Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-01
HopeweII's
Position
CHAIRMAN or TERRITORIAL DEM.
ocRATic COMMITTEE WOULD
ACCEPT JOINT STATE.
HOOD.

II IN 80 $1,000
an enabling act to that effect. which i
seriously being discussed by Senators
and members o. congress and which
has been determined upon by !
number Of republican senators. ]
have been a staunch advocate foi
statehood for New Mexico Tor twent,
years and longer. ID fact ever sine,
first came 10 the territory or course
| want single statehood II IL can n
had. but IL this Is not possible ! shall
be content To support combined state
hood with Arizona and will DO 50.
will work for this latter plan with
every possible means al my command.
both as a citizen and as a democrat.
THE bin which viii create the CON
bined new state should. ii my opinion,
be very liberal and broad and should
compensate the people Of the two ter
~ritories for giving up some Of their
important and cherished rights In the
matter of single statehood.
The new state should be given at
least three representatives In The low
or house OF congress one should
come from the district now within the
line OF New Mexico: one from the dis
trict within the lines Or Arizona and
one should be a member at lare from
the new state.
II do not Ike the proposed change
In name. | should like To see the
name OF New Mexico retained for the
new state, but would prefer the name
OF Arizona to any other that could be
given except New Mexico,
"A special grant OF from 5000. 900
10 100000 acres Of public land
should be made to the new state for
the purpose or enabling counties there
In that have contracted big railroad
debts In order TO bring railroads into
the territory and 10 aid In lis advance
ment. TO pay on their bonded indebted.
incurred for such purposes from
the proceeds OF the sales OF these
what Is still better, 1 should
like to see a straight donation by con.
gross OF enough money To do so and
retire and TO pay on the railroad
bonds. which have been issued by
OF the counties Ia New Mex.
Co and Arizona since 1880 and thus
rec them from these onerous and
Jurdensome debts. These debts were
ought by the people 81 these coun.
les. but as the congress Of the United
saddled them upon them By
congressional enactments, L think II
$ but Just and right that the United
states should assume the responsible.
y for paying them OF and liQuIdate
hem.
II should like 10 see 4 proyiso in !
be bill TO fix The capital OF the new
in Santa Fe for ten years. and
hereafter BY a selection by the people:
here should b al least three L. s.
courts. with a Judge for each.
ne lev state would be TOO large for
80 districts There should also be
iven me NV state more public land
, aid j. The supper, ana maintenance
It's public, penal. charitable ana
EDUCATIONAL Institutions as the new
commonwealth would have quite 4
81 these 81 Ii hands for sup,
RI
a profiso should be contained III
y enabling ACT 70 he effect that
hen What Is now kaosn al Ses Mex
2 has 10000 people and Arizona
10000 Inhabitants. The question q
spara;lng and making tao new states
hoald be Submitted 10 them and IL
lYnrably considered the two new
ia,es should be be created out of the
ate d arizona
This q my position bnf cannot
lax nr ;ke -eAuc.uc rar,s. nor
, knos xhai he democratic tsffl
rial consentonsN Vi DO when il meets
The seleciicr On SIX delegates and
~aiiernatss 70 Tie ST. Louis demo
convention. I speak not for the
lrty I a only speak for myself. ID
scrr. single statehood FOR New Mex
4 We can get II combined state.
30 Il NE must accep, II. The de-
iis q the biIl. Of course. TO be as
ivorable and az liberal FOR the new
ate A. the combined efforts OF our
lends IN congress and OF all our ciii.
Is u What = now New Mexico and
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