Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-08-16

and offce-holders say about each other is true, the administration Of the ter ritory is in a most deplorable eondi- tion, and political and financial dis honesty and corruption are universal. There have been recent disclosures of disgraeeful character here in Albu- querque, and the governor has been making an investigation of charges of dishonesty made against some of his subordinates I have had no time to inquire into them.
 The political condition of the people, however. is not encouraging. A great majority of the voters can neither read nor write, and they are absolute ly controlled by a few political leaders and by their priests. In each county "bOss" controls the peons. as the laboring element is called, who always vote exactly as he tells them. He re- ceives his instructions or inducements from interested persons in Albuquerque or Santa Fe. He can throw the Mexi- can voters as mass for the Republic
 an tickets or for the Democratic ticket as he pleases, or for any particular can didate. Nowhere in the United States or in the world is universal suffrage such a farce as in New Mexico; and everybody will admit that that is not favorable condition for statehood.
 It is question whether the territory is going backward or forward. If it does progress in a material sense. the movement is so slow that it is difficult to detect. There can be no consider able increase in population until the great irrigation projects of the gen eral government are carried out. when large areas of land will be made sus- eeptible to agriculture That. how ever, is positively determined. and af- ter seven or eight years there should be considerable immigration.
 Tn number of cattle and sheep upon the ranges cannot be increased very much. because the water courses are all taken up, and that means the control of the adjoining ranges. There has been falling off in the number of live stock and in the wool product during the past few years.
 Several of the cities which I have mentioned in previous letters-Trini- dad. Las Vegas, RatOn, Albuquerque, and Others-are growing rapidly, which is due to the increase of mining and manufacturing, and to the extension of transportation facilities. But the ma iority of the towns are stagnant, and have made no gain in population in recent years. These are the cOndi- tiOns which prevail throughout the territory. There are ten reasons why New Mexico should not be admitted as a state to every one on the other side.
 New Mexico will be represented in the next Congress by William H. An drews, formerly of Meadville, Pa. and one of the most proficient and trusted political lieutenants of the late Senator Quay. "Bull' Andrews, as he is generally known, has been a familiar figure at Harrisburg for many years-a master mechanic of the Re publican machine of Pennsylvania. His business has been politics and promot 1 ing legislation, and nobody knows bet ter than he all the tricks of the eau GUS and the lobby. MT. Andrews came from Crawford county, Pennsylvania, a section that has produced many clever politicians, but none more shrewd and cunning than he. He came to New Mexico several years ago to try and pull out some money which he and his friends had invested in a mining scheme, and became so badly tangled up that they were compelled to in- crease their investments. He built a | railroad, which was necessary to make the mines profitable. It is called the Santa Fe Central, and runs from Santa Fe to Torrance station on the Rock Island, TO miles of track now being under operation. He is now building the Albuquerque Eastern, sixty-eight miles long, from Moriarty on the Santa Fe Central, to Albuquerque. The right of way is being graded. The capital came from Pittsburg, and several pro- minent Republican politicians of Pennsylvania are on the board of di- rectOrs.
 You will remember that the late Sen ator Quay was the most active and urg- ent advocate in Congress of the admis- sion of New Mexico as a state, and he "held up'' the United States Senate nearly an entire session, insisting that the statehood bill should be passed be- fore any other business was transact