The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-02-03
SECRETARY HAY ALL POWERFUL
CHINA TO REMAIN INTACT
Influence Of the Nations Will be Directed That
Way...Senator Hepburn Delivered Strong
Address on Statehood Bill

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb a.
Washington is just now the center of
the worlds diplomacy. and Secretary
Hay is the chief diplomatist. He has
won another victory, and one fraught
with significance to every enlightened
and commercial nation. 1t is none else
than that no matter what the outcome
of the Russo Japanese war may be, the
empire of China shall remain intact.
There will be none of the partitioning
of territory; no more spheres of infiu-
ence;" no barriers erected against
trade. After the march of the joint
armies upon Picking to relieve the
threatened legations China was in
great danger 1t was then that the
forceful diplomacy Of Secretary Hay
stopped the ambitions of nations to in
crease their holdings of Chinese soil
For the time China's integrity was as
sured. There followed a year ago the
outbreak of hostilties. The battle
ground was Manchuria- territory which
Russia had partly obtained. and all of
which she was casting greedy eyes
upon. The powers were asked to use
their influence In behalf of the neu-
frality of China, and both Russia and
Japan were forced to restrict the area
of warfare to Manchuria. So the pow
=ers followed Hays lead, and he has
the satisfaction OF knowing that his
Iabors have met with the acceptance
of the powers addressed So once
more, through the fundamentally Of
now at peace will be exerted against
any partition of the empire of China.
Congressman French has secured a
favorable report on his bill appropriat-
ing $25,000.00 for fish hatchery in
Idaho. This bill has already passed
the senate. 30 when the general ap-
preparation bill becomes a law, fish
hatchery will be established in Idaho.
1t is not known in just what portion of
the state this hatchery will be located,
Tor Mr.. French has nothing to do with
the location. but it is made by govern
ment agents.
Senator Hepburn addressed the SEN
&te last week on the statehood bill.
Joint statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico is being fought BY all the dem
ocratic senators and most OF the west
ern republican senators, and 1t is not
very likely that the bill as 1T now
stands, will become a law, 1t is looked
upon as a measure to keep dog the
representation Of the west. and its chief
advocates are the senators from the
eastern states. and more especially
from New England. Western senators
are determined that the great terri
xories In the southwest shall be given
and the principal argument OF Senator
Hepburn was directed at this point
He claimed that the wonderful natural
resources of these two territories en-
titled them to admission as single
states. And speaking OF this. he said:
II believe it would be an unholy thing
for congress to close the door of just
representation upon SO large Z terri
tory 1t would be as much of an out
rage in this period of the existence Of
she government as it would have beer
to have made the northwest territor,
one state with two senators. I speak
in no invidlous sense when ! compare
this condition with that of New Eng
land with twelve senators in this body
and New England is 1000 square mile:
smaller than the single state in which
4 live. I have no desire to lessen thu
representation or the power of New
England In this body or in the other
1t has been a great influence and power
for the good of the country and thu
civilization of the world. Bat we arr
dealing here with a practical question
and we must rid it OF its sentiment
1t goes to the future, not to the pres
ent. The territories Of Arizona ant
New Mexico have over 400, 900 people
within their borders. They have a per
manent population ALMOST as large a.
that Of any OF the original thrice,
states. except Virginia, when they wer,
admitted into the Union. AMI large
than most of them. Shall we shut i
OF today as though it had no future
That would not reflect credit upon tn
intelligence of this legislative body
To close the door forever against thi
area of the United States as large Al
four of the great central Mississippi
states, in the representation in tn
United States senate, would be to d.
an injunctice that you can never undo
You can not unmake a state. Texa
stands in position peculiar to her
self and divide the state into five states
But no other state can do so. No othe
state has ever been divided. with tn
single exception of Virginia. and thei
under conditions which afford no ruiz
for action in any other case.
The question u.s. are you going t,
close this door upon that section o
the country How many senator's anS
now many representatives have eve
seen 1t. and how many seeing 1t, in tn,