Bisbee daily review., 1903-01-10
DELEGATE WILSON
 GIVES HIS VIEWS
$ DiSGuSTED WITH WHAT SUB.
 COMMITTEE HAS DONE


 Passing Senate at This Session.
 Shows Where Their Report is
 Incorrect.
 General J. F. Wilson. of Prescott, Ge]egate-elect from this territory to congress, is in Phoenix, for few days. In common with all patriotic citizens of this territory he is considerably tiSgusted with the report of the con gressional territorial committee, and consented yesterday to make public his views on the subject. When seen by a Democrat reporter he stated:
 No I have not had the time since the election to come to the capital city before My business has detained me In my rounds l have been over quite an amount of the northern part of the territory, and I am glad to say, find that part of it is growing and in healthy, prosperous condition. Deep mining is now going on more than ever before, and its development is Hull of fattering promise.
 "Yes, our people there, like the peo- pie here, are anxious for the passage of the omnibus statehood bin. and are. with much solicitude, watching the
 
 not only offended, but injured, at the action and report of the majority of that subcommittee on territories. and justly so. Yes, I met the gentlemen comprising that subcommittee, at Prescott-had quite talk with them, and furnished them all data I had at hand going to show our ability to take care of ourselves handsomely and in -tanT Ivy nf ion state-gave them facts of history that were proof positive that only eight out Of thir,y-two states admitted into the Union since it formation had a population exceeding ours, and only six Tith more taxable property, and only three with such promise of in ternal wealth as We have, and that may be seen by any (eyen by senators of that committed who will only take the time and pains to lookout it was Of 10 avail, so far as they were con- cerned. It did seem then, as it seems now, that their major object was-not to fairly investigate, but to cull out that kind and character Of evidence which they might be able to find on which they might base opposition to our admission.
 
 ments upon it force us to this conclu, sion- Read the report and the first set opposition speech made my Sen atOr Dillingham;, if you please. and that will he enough to rivit this kind of conclusion in the mind of any one who knows the facts. They virtually say but one third of one per cent of our area is susceptible of reclama- yfsaff stuutly maintain that with all the out lays of capital that might be made, water enough to conserve that could Dot he obtained.
 This every one who has had only a casual observance of the conditions as they exist here, knows is supremely ridiculous.
 Again, that report, and especially inc arguments on it, are as unfair as they are unwarranted by the real facts as they exist. For instance, on the question of intelligence, they class tweDty-nine per cent, of our whole pop ulation as 9 lot of illiterate igno- ramuses, disqualifying us all from that fitness Of self-goyernment and wise home protection due all Americans: and from that, with all of the boldness cA NOHF FiNAiOl1, tISy pIOCSCu u SlUulis oppose our admission. This is as un- fair as it is unwarranted. The truth R. that in order to give them even a semblance of excuse for assuming this position and chasing us as a set of soH graded, unintelligent beings, they inclrde the 22.000 blanketed Indians, not taxed, in this territory (of course they are illi:erate), and charge all Of the illiteTacy of their savage nature of only a few years ago up to our wide awake American population. Yes, this IS wha5 they are doing, and at the game time they conceal or at least They fail to tel Ehe country the fact. and it is a fact, that not three per cent Of our American population can be so classed. This is fairness with vengeance Indeed it certainly was not expected to come from that source But, notwithstanding it all, We have the votes in the senate to pass the bill, and our maligners know it. And the only way to defeat it is by post Donement, filibustering, long-talking. which may possibly be done in the senate, where the previous question S unknown. Yet have strong hopes that the opposition will not go to that extTeme-and If they do not, our star viii soon arise and be fixed where it justly belongs"
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