Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-21

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Tsrrn.~y. o. ssr~ prcs~siy sh~ stsas
II okaskons. ksd sos4 rv@soa % rsAs
s<4is. bsos shtssS@s. seo0t un fir~s
worxx asa osA~rsiss espr~ss th<ir
Sog ox~r sh@ pAssAxs a - saii whsca l
bfiaks tA>m Into IL sass<fhoo1 -
vstes. For IN y~Srs th<y have b<<s
ssoek ing fx 2amisssoa. eat n ms
nox snsii tA<if ksork became 20 ioad
ssd p~rsass~ns That n cosaid 10 toAsss
bs ignored that coaxress deigssd %
hesr IN. Th~ ultimate saccess Il o.
lshoma sxzia proves that The Eood
old habit a. keeping essri2ssinsiy -
II possesses Just ~ much ytFtas % y
ever did
m ever txe territories deserved nd
mission 10 the uniou ss tso states
Oklahoma and indisn Territory we're
| the ones. In popaiatiou. area. wealth
uf natural resources and deseiopnsnt
either of them fsr distances simoss
any of the present states q the time
of thair admission. The nes stale
has an area u Te.2se square miles and
| n population of $50 s,os. thus ssinE
about onethird smaller than coiora1o
and more than twice as popalnas IT,
term. Iudian Territory. has grew q
be a mlsnomer. Cor tha, tidal indsan
papufstion u the entire state y Just
q little under ioa!o"o. or about xcsss
|, per cent u the whale. Aerordtng g
the federal census Of 1904 there ~
, twenty .shr-e states In the unt0n wAa
, a smaller population than the nes
state u Oklahoma. The one which
most closely approximaies II In soatl
). Carolina. while others In the sam
a class are Arkansas. California. Kan
n sas, Minnesota. Nebraska. Loulsssn
b and Maryland
,. The new state In slightly smalle
4 than Kansas aud larger than Missonr
y Illinois. Iowa. Indiana. Wisconsin
,. Pennsylvania or Ohio. In quality q
citizenship I, is one Of the most typ
N eaIiy American of all states. "a ps
n cent of the people being native bor'
'. The state is highly prosperous al
% possesses soo7 banks. with aggregai
N DEPOSITS OF sasyee0.aae. oklahon
,e City, the largest town. has about "
10 900 people. aud there are twei'
& towns in the state with more tbs
h. 5000 people each. This gives an id'
O, os the distribution OF population. u
y. great mass residing In the rural dl
y. tricts, for Oklahoma In pre- eminent
a, farming state. Its agricultural pI
ducts are enormous The annu
10 wheat crop beiug ao.ooo.soo bushe
n. corn 72.o0e, ,ooo. and cotton 5000
D.. bales. The value Of the live stu
10 produced last year was sss,ooe.o 600.
On Politically, Oklahoma is expected
IA. be Democratic by about $4,000 maj
nd ity In stats elections. but ~ the C
gressionaI districts are nov form
in the Republicans claim they can cid
of three Of the five represeutatis'
or There seems to be sharp geograI
,ss ieai division. the Republicans contrs
ar Ing the northern half and the Den
~ ssats the southern part. near
Of Texas Iiue. This situation gives
he excellent opportunity for skiiifui z
ed rymauderfug. and " this IL done
ne. their favor the Republicans may
no able 10 elect legislature which
ry. choose two United States senator's
thar faith
or. der the circumstances the .
50 vision made In the statehood bill
In Arizona and New Mexico seems qt
eg. superfluous. II Is arranged that
.ge people Of those two territories 81
ew hold an election on November 6
MT: decide the question. ''Shail Aria
md and New Mexico be united to Il
one statee' If the majority In eit
age territory decides against the propt
lie II is lost. Unless public sentim
an there changes wonderfully In the u
~. four months II Ii lost already.
o, }, peopIe OF Arizona reject With hau
tirsdain the idea of being tied mp '
The ',greasers" sof New Mexico.
ous the people Of New Mexico are ain
ra as sure that they want nothing to
o a with Arizona,
/ IN The fact Is that neither OF the
ally ritnries Ii In. the slightest degree
ove ted for statehood now. and Y Is hai
ptis to be supposed that they VIII be
sue, better fixed for II In ten years I
now. To unite them in one .
would be merely 10 Increase the
= of the pin. II Is almost as far I
ne, the eastern border of New Mexic'
With the western border Of Arizona as
New York to Chicago. and with
S.w present sparse population such
" itances are entirely too great to n
! the organization OF 50 large Z
i, In practicable. The netter wv ~
be TO lei bosh terrssosies sfsnains
the side the laion until such time as
may be fieA,d for separate adnis
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