Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-20
EVENING, MAY %. 1904.
. RANK MISREPRESENTATION.

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The New Mexican In its last issue
contains the following editorial:
The Las Vegas Optic has see a
new light. II asks this question:
III II was possible for Senator Till.
man, singlehanded, 10 hold up the
United States senate for an appr0-
priation Of sg0y9eee feT tie state q
South Carolina, and II. as Delegate
Rodey says. IL Is possible for 1--WE 81
six senators 10 force the passage .ol
4 Joint statehood bill, would Il no.
be possible for 1--WE or Six senators,
friendly 10 New Mexico, to force
through the senate q bill admitting
New Mexico as a separate state?
Senator Quay came very ear doing
II a year ago. and now that not
only Senator Quay, but Senators
Penrose, Teller and others have pro.
nounced themselves In favor OF CIV.
ing statehood TO New Mexico with
In its present boundaries, II does
not look plausible that New Mexico
will be denied statehood for another
generation simply because Ave or
six senator's say they will oppose Il,
The above juggles with the language
ct this paper In n most inexcusable
manner and utterly m~isrepresents the
Import Of language which any one With
8 modicum or sense could not have
misunderstood.
Whether or not the New Mexican
meant TO put The Optic In a false
light and make II appear that We had
entirely reversed our well known pc.
sition on the statehood question. by
tho article referred to. is more than
We are able TO say.
Readers Of this paper can Judge of
this for themselves by comparing the
above with our original article which
Is reproduced below. The view taken
In the article a Delegate Rodey's
and was attribted to him throughout.
rs showing certain hypothetical con.
dltions under which New Mexico
might have some hope OF separate
il. A MW.
admission To statehood In the near
future. That IL, II We had several
senators, or we will even say one,
who would so far champion the cause
OF New Mexico as 10 say that there
should be no Legislation during the
closing hours OF congress unless our
statehood bill were passed. he could
force its passage. But to do SO
would be TO sacrifice himself on the
altar Of New Mexico's cause; for hts
constituents would soon put In his
place some man who would cherish
tbeir own interests and that OF the
country at large above the ambition
Of New Mexico.
Even our doughty champion. sena.
tor Quay, stepped aside with his state.
hood bill when appropriation bills and
CHER important legislation came lip.
because he had some fish 10 fry for
Pennsylvania as well M one for New
Mexico And only because be could
not AFFORD TO employ III behalf Or i
powerIess Territory the tactics which
Tiilman rcsorted 10 In the interests
of his own state. did Quay fail The
game wasn't worth the candle. And
we will never find a senator who will
stake his dareer 81 New Mcxlco's
admission pS ps
Such was the Import OF the article
in question. in The Optic OF May 18th.
And this Is the basis ON which the
New Mexican sts,ssf that we have
changcal sss Rosluop .Qp the statehood
aeustions IL not only places in quo.
marks language which Is abso.
Us own; Il no, only gives as
our v ideas those which We clcarl,
credited % Delegate Rodey, but ii en-
tirely changes the very evident mean.
Ing ~ these same ideas. The follow.
inr N the article which W. published
under the caption. Wanted. d Few
Friends"
Delegate Rodcy says that no
statehood Bin can ever become d
Law except BY almost unanimous
consent q all United states sena
tors. both Republicans and Demo
Gratis He further states that IL
lies IN thc power Of any four or
Ave senators o. either party to Sc
cure statehood for us. II they would
be our friends pIt that sort OF FRIEND
ship means to be our friends To-
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