Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-26
.RODEY BOOMS
Joint STATEHOOD
Reeounts At Some Length The
Advantages OflIniting Ari-
zona and New Mexico
.IMPOR TANCE in
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
People should Not Allow Them-
selves To BE Embarrassed
By Any Local Statehood
Planks

Ii may happen, Therefore, 1t may
not be amiss TO consider the things
that viii come with Joint statehood.
The name Arizona will be the most
beautiful Of any of The states; II is
euphonious; II begins and ends with
a vowel; it will be published second,
next after Alabama, In all govern.
mental, census. slatistical and other
reports. The state will be called
away lip at the head Of the list IN ALI
national and other conventions, and
will have suci, directing power as
that fact will give II wherever y Is
represented.
Ii viii start with a population OF
more than half a million Of people,
and VIII thus take rank ut once In
population and III congressional rep
resentation with Colorado, Florida,
New Hampshire, Oregon. Rhode Is
land, South Dakota and Washington.
From the start i will he away ahead
of Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
North Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Wy
oming, What new sensation OF irrr-
lportance and responsibility that fact.
1 viii give the heretofore disfranchise1
inhabitants of New Mexico and Arr
!, zona.
The new state VII be the second ia
the Union iii area, boing surpassed
only by Texas. II win be the lowest
taxed state In the nation, because il
/ iwIll have about $7oO.oOo.ooo worth q
property to return for taxes to support.
| the state. and its constitution Will
no doubt. contain a limit Of AZ ocs
one percent for all purposes OF taxa
tion upon the assessed valuation.
1t will begin its sovereign career
with two senators and three repre-
sentatlyes In congress. whose voice
will be heard In the nation. That
will be much more satisfactory than
the voteless voice of two delegates
The great state will have two United
States courts, nm eastern and q west,
ern one. It will have nearly 25,000,0o0
, acres of land given to the state by
the government for public schools and
institutions. This Is the most prince.
lily donation ever conceded to a new
Estate. II may, also receive dona-
{ tion Of $l0,000.000 TO be kept inviolata
as common school fund
The territories Joined together will
have to take Oh new dress; will
!. have TO turn over n new leaf; Will
have to realize its responsibilities. Old
political rings will be blotted out: the
Z line between the territories will ba
y forgotten: new political divisions will
occur along regular party lines. with
out reference to former existing terri
Itorial lines The people will realize
that they are citizens Of the United
States that they are part
or the great government over
which the flag floats; that they have
s a voice In the policies Of the nation
3 that they are no longer political non.
descripts: that they have right to
= vote for the president. the vice presi
\, dent, for senator's and representa-
iiyes: that they can elect ther own
s governor, their own judges. and al
their own state officers, all Of whom
viii be responsible 10 the people who
elect them, and not to far-away ad
mnlstration at Washington.
,el The people will soon appreciate tina
in they do not have to go to Washington
for every change In their local laws
% that contravenes their organic acts
but that they can go to their own leg
be lislature, of which their citizens vii
or be proud to be members. and get wha
Legislation they want at once withou
pr waiting several years until their vote
less delegates could beg tho favor
from congress. Each political pal
IN. " in the new state win find Il exped
all lent TO put forward for office thei
ablest and most upright citizens. b
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