Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-01


statehood was nGt a party ansssssaa.
bur one that shoald he i~ft to the con'
srieaee Of the individual. and thai the
statehood plank III AasA he siFieGsn
our Of ahe Resolutions.
Mr.. chii6ers sas an his feet a.
soon a. the delegate from san Migael
annuuneed his amendment and said
that IL had been heard By the eona'
migtee on resolutions and rejected.
and declared the gentleman out nj or
dur. The ekaIr ruled that the eonsea-
ton heai for consideration and adop
ton ~ rejection. three reports. n ma
joEiiy and iwo minority reports. AMI
that 2ay member Ut the committee
eoaia male u repoTt IL he chose.
Delegate Priehari Of lincoln ecar'
I'd the floor. but yirlded 10 Mr.. Chill
aers. who moved that al speeches be-
fore tie convention on the reports al
the committee On resolutions b. limit
81 To ten minutes. and }. :, Duncan
tf Saa Miguel amended II tO. make
the tine five minutes. The amend
menu was adopted.
Hon. G. W. Prichara of White Oaks.
ex1attosney general and an nti"ioint
Statehood leader. then took a position
en- III" gostrum aud began his speech
by saying that m all party questions
they were unanimous. That he ex-
peeied 10 support the nominee for
delegate and all that was political In
the platform. hut that he would use
his own Judgment In the statehood
matter as II was not a party question.
Both democrats and republicans are
for and against II. he said. and II a
u be made a political question. He
urged the republicans present TO be
consistent and stated that for twenty
long years the party had proclaimed
fur single statehood. He stated that
Joint statehood never originated here
but came from a clique Of politicians
In Washington. and he asked the del.
egates whether they should bow 10
this political ring or stand up like men
and be consistent. and brave. We will
all go 10 the polls together. he said.
elbow TO elbow. some fnr and some
against joint statehood. but he pro.
posed to be consistent. He said fur.
ther that we would never get joint
statehood and the delegates knew 1t,
fnr Arizona wnnld yet" down III" n"n
position by a. per an; What have
we 10 accomplish hy this endorsement
he asked. II the convention accepts
joint statehood II Is placing a club
In the hands of enemies ut Washing
ton. Shall We play sycnphant"?" he
asked. Watch the result AT the polls
In November"
The chairman here notified the
speaker that his time allowance had
expired and a halr a dozen delegates
jumped TO their feet for recognition.
Secretary John Florence. being near.
est. was given the floor and immedi-
ately yielded his five minutes to Mr..
Prichard. During the uproar the sit
nation was further complicated by
music from the band. The music was
quickly stopped and the speaker tried
10 continue his address. but the dele.
gates made SO much noise In disap.
prevail that he could not be heard.
Finally he exclaimed. Am | address,
ing a republican convention or a rab-
bleoo" and the chairman called for or
der. Mr.. Prichard said that Abraham
Lincoln while president had promised
single statehood to Arizona and that
Joint statehood would be an injustice
to that territory. He said that he
believed that a great nation would
carry out its promises and also said
that New Mexico had no reason to
vote for this measure. as the people
can get nothing out of it. At the con-
clusion of his stirring speech. Bernal-
lilo announced that the nine delegates
from that county would each yield
their five minutes to Hon. W. B. Chill.
ders, giving him forty-five minutes In
all. The chair %thereupon stated that
he thought that the yielding of time
in favor Of any speaker was against
the spirit of the motion made by Mr..
Duncan and accepted by the conven-
ton and that he would only allow a
speaker five minutes with n excep-
ton. Since Mr.. Prichard had had ten
minutes he would grant Mr.. Childers
the sam length of time.
chiIders Makes Strong Speech
The delegate from Albuquerque was
greeted by hearty applause as he fac
ed the audience. He said that it was
not true that statehood was not a
party question, as 1t had been recon-
mended by a republican president and
adopted by a republican congress. He
asked the convention to stand by
Roosevelt in this fight and not to get
up and say that this is not a political
question. If the convention decides
not to adopt the statehood plank. he
said. ii repudiates Roosevelt and a re-
publican congress. Never. In the his
tory of the country. he stated, was
not the admission of a state a party
IL 5-ntseaa fhnT sha toa.t