Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-24
NO JOINT
STATEHOOD
The National Convention at Chi.
cago Gave Hon. B. S. Rodey
the Marble Heart.
BRODIE POSTS
ROOSEVELT
"Recalcitrant Republicans" is What
New Mexico's Delegate Calls
Thosse Opposed to the Merger.

The following notes of the Republi
can national convention at Chicago
which adjourned yesterday are take1
from the St. Louis Globe Democrat ant
are of especial interest to New Mexico
However, the intimation that Governor
OterO, H. 0. Bursum and the majority
of New Mexico delegates worked fol
a joint statehood plank in the nationa
platform. is erroneous. If anything
they worked against such a plank and
succeeded in their effort. Says the
first dispatch, dated Chicago June 81:
Delegate Rodey. who represents New
Mexico in Congress, is here. He and a
small coterie of followers have been
making an effort to have the conven-
ton adopt a resolution declaring for
joint statehood. He is meeting with
covery was made soon after he began
his labors that Colonel Brodie, warm
personal friend of President Roose-
welt, who organized company of
Rough Riders for the Spanish-Ameri-
can war had been in Washington and
presented the matter in such way as
to completely checkmate anything that
Delegate Rodey may hope to accom-
plish. There will be no resolution in
dorsing or favoring joint statehood if
the plans of the Republican leaders
are carried out.
.1n1 ,;ol, ;r
ing after this joint statehood matter
and which hopes to secure the resolu
tion despite the opposition manifest
thereto, is composed of Delegate Ro
dey, Solomon Luna, national commit
teeman; NJ. A. Otero, Governor of the
Territory; Major W. H. H. Llewellyn,
w. G. Sargent, D. J. Leahy W. E.
Dame, H. o. Bursum, all dele
gates to the convention: w. Fl. Greer,
an alternate, and F. A. Hubbell, terri
torial chairman.
Delegate Rodey made a statement
tonight in which he said that the
New Mexicans were somewhat divided
on the joint statehood question: but
that about half of them, of whom he
seemed to be the head were reconciled
to the jointure of the territories of
New Mexico and Arizona as one state.
In this they are joined, he said by
majority of the delegates from Okla
homa and the Indian Territory. He
took the position that as it was the
settled policy of the Republican party
to make but two states from the four
territories, there should be plank. in
the platform to that effect This
course, he believed, would drive recall
citrant Republicans, as he termed
them, in both Arizona and New Mexico,
who still hope for separate statehood,
into the party. He thought that the diff
ferences between the faction advocat-
ing this sort of plank and the one
urging a mere generality as declara-
ton in the matter, would be carried to
the floor of the convention.
New Mexico Delegation Organizes.
The delegation from New Mexico or
ganized as follows: Chairman, Cover
nor M. A. Otero: secretary, w. E.
Dame; credentials committee, W. H.
H. Llewellyn; rules and order of busi-
ness, w. E. Dame; permanent organi-
zation, W. G.. Sargent; resolutions, H.
o. Bursum; honorary vice president
F. A. Hubbell; to notify nominee for
President, Governor Otero; to notify
nominee for Vice President, D. J.
Leahy; national committeeman, Solo,
mon Luna.
The delegation expressed no prefer
ence for vice presidential nominee
and took no action on the tariff ques-
tion.
No Faith in Statehood Movement.
Delegates from Indian Territory, un-
certain as to what action will be TAX
en- by the convention on the subject of
statehood, are making an earnest fight
for home rule for all territories pend
ing admission to the Union.
A joint conference of the Oklahoma
and Indian Territory delegates may be
held looking to cooperation in bring
ing about a declaration for the admis-
sion of the two territories as one
state. Prominent Republicans in both
territories say they have been disap-
pointed so often that they want some
recognition assuring better conditions
in the territories should statehood be
denied. With this end in view they
ask the convention to take stand in
favor of home rule and for the ap-
pointment of residents of territory
to the benches of that territory.
The misspelling Of names is charac-
teristic of the Globe-Democrat, in fact
every large city daily nowadays is
chuck full of topographic, orthogra-
phic and other errors against which
the small mistakes which sometimes
creep into the columns Of New Mexico
,dailies. are insignificant. In the same
paragraph the Clobe-Democrat spells