The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-02-03

close the door on them. Do not do any
thing with them now il they are not
fitted for statehood.
In repelling an attack by Senator
Nelson upon Arizona, to the effect that
that territory was a small and insig-
nificant subdivision, not worthy of
statehood by herself" Senator Hepburn
said IF that is true, allow her to re-
main upon the map as she is until her
natural resources have been developed
1 think I heard someone say in dis
cussing the question that these re-
sources had been developed; that they
had practically reached the limit of
development. They have thought that
of every new section of the western
country since ii was first known to ex-
ist-that it had reached the limit of
development.
The southern portion of Idaho, which
has been paraded upon the maps of the
United States for the last twelve years
as Snake river desert, with dots over
it as they indicate the deserts of Africa
is today being placed under water and
is destined to be one of the most fertile
garden spots of the world. We have
I 1000, 900 sheep $780, 900 head of cattle
a vast number of horses living upon
| what has been termed the desert OF
| Idaho and now, through the wise ac-
| ton of congress, the reclamation act
comes to our relief, and We are bring
sv,r Will nf re 6nv
water and under cultivation"
The scanty population of Nevada
has been criticised very severely by
the senator's who favor joint admission
| for New Mexico and Arizona. On this
subject the senator said: II have heard
some unkind neutrality-suspicious. thai
is putting it too strong-in regard tc
Nevada, criticising the wisdom of oul
predecessors in admitting Nevada.
have always had a warm place in my
heart for Nevada. She gave us two
hundred and fifty-two millions in colo
during a period of our history when il
was worth five times what that sun
would be today. She made our credit
good She filled our treasury with gold
and then she stopped for a breathing
spell. She has been standing there
quite while In this breathing spell
But she is starting up again. and to.
day in Nevada they are opening up the
greatest mines in the world. She viii
treble her former contribution to the
wealth of this country in the next few
years.
| Senator Hepburn had a warm colo.
and in reply to an interruption by Hop.
kins. he said: when the state o.
Illinois was admitted into the unior
she could not cash $4,000 votes at ar
election. We are not considering nov
how a state will be when 1t become.
in fifty years from now, because I'LL
nois was fifty years old when Nevada
was born.
Nevada will produce the population
remember when Illinois was not yer!
populous. ! remember l heard it sale
Iowa would be IL they could raise corr
there. The early settlers in Iowa hat
their corn frosted the first season O
two. and it was not until after a few
years that they really began to realize
that they could raise corn. Illinois.
splendid state. rich both in the pas
and in the future possibilities. may b.
no greater than Nevada. A state. asid
from the individual. is great becaus
of that which 1t produces. and do no
care whether it be wheat or corn o
gold or silver or lead. it is the thini
that contributes to the wealth of tn
people. Nevada has area enough in he
valleys to support population as larg
as that of the state of Illinois. thinl
there Is one county in Nevada abou
the size OF Illinois,. s5
The senator concluded as follows
mr.. President. repeat that no grave
question comes before this body thai
the one now under consideration. l
has been spoken of lightly in the pres
as though 1t were a joke-the makinl
of western states. Where is the ives
today? We used to talk about tn
backwoods of Ohio, and then beyon,
the Mississippi and then the Rock
mountains, and then the Pacific slope
J The march OF progress has gone out 4
!, the ocean and started back again. Tn
frontier today does not lie on the Pa
cific coast. but it lies between here an,
there. The west holds as great prom
/. Use for the future greatness of thi
country as any portion of its territor,
ever held at any period of its existenc
and 1t is with the future and the prom
Use based upon experience that We ar
. to deal in determining this question.
New Mining District