Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-04
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hood ~miaaaaassa WEtttcn hs IIsssa. ". u.
CAiiaes~ al Albuquerque
Al taa@ ensuing November slRetl0s
you wl1l o@ called ngsana On acrspt or
Fsj.ea Joint slat"ls%@i wtth sh" IfrFi-
tory ii Arizona. rs I~ss.tmsssst to yoli
By The art u congress authorizing the
people IL aFtEnna and Nes Mexico
20 adopt q constitution and es'Gn" In
On thu l1nlnn NV ona state. provided
The people of the two ssEUtanrleR. vat
Ing separately. shalt ii. elect, n"
more snnfneniols quest!ssn q eye:'
he submitted 10 the ~gss,sslp u New
Mexico for their consideration and
determination,
We propose IN submit In ytsu u few
plain facts aud reasons Why you
should vote In favor af iolnt state
hood.
First: The territory of New Mexico
has asked for statehood from ron
grcss from the time she first became
n territory up 10 the present time
without success. Iillls fir her adml*,
sion have passed int ar the other
houses Of congress. ca b. rejected by
the other, Il h n faet known 10 all
we'll Informed peTsans. that when q
bill for the separate admission of
AnW hzNkaa kma a1mmks8 ssNa hsERRxxA
II well known by many 0f the
members who voted fsr II that u
would not pass the other. II II unds-
niabie that the people nj the great
states ef the Union. without regard Ia
party or unwilling Ia admit any NOR
new states. whatever the area ma
be-. having n small population II n
alec we'll known thai the conditions
are such In New Mexico and Arisnna
that the aupremiRt ortlmIst ran nevcr
hope for any but a comparatively
small population. spaFss'ly settled
ove Its plains. IN Its can0ns and
along its Streams, President R0Ose~
Welt has frankly told ua that u We
reject this offer W. must expect years
10 pass before We have another, A.
our friend he has asked US Ia accept
II. Not only Is this true, hut there
wasn't a single democratic vote cas,
In either house Of congress against
this bin when II was passed. AMI
practically both great tniitical m =
ties I'm the United States stand for
this measure. Shall we reject 10 Ev
cry consideration for our present and
future welfare impeIs us Ia say No
n the people of Arizona seq III ia
reject II. however much We may rar
greet II, In no eas why New Mexico
should do so. A decided vote for u
by New Mexico will undoubtedly has
ten the day when We get statehood
either joint or single.
What benefits will 10 derived from
statehood under this act We re-
ccive from the United States lands
as. follows:
16.7 3s. t33 a~cres-Four sections IN
each township In Arizons
and New Mexico: computed
. from the area Of eah terri
tory, For public school pur
poses.
49,, 400 acres for university purpose
49,. 900 acres for Legislative. execu
tive and judicial buildings
200. 900 acres for support OF insan.
asylum.
200. 1000 acres for penitentiaries.
200, 900 acres for deaf. dumb an
blind asylum.
100000 Gre for miners hospital.
200. 900 acres for normal schools.
600, 600 acres for charitable. penal AND
reformatOrs. T..
900. 900 acres for Agricultural. and
Mechanical college,
500. a0o acres for School Of Mines.
300. 600 acres for Military Institution:
= >*~ -
5s.ea2.13s. acres. total
; These lands are In addition 10 the
lands already granted To New Mexi
co by the act of June 81. 1895. Tn.
lands granted by this act amount Il
l,343, aoa acres. together with all tn
saline lands. 5i3.os0 acres Of this
grant, together with all the salin.
lands. were for educational purposes
Thus IL will be seen that the state ~,
Arizona will receive with the salin.
lands more than ~. 0fs' 400 acres %:
land and ) per cent Of OH sales -!
public lands not donated 10 IL. and
last, but not least. sj.tst0. 0ao In cash
from the treasury OF The United
States: all TO be held In sacred trust
for the education Of the children ri
the present and future generations IN
the state, An endowment which has
been estimated al $40 .ot,o ,fHs,', In al,
dition, congress pledges itself to con.
tinue the annual cash appropriations
now made to the agricultural colleges
in ARIZONA and New Mexico
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