Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-03-18
"NOTABLE" LEGISLATURE ENDS

times vented hls spleen against Ncw
Mexico and lfH people insritfd me on enc
floor uf ihe house when 1 was defending
our territory against the lcpfeay nlll
out IN the great upronr / aid not hear
him. I naW bic remarks iu the press dis
patches next morning, although ~ hsd
"cut them out' of the record and many
memhcfE told me uf tho remark hc mAdO
went to hln aud had "a out with HIM /
gave him my oplnion of him IN pretty
lufid language dld Hut miacr matters
az an Ieo or three DAYS Inter h. met
mo and called mc 10 one slde ana made
mnst prnfuHc apology and said h. had
intended writing me "a letter uf apology,
so We each took it al back and ! am
happy 90 ray that } believe ] leave con
gross with tho respect ana friendship of
every member of both houses as wen az
of All officials Ia Washington ! am ac-
au0inted with ever one o. them.
"a would like 90 tell the good people Of
New Mexico that the fact % New McNi-
co.'s scparntv statehood hili having PASSED
the senate ~ Il asa. ~ no indication that
We could have had that vote uf state
hood at any time during the sessions oi
congress Just closed in fact unlcna we
had agreed 90 the lolnturc We never
could hhve gotten the hili out Of the com.
mittra Ia either house. New Mexico be-
Ing put on the biil BY the senate was
purely acciaentl. owing 10 fenroso =
yo.e ard Piatta absence. IN fact We
never would have had day aet for a
vote IN the senate were a not that the
democrats and the dozen republicans who
were voting with them, believed they
could boat ncveridRe and give US aopar-
ate statehood ] want 10 assure the peo-
pie ~ Now Mexico and Arizona that ir-
respective of what they do. or what their
delegates want it n the nvowed par
pose of the powers that be 90 settle the
statehood question and TO reprive ana
pass the Joint statehood hlll this coming
congress IN form just az Il was reportcn
90 the senate G0or this congress. We
might NJ well make up our minds 10 that
and prepare for n.
"A may state that my hundreds of Kluo
friends IN congress have wondered why
4 was turned down here az home IN the
last convention. and Il has taken q good
deal 81 explanation on my part 20 show
tam now u was accompanied and pre-
vented them from saying harsh things
about our people on the theory that u
WIS the people who cncompaaaed my de-
feat Any % our citizens who meet n
member of congress of either house this
or next year, or who goes % Washington.
viii ma how my friends feel about my
treatment ! was IN q position - DO tho
territory a whole lot Of good believe
vast majority OF the people OF New
Mcaico are today my friends and ! am
gfatnful for the kindly feeling Tor ! have
trlfd to serve them faithfully. ] DO not
prOpoae 30 be- lost In The shuttle I am a
New Mexican and will be on hand a
any political hhufiio that can possibly
arise. I am on my guard now. ana no
more gam shoe political anuasainationa,
can bo perpetratcd AGAINST me. 1 will
nt iaat have a fighting chance In the fu-
ture, ] must now Try 10 repair my y 4.
tered fortunes aud will az once resume
tho practice of law, and hope 90 recover
many 0f my former clients The pr3al.
dent h my friend and may otfer me some
good Office which ! may or may not ac-
\ Ccpt, depending largely on whether or
not I have 70 leave the territCry, Now
Mexico n coming into the Union a. a
pert Of the great state OF Arizona. anu
1 want ia be present at the crouninE /
VIII from time 10 time write az length
about the statehood fght 20 that our peO.
pie may understand Il better. 4 return
my thanks TO all our good people Tor
their kind support end sympathy In the
great fEht 1 have made for our riahta
ana VIII now he thankful for considorn-
sions In business way IN my profession
/ " a lawyer"