The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-09
Territorial delegate, who is working day and night to have the land of cac- ti admitted to the Union,

Territorial delegate, who is working day and night to have the land of cac- ti admitted to the Union,
 Tt was in 1874, when the bill was up giving Statehood to New Mexico and Colorado. Senator s. B. Elkins of West Virginia was then delegate from New Mexico. He was younger than at present and not so widely known, and, naturally, he wanted friends. Senator Burrows of Michigan then represented a Michigan district in the House. One of those hated force bills was up before, Congress, and Mir Burrows had made a hot speech in favor of it. MT. El- kins was in the cloakroonl, and did not know what MT. Burrows had been talk. ing about, but he did know that the Michigan man had been making a hot speech, for he had heard the applause When MT. Burrows had finished Mir Elkins rushed out of the cloakroom and, meeting MT. Burrows, warmly shook both his hands.
 aThe southern members had been listening and were in no very happy mood after the flashing that they had received. They knew what MT. Bur- rows had said, and they saw Senator EIkins extended his effusive congrat- ulations. Now 1t happened that Sena- tor Elkins needed just fourteen South votes to have his Statehood bill called up, and he had arranged for them. In fact they were going to call up and pass the New Mexico measure and let the Colorado measure wait A South |erner walked straight up to MT. Fl kins. If these are your sentiments, MT. Ellxins, your Territory can remain out of the Union until it rots before it will come in with our votes, said the irate representative. Sixteen others from the South who had been formerly well disposed seconded the declaration of their colleague. And they kept their word.'
 MT. Rodey says that New Mexico has been knocking at the door of Congress for Statehood since 1850 It made an effort when California became a State. Later a claim of Texas to a portion of the Territory prevented New Mexico from landing. The United States bought off Texas for $1o,Ooo, ,o0o, but it prevented New Mexico from getting into the Union. Washington Cores pondence Baltimore News.
 
 LAWYERS COMPLICITY IN CRIME
 It is the greatest anomaly in current ethical ideas that it is considered proper and right for a lawyer to ally himself with the wrong in a case in court and to use his best talent to se- f+oJ 5,fe triumph of the wrong. In no other profession or calling would such a line of action be tolerated for a moment Any other person placing himself in such a position is at once excluded from respectable society, and is re- garded as bad as the criminal himself. Very curiously also the law takes the same position in regard to all persons shielding criminals or aiding in the triumph of wrong over right. They are regarded as accessories after the fact" and are punished as .'particeps criminis'' or accomplices in the crime. There is, of course, Ia necessity that persons accused should have all pos sfble opportunity to secure justice. But there is no element of ethics which calls for special facilities for those guilty of crimes to escape punishment, or which justifles any person of any procedure in aiding criminals to es- cape punishment or helping wrong doers to secure victory over those whose rights they have invaded. It is curous commentary on the force of form and usage above real truth and righteousness, that lawyers alone of all others, are considered entitled to take the position of accessories in crime and to share in the profits of fraud. But, aside from custom,it is impossible to show why a lawyer who aids in the es- cape of criminal from his just pun ishment, or enables an attempt at fraud to be successfully carried out, should not be punished as an accom- plice, as any other person would be who did exactly the same thing. -From the Boston Watchman.