Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
About the Future States of
Arizona and Oklahoma.
SOON TO BE ADMITTED
ARIZONA WILL RANK NEXT TO
TEXAS IN SIZE.
Guarding Against Disfranchisement
and Polygamy-Santa Fe and Guth-
RE to Be Capitals.
Written for The Evening Star.

written Inc Evening star.
That Old Glory will shortly display forty
seven stars is practically settled The joint
statehood bill will probably become an act
soon after Congress returns from its holt
day. The bill has already passed the House
and today. by agreement, is held as the
unfinished business of the Senate. which
augurs well for prompt disposal. 1t
might be added that "all is over but the
shouting" but for the fact that there will
be very little shouting in the far southwest,
where the territories have been crying for
admission as four separate states instead
of two.
The new state of Oklahoma is to be a
combination of the territory of that name
with Indian territory SO called, although
the latter really has no territorial organi-
cation. Arizona the other new state,
will include the present territories of Ar-
iona and New Mexico. The people of In
dian territory are just as jealous of the
Oklahomans as the AriZonans are wrathy
at the New Mexicans, and the prospects are
that Uncle Sam will admit to his immediate
famliy two houses each badly divided
against itself. All of this jealousy and
strife is over domination in the constitu-
tional conventions and in the delegations
10 be elected to the House of Representa-
tives.
Second Largest in Union.
The state of Arizona will be the second
largest in the Union, in point of area. 1t
Will contain 236, 500 square miles and will
De more than three and one-half times the
size of New England. 1t will be larger
than France and Greece put together; al
most as large as the entire stro-Hunga-
ran empire. Yet in the last census this vast
area showed population less than three
fourths that of Rhode Island the smallest
state of the Union. A conservative esti-
mate OF its rapid increase of population
WITHIN the past five years will give the
state of Arizona just about the population
OF Little Rhody'' 1000, although it is
lS9 times as large the latter
oklahoma state will be less than a third
as Dig as Arizona, but will have a popula-
tloh more than twice as large. 1t will
nave iO,0O0 square miles, and will be trif1e
larger than Missouri, almost twice as large
as Portugal and considerably larger than
European Turkey. 1t will have popula-
.lon or about a million souls, or about the
same as that of West Virginia Borneo
Irlpol1 or Salvador Thus Oklahoma will
be much more compact state than its sis
Ter. Inere VIII be an average of fourteen
people TO each OF its square miles, while in
Arizona there will be nearly two square
miles for each person.
Process of State Manufacture.
Congress will divide the new states into
congressional districts. giving Arizona two
representatives and Oklahoma five Of
course, each will be entitled to two sena-
tors, to be later elected by it's legislature
The representatives however, will be elect
ed on the same day that the people vote to
ratify their new state constitutions. While
Arizona will be admitted to the Union be-
tween seven and a half and eleven months
after the passage of the statehood act Ok
lahoma will not be allowed to join the
great family of states until March 4. 1906,
just one year after President RooSevelt's
inauguration. Oklahoma will thus be re-
quired to wait perhaps a few months long
er than her sister because the affairs of the
Indians in Indian territory cannot be
Strengthened up before that time
The modus operandi of the new states
admission will be as follows: First of ALL
each will be divided into no districts of
equal population, and just here is where
half of the larger state represented by
Arizona is to have but forty districts, while
New Mexico is to be given seventy, unless
Congress relentS in the last hours. Like
wise, Oklahoma is to have sixty and In
dian territory fifty. This apportionment
is made on the basis of the last census
Congress having taken with considerable
grain of salt most of the later estimates
of wonderful increases in population.
Indians to Vote; Not Women
Each district will elect one delegate to
constitutional convention. All male citi-
Zens or Indians over twenty-one years old
and of six months residence will be enti-
tied to vote for these delegates The fact
that these preliminary privileges of the
ballot are given to the red man but denied