Arizona republican., 1906-01-24
An Inconsistent Report.

The report introducing the Hamilton bill into the house yesterday betrays the ignorance of the majority of the committee of the conditions existing in the territories of New Mexico and Arizona and is besides, a glaring exni- bition of unfairness and inconsistency The committee regards "the criticism as Uniformed which finds fault with New Mexico because of its foreign population" Before proceeding further we may suggest the correction that we have heard no criticism of New Mex leo on account of it's foreign popula- tion. The Republican has frequently stated its position in this matter, and we believe the same position has been taken by all who are fighting the joint statehood bill. There is no quarrel on the part of Arizonians with the "16,- 465 foreign born inhabitants" or with the still greater number of Mexicans not foreign born, who have never learned to read or speak the language of our country; whose ways were the ways of their forefathers when the ter ritory was a foreign country and even whose laws are largely based upon the laws and customs which governed their ancestors. No criticism of the race. its language or laws has been of fered by residents of this territory but the strongest possible objection has been urged against the effort to mould their ways and ours into one.
 The "16, 465 foreign born inhabitants" in the making of this objection have not been regarded by the objectors as a drop in the bucket Nor is the state ment that this is a smaller percentage of foreign born than in most states of the union" pertinent to the case The average foreigner, French, German etc, on coming to this country at once begins the study of it's language and its customs and his next generation becomes a part of the nation indis- tinguishable from those citizens whose ancestors were here before the found ing of the government. Those inhabi- that's of New Mexico whom we do not criticise but to whom we object as fel- low citizens of the same state are those whose residence of generations within the United States has failed to Amer ieanize them.
 The only criticism of the citizenship of New Mexico which we can now re- call was contained in the report of the Beveridge Investigating committee on the omnibus bill, submitted to the sen ate on December 10, 1902. In that re- port exhibits covering fifty-twO pages were devoted to the territory of New Mexico, these exhibits being made up mostly of lists of names of jurors, tax payers and officials, and designed to show that the large Mexican popula- ton so disclosed made it inadvisable to admit the territory to statehood.
 The Hamilton report, dealing with the tax systems of the territories blum ders into the admission of a fact which the friends of Arizona have all along been using as an argument against jointure-that while the greater vot- ing power is in New Mexico the great CT wealth is in thIs territory.
 It Is found from the report of the secretary of the interior that the as sessed valuation of Arizona is SIT ,920,- 372. which the committee report adds, is not more than five per cent of the actual value of the property assessed. It is found that the assessed valuation of New Mexico is $42,579,792, which is about twenty per cent of it's actual value.
 Thus according to these figures and the finding of the committee the .ac- tuaI value of all the property in this territory is $1,458. .4O7, ,44O while the ac- tuaI value ofNan the property in New