Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-07-20
THE STATE.
HOOD FIGHT
Delegate Rodey Tells Of Remark
able Friendship Of Se-f
Quay for New M...A a4H
PRAISE FOR ANDREWS
The Grand Old Man Of Pennsylvania
Was Also q Defender Of the
indians.

ISeries of interesting letters giving an
inside and detailed history of incidents
connected with the fight Of New Mex
leo for statehood during the past few
years. The letters will in time become
historic and the New Mexican is
pleased to lay before its readers to-
day, the first of these letters. Dele
gate Rodey writes:
The community, or the individual,
that fails to give due credit to it's or
his friends is guilty of what time has
proved to be the greatest of crimes.
ingratitude. The people of New Mex
leo, or some of them, may have won
dered how it was possible for the Ter
ritory to secure in the statehood fight
such powerful aid as that of the late
Grand Old Man from Pennsylvania"
Senator Matthew S. Quay. 1t is pre-
sumed that almost everybody knows
how that aid was secured by New
Mexico but for fear that there may be
few who do not know it, l might as
well here state that the Territory owes
the acquisition of that powerful aid
entirely to the good offices of its own
citizen, Senator w. H. Andrews, of
the Santa Fe Central Railway. He,
and he alone. secured the aid of Sena-
tor Quay, with all the power and in
fluence that the acquisition of that
great aid implied, and in fact secured,
for the Territory.
For years in Pennsylvania, before
coming to New Mexico, Senator An
drews had been the chief lieutenant of
the great politician of the nation and
of the keystone State. He had many
time saved the day to Senator Quay
and the Republican party in Pennsyl-
vania when the question of success or
defeat hung in the balance. Senator
Quay was grateful, as we'll he might
have been, and when Andrews asked
his aid for the defenseless people of
New Mexico, he got it without stint,
and the result was the greatest fight
that the nation has ever known on the
statehood question. Nor was this all,
but Senator Andrews remained. in
Washington weeks at time paying
his own bills helping to fight the Ter
ritory's battle, and aiding it in every
way he could. No citizen of New Mex
leo deserves more credit for the aid
given the delegate, and given the
cause, than does Senator Andrews, and
unhesitatingly give it to him without
stint. He deserves the thanks OF all
our people Faith without work is
dead" and most of the support on the
statehood question outside of that
given by Senator Andrews was faith
without work, which, however good,
lis ineffective in accomplishing results.
While do not know it, feel sure that
Senator Andrews must have spent
large sums of money out of his own
pocket in helping to pay necessary ex-
penses of that great fight.
No matter how much the Delegate
may have written how many friends
he may have made how much he may
have said, or how much work he may
have done in the beginning of his fight,
| it could only be effective in the House
Of Representatives, and could not have
been effective in the United States
Senate at that early day, because it
requires year or two for any person
to ingratiate himself to such an extent
with United States senator's as to gain
their friendship and their aid in any
great undertaking. However the Dele
fgate might be able to do it now, or may
be in the future, he never could have
made the fight that was made without
the aid of Senator Andrews and Sen
ator Quay, and all of the influence
which such aid brought to New Mex
leo.
At the opening of the 5Sth Congress,
when I called on Senator Quay, was
Indeed shocked at his apparent condi-
|tion of health. The anxiety increased
rather than decreased as the weeks
passed on, and he remained at At
lantic City and in Florida, where he
lhad gone to recuperate in health.
could not have been more anxious had
member of my own family been
similarly afflicted. I missed his AID
and counsel that was accustomed to
get from day to day and only received
instructions by an occasional letter
from our good friend, written from his
home at Saint Lucia, Florida, or the
Ihotel at Atlantic City. The last letter
I received from him. Just few days
before he came from Atlantic City to
his home in Washington, and to what
turned out to be his death-bed, will be
treasured by me as long as i've.
Toward the end of the session. when
he returned to his home In Washlng-
ton and when I ascertained from IN
terviews had with him, although he
did not confess it, that he knew he was
never again to take hold OF things po-
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