The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-04
THE STATE OF JEFFERSON"


state TO be cut out of the vast terri
tory purchased under the Jefferson ad-
ministration, seems peculiarly fitting
and will add great force Of sentiment
10 Arizona's plea.
AS q memorial To the farseeing
craftsmanship OF jefferson II would,
however. be somewhat mIsft II
must be remembered that President
Jefferson had instructed his commits
sfoners TO acquire only the city and
island Of New Orleans, and was moro
amazed and chagrined than any one
else when Napoleon unloaded upon
them, at what vas deemed an enor.
nous price, all that vast, unpenetrated
unmappel wilderness, bounded at the
.outhwest only by myths and superStt
tior and by immensity oceanward.
II was fear Of the wrath Of the great
Napoleon. not foresight, which made
jefferson accept the bargain. The best
excuse he ever offered was that the
wilderness at the west would be useful
as q refuge for the Indians so unwet
come east OF the Mississippi.
jefferson never dreamed of the
mighty empire Of industry and com.
morce when has developed, magic, like
opt Of that painless unknown.
But this is nothing against his judg-
ment The phenomenal development
of the great west has been beyond all
human forecasting
For the first time in the world. mod.
ern civilization has been seeded in a
virgin soil. And the result is one o
the wonders OF the world.
When Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory have been admitted as Il state, as
they soon win BE-. Arizona alone of all
the great domain that has been trans
formed from a brooding wilderness
into a smiling garden Of the gods, viii
remain unadmittcd.
Arizona pleads for admission, and
there is no reason, except in petty pol.
itlcs. for keeping her waiting. She has
all inc requirements in a Jar greater
degree than had many Of the earlier
states.
Whether as the state of Arizona on
as the state Of Jefferson matters lit
tie aside from sentiment. Either sounds
good.
The attempt 30 force Arizona 30 sac
riiice her identity and Join with New
Mexico into one state has no justiiica
t,on. Each is entitled to separate state
hood.
Maybe the coming congress can for
get politics long enough to do justic'
to the last division of the great Louis!
ana purcha asc. u Leader.
If ,ha pdrUma canal Is cunstru't',
I By p"nhs OF locks. Uncle Sam vii
eca t. It that he retains the Key TO tht
situation.
The authorities Of Cleveland, Ohio
gathered in three grafters recentr
whose methods were peculiar. and ye
not unknown to the general public
Their specially was fake accidents oI
street railroads, II seems to have beer
their method to go from one city Il
an5ther where one of their number In
variahly managed to get hurt by
street car. The other two were alway
IN the vicinity to serve as witnesses
ana by feigning great agony, the ma
opposed to have been hurt general
managed to get fair settlement fror
the street railway people. Fakirs {
This description are not unknown I
the cities of the southwest, and som'
2 times they reside in the cities wher
the accidents are supposed to occu
/ Grafters of this character should be q
severely punished as those who ma
, adopt other methods to defraud ind
+ yiduals
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