Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-09
Democrats Will Oppose 1t Both
in the House and the Senate
at Washington.
Loyal TO
PARTY PLEDGES
A Number Of Republicans will Probably
Assis, Them According to Advices
From National Capital.

The following dispatch from Wash
ington to the Rocky Mountain News,
was apparently inspired by United
States Senator Thomas M. Patterson,
the New Mexican cutting out such
parts as reflect upon Delegate B. S.
Rodey, as this paper gives Mr..
Rodey credit for sincerity in his pres
ent course:
Whether Congress will postpone the
adjournment OF the present session
long enough to settle the statehood
question is matter of open conjec-
ture. 1t can safely be predicted that
the bill to be reported from the House
territories committee, providing for the
joint statehood of New Mexico and Ari
zona, will be strongly assailed by
most of the Democrats and some of
the Republicans in both the House and
Senate The Democrats of the Sen
ate had some discussion of the state
hood question in conference on Friday
last and the Democrats are endeav-
oring this week to determine upon a
course to pursue.
In the meantime Delegate ROdey of
New Mexico, whose name has never
failed Of mention in any phase of the
statehood fight during the last three
years, is trying to rally his cohorts for
the new cause he has espoused, name
ly, the jointure of New Mexico and Ari
zona as a state, the Welding of vast
tract of country of about twice the
area of Colorado Rodey has given it
out that his change was due to the re-
alization that single statehood could
not be effected for quarter of CEN
tury. During his sturdy fight in the
last Congress he asserted he would
carry on the fight for the separate
statehood of his Territory until the
end of his career if necessary, and
when John D. Wilson became the dele
gate from Arizona territory he made
compac. with him to stand firmly for
the separate organization of each ter
ritory as a state. At the end of the
recent exhaustive hearing before the
House committee on territories 1t be-
came evident that he stood for con-
solidated state.
President Roosevelt made his atti-
tude of favoring such project known.
Dispatches were straightway sent to
New Mexico telling the people there
to abandon hope. A statement of
Roosevelt's support of jointure was Sc
cured and telegraphed out to bolster
I'm thc 5uow n1affOrrn
Oppose Dual Measure.
Delegate Wilson remained steadfast,
Arizona declined to be swallowed up
by New Mexico. Democratic senti-
ment in Congress Is plainly with Ari-
zona, and the stand will be taken that
it is not only for the best interests of
that territory, but for New Mexico,
that they remain separate and distinct
localities, as they are today. New
Mexico has a population distinctly its
own. To merge the two localities
would bat weaken the whole and make
a state that would be too vast and cum
bersome to be eficaciously governed
and Arizona and New Mexico would
forever lose their identity and would
relinquish the advantages they have
today.
The Democrats see no objection to
the union of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory, for these two districts have
been together before and they both
consist of only $4,000 square miles OF
country The proposed new state of
Arizona, which the united territories
are to be called would have an area
of over 100000 square miles.
Arizona and New Mexico have been
promised separate statehood and the
Democrats propose to see that prom
Use fulfilled. It is believed there are
enough Republicans ready to join
them to enforce the proper observance
of the rights of the two territories.
eiIi Concerning Mineral lands.
A bill introduced by Senator Teller
10 amend section 1927 of the revised
statutes concerning mineral lands,
has passed the Senate. The defect
which the bill seeks. to remedy is one
which seriously affects mining claims,
and Is one that becomes more potent
for harm as time elapses. The Teller
hin amends section 1927 of the revised
i. statutes as follows:
1.-The description of vein or lode
claims upon surveyed lands shall des-
ienate the locations Of claims with ref
erence to lines of public survey, but
need not conform Herewith, but where
patents have been issued for claims
upon unsurveyed lands, surveyors gen
eral in extending the public sur
vey,. shall adjust same to boundaries
of said patented claims, so as In nc
case to interfere. with or change the