Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

magnificent state: so would Vermont and
New Hampshire IL they were united. but
business men believe In managing their own
business, and that includes, in this day, the
mana cement of their public affairs. The
agricultural and stock men Of New Mexico
do not want to be dominated by the mining
wealth of Arizona. The entity of New Mex
leo is as distinct as that of any state, and
so is that of Arizona.
Supporters Are Democrats.
Our people oppose joint statehood on
sentimental grounds" continued Mr.. Nc
Nary. tOur names, New Mexico and Ari-
iona, our size, our boundaries. our rivers
and our mountains. are all good enough for
us, We love New Mexico: Arizona is a
stranger to us and vice versa. We do not
want this thing. and the more Beverldge
and his colleagues say we must take 1t
the more our Americanism exclatms that
we will not have IT. We have fought for
fifty years for what we believe to be right
and just, and We prefer to take nothing
rather than accept an obnoxious compro-
mise.
"The political interests oppose jointure.
1t has so frequently been charged that the
selfish politicians are the only opponents
of joint statehood that we are weary with
expostulation. How many OF these writers
know conditions and know that the small
proportion who favor joint statehood Is al
most entirely made up of democrats who
are now out of power and cherish the sell
fish hope that the joint state will be demo-
cratic. and they would thus be re-establish-
ed. The only community which manifests
any unanimity in favor of jointure is that
of Albuquerque. whose newspapers and peo-
pie realize that, on account of its geograph-
ical position, Albuquerque would almost
certainly become the capital of the joint
state in few years.
Property Values to Suffer.
1.-THE property loss alone. incident on
jointure. would be enormous. The aban-
donment Of two capitals for new one
more centrally located, the abandonment OF
one state university, one penitentiary, etc.,
and the private values affected thereby
would be incalculabIe. A prime motive OF
joint statehood is to remove the Mexican
people as factor from the new state. This
is great wrong to the original settlers
and owners of the southwest. particularly
of New Mexico. The Mexican people. in
proportion to the opportunities they have
enjoyed, are as good citizens as are to be
found IN the United States. They are great
politicians. take an intense interest In pub
lie affairs, are loyal to their party. and are
patriotic and not venal. They are rapidly
taking advantage of the educational oppOr-
tunities which are being opened up for the
present generation. They cherish their
name and love New Mexico. The federal
government has never gwen them half the
opportunities of education and culture
speedily lHStalleQ IN the PhlflpplneS, Porto
Rico and Hawaii. Now it would take away
from them their right place in the state.
which should be theirs by natural heritage.
New Mexico is further Observation-Disclosures
trially, educationally and socialy-than the
majority of the thirty-two states which
Congress has admitted, at the time of their
admission Its schools contain as many
youths as the entire population of Indiana
was when she was admitted as a state Her
railways, her farms. her business interests,
her schools and her churches are advanced
far beyond those of most of the states
when they were admitted One town has
just completed a $4,000 building for it's
Young Mems Christian Association mon
ument to the character of its citizenship
If Congress will not give the people what
they want concluded Mr.. McNary, 'let
them give us the right to remain as we are
until ready for separate statehood. To at
tempt to force the citizenship of these two
territories into an obnoxious and unhappy
union Is an outrageous display of political
despotiSm."