Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-17
This Why NewMex'
leo Should Vote
"Yea".
BURsUM TAKES HIGH GROUND
Brushes Aside All Other Con-
sideration----Prison Mat
ters Calmly Reviewed.

spent yesterday in the Capital on per-
sonal business. He is just as debon-
naire, as energetic and as capable of
discharging lots of business in short
time as ever. Upon being accosted
by a representative of the New Mexi.
can as to what was going on Mr..
Rursum said:
The people of Socorro have fully
recovered from the recent shakes and
while few slight earthquake shocks
have occurred of late, public conf
dence is being restored and our people
nay no attention to them. They have
been so slight as to scarcely merit
mention. Business in our city is go
ing on as usual and in fact is better
than it has been for many years. Agri-
cultural and fruit crops will be very
good, live stock of all kinds in the
Territory tributary to Socorro is IN
the best of condition and there is
plenty OF work for miners and labor
ing men in our great county. The
coal mines at Carthage are increasing
their output which is being transport
ed from the mines to San Antonio
on the Santa Fe Railway via the New
Mexico Midland Railway. Business
generally all over the Southern part
of the Territory is good and in fact
better than last year. The ranges are
good, the lamb crop bountiful and
prices very satisfactory
Pointers on Statehood Question.
"You asked me about statehood.
With reference to that proposition
desire to state that call for meet
ing of the Territorial Republican Com
mittee to assemble on the fifth day
of September at the Commercial Club,
at Albuquerque, has been issued Al
that time the committee will probab'
take up the proposition and in all
probability will declare in favor OF
accepting joint statehood 1t seems
to me that under the present condl-
tiOns, separate statehood at this time
is out Of the question and an impossi-
bility. therefore, it would seem use
less to'set up any issue with reference
TO separate statehood at this time. The
question that confronts the people OF
New Mexico today. Is whether or not
they are willing to accept statehood
as offered by Congress, or Whether
they prefer to remain territory. III,
a, some of the friends OF separate
statehood argue, that by turning down
the offer of Congress at this time
we will in the near future not
be admitted to separate statehood,
to those who make that proposition
the acceptance of joint statehood as
offered should appeal all the strong
er. If we accept statehood, we VIII
have two members of the United
States Senate and two members OF tine
House of Representatives who Will
have a voice and vote in Congress
by which they can materially assist
in bringing about separate statehood
at any future time, should the same
he deemed desirable by the residents
of the State of Arizona. The ques-
tion of whether the New Mexico eno
will in the event of statehood, absorb
Arizona or whether Arizona will alb
sorb New Mexico, or whether the New
mexico end or the Arizona end Will
absorb all of the offices, is simply a
question of loaves and fish and not
worthy of serious consideration. the
great underlying principle of self gov
ernment Of the people, for the people
and by the people, should be upper
most in the mind of every patrlotlc
citizen./
Government BY the People Still Holds
Good.
The late President Mckinley nSed
to say that he was willing at all times
to trust to the Judgment OF the peo-
pie to solve the intricate problems
of government That statement holds
good today. The United States has
set most shining example of the sue
cess of government by the people.
see no reason why we should not have
an abiding faith that the people of the
new state of Arizona will provide
ways and means for the administration
of a state government which will
proye for the greatest benefit of her
people"
The reporter then turned on penl
tenitary matters and said to Mr.. Bur
sum:
"It is currently reported that tht
revenues from convict earnings 0
the penitentiary have. been greatly in
creased under the new management.
Mr.. Bursum in reply said:
81 really have nothing to say will
reference to the peNitentiary. an
glad to learn that it is getting on 81
well, but since you have brought ul
the subject of revenue, | desire tt
state that the books actually shoV
the following receipts: Deposits witt
the territorial treasurer to the amour
of $11,S71SO, which covers perio'
of four months, or an average o
$2,967.95 per month. The, treasurer
books also show that during my ad
.ministration for eight months immedi
ately preceding the new management
there was turned over to the terrific
rial treasurer the sum of $24,SS6.69, o
an average of $3,102 per month.
dislike to make any statement witt
reference to comparisons and only d.