Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-02-29
INSANE NEGRO
CAUSES TROUBLE
Shot and Killed One Postal Clerk and
Wounded Another on Southern
Railroad in Alabama.

| Tracked BY BloodhoundS.
Birmingham, Feb. 29-According tt
reports received by the officials of the
Alabama Great Southern shooting o
two postal clerks today, was the par
of plot to rob the train. The shoot
ing was done by Jim Paris, a negro
| who seized package of registered let
| ters before he jumped from the train
In jumping he fell and one leg was
crushed by the train. He dragged
himself three miles where he was
found by bloodhounds and arrested
Several registered letters were found
in his pockets. 1t is believed that
three or four negroes were involved in
the plot although only one appears to
have entered the postal car
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
but urging certain details as to time
and terms. A half hour was then oc-
cupied trying to agree upon terms for
report, but partisan rancor had risen
so high that no result was arrived at.
The report will, therefore. probably
be strict party one, and if the join
ture bills pass on the floor, it will have
to be by strict party vote, and under
a special rule shutting off debate and
amendments. 1t developed during the
meeting that the Senate and the
House leaders are afraid that the
statehood fight, if brought on the floor
of the House and in the Senate will
delay adjournment, and that they were
trying hard on the Senate side to keep
the bills from getting there this ses-
sion, but the House committee seemed
determined to send them there. After
the Democrats retired, it seems that
Rodey's appeal had made such an ef-
feet upon the Republican members of
the committee as that few of them
advocated leaving out Arizona and re-
porting New Mexico alone, but they
were overpowered by the remainder of
the committee, the statement that such
a bill could not pass in the Senate
having great weight with those favor
ing New Mexico alone.
1t seems from remarks heard in the
committee that this jointure of the
four territories into two states is a
well understood and planned policy of
the administration, and that the Presi-
dent of the United States we'll under
stands it, and while if he does not ad
vocate it openly, favors it. The Senate
end of the fight may be retarded by
the absence of Senator Quay, as they
are all deferring to him in the matter.
It is now as certain as anything can
be that the matter has become one of
politics, that the Republicans will try
to pass the jointure bills as claimed
fulfillment OF their party pledges, and
that the Democratic party in Congress
will resist the passage of the bills, at
least of the jointure of New Mexico
and Arizona, because the same is not
q fulfillment of the promises of either
national party platform, and because
they would rather have the bills not
pass so as to embarrass the Republi-
cans in the coming national election.
The Democrats probably in any event,
will vote for the jointure of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory if the bill is pre-
sented to them, as they cannot help
that under their platform, and the
pressure from the million and half
of people living in those great terri
tories is too strong to be resisted. II
any person had any doubt about the
statement that has frequently of late
been made, that New Mexico and Ari-
zona cannot get into the union alone
in this generation, it would have been
could he have heard the
statements made at this committee
The day has passed when
any state can get into this union again
with less than million of people. On
ly the desire to keep party pledges in
part, and get rid of the statehood fight
and clean up the continental territor-
ial question, once and for all, makes 1t
possible or probable for New Mexico
and Arizona to come, into the union
now even when Joined together as one
state. These statements are made for
the serious consideration of the people
of New Mexico and Arizona In them
they can see their condition and their
fate. With them now will lie the pow
er to accept or refuse the only thing
that is offered. The chances are that
if they accept and come in, they can
get better terms than they can after
the great and populous territories of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory have
been Joined and let into the union as
one state. New Mexico and Arizona
can now probably get not only about
%, 900, 900 acres of land for their
schools and institutions, but there is
first class chance that the joint state
would also be given $1O,00O,OOO in
cash for the support of its common
schools, the same to draw four per
cent interest as long as the whole or
any part of it is permitted to remain
undrawn from the United States treas
ury.
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