley senator's should be
and should vote with the
minority of 2S. it would make
them the bosses of the senate and the
nation, and thus relegate the present
bosses to the background. This last
eason is the true one for our present
defeat. We were not defeated by the
who made the speeches
us. They were the mere cats
paws of five or six others.
ITO the people and the press of New
for the splendid support given
myself and the many other good
of statehood, | return my sin
cerest thanks, and assure them that
the statehood bill is only delayed, not
defeated. Personally all | can say is
to make the remark | made coming