Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-05-24
UNALTERABLY
OPPOSED
Senator EIkins Does Not Be.
Ileve in Joining New Mexico
and Arizona as One State.
IT LOOKS LIKE GROVER
He May Be Called Upon to Lead the
Democracy in Its ForIorn Fight
This FALL

Washington, May 24-The time al
lowed by the Republican national com
mittee for the selection of delegates
TO the national convention has expired
as 80 days from Saturday last the first
session of the convention will be called
to order. Up to Saturday night the
returns which had been received
showed that 952 cut of the 800 dele,
gates had been selected. Four dele
gates had been selected in San Fran
cisco in its two congressional districts
but their names had not been reported
Thirty-eight delegates are not yet ac-
counted for, although some of them
have been chosen. In several Illinois
districts the conventions have been
postponed, the deadlock in the state
convention being responsible for the
postponement 1t is not known what
action the national committee will take
in the cases of the delayed districts,
but it is thought that the delegates
will be seated without much discus
sion The reports of the division of
delegates is as follows:
Roosevelt, 716; uninstructed, 236:
not chosen or not reported, 50. Presi-
dent Rposevelt's estimate makes the
following showing, Roosevelt, 7OS; not
named or not reported, 62.
The districts in which delegates
have not been named or reported are
as follows Texas, 4th; Arkansas,
4th; Illinois, 4th, 5th, Sth, 18th, 10th,
Goth; North Carolina, 1st. 3D. 3r, 9Th;
Ohio, 9Th, 9th, 18th; Wisconsin, 1st,
9Th; Missouri, 8th, 18th.
May Nominate the Stuffed Prophet.
!. Washington, May 24-The Democrat
ic fight for delegates to the national
Democratic convention increases in
bitterness as the date for the opening
of the convention approaches. A
crushing blow was dealt to the Hearst
faction last week when E. G Wall cap
tured the delegation from Wisconsin.
Tom Taggert squelched the Hearst
boom in Indiana but Mr.. Hearst gath
cred in the Iowa and California dele
gates which more than unbalanced the
loss of Indiana. The number of unin
'st ~ucted delegates to the convention is
increasing and the belief is growing.
that falling to secure enough to nom
mate Judge Parker the Parker, Olney, |
Wall and uninstructed delegates will
turn to ex-President Grover Cleveland |
and make him the nominee Delegates |
have been elected in "a states with the
following results: Number of unin-
structed 1876, instructed for Hearst 81,
for Parker 122.
Senator EIkins on Joint Statehood.
The following letter written by Sen
ator S. B. Ellsins to Delegate B. S.
Rodey during the recent session of
Congress, gives his views On the sub
iect CT joint statehood for the terri !
tories Of Arizona and New Mexico:
Dear Mr.. Rodey-Referring to our
conversation about the bill pending to
admit New Mexico and Arizona as a |
state, desire to say that | have al
ways be en- unalterably opposed to uni
ting these two territories. l have felt |
that New Mexico had a clear case and |
was justly entitled to admission under |
the terms of the treaty of Guadalupe |
Hidalgo, and with her large popula- |
Iion and development she should have |
long ago been admitted.
With the present temper of Con-
gress it will be impossible to separate |
Arizona and New Mexico, and the ad- |
mission may long be delayed unless |
the two come in as one state. am sat |
isfied had the case of New Mexico |
come up under separate bill at the |
last session we could have passed it, |
and it is possible that with proper ef-
fort and some delay this may yet
be done, but I believe not for four or
five years. I hardly think at the next
session of Congress the bill for the |
Joint admission could be amended by |
striking out Arizona and allowing New
Mexico to come in alone.
Il would suggest for your considera
ton, and the consideration of the
people of New Mexico, that in any
event the name of New Mexico and
Arizona be changed. | believe If the
Territory were admitted under the
name of New Mexico it would be a
great hindrance to progress and de-
velopment; people would identify it
with Old Mexico, and il it had some
other name | am satisfied that a |
great deal of the prejudice existing
against New Mexico would disappear.
For this reason it occurs to me that
the name should be changed and the
bill amended so as to provide new
name in any event, putting aside both
Arizona and New Mexico.
Yours truly,
rs. B. ELKINS."