Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-10
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ULELUuIL NV
DREWS AND HIS
INFLUENCE
A Washington Correspondent
Speaks Interestingly Of
His Good Work.


sDcca Correspondence
Washington. sos B a,fsan Whl
ha been clerk in ihe capitol a|
WNrhIHsilH COS iWnut Ieu years
Who has been warm personal frilud
al many Nel knnWu Hrnaiofs ani gF
fCacniniifea Within Thar tma. and
Who haa MoGn personally ard .nli
maieiy every aelcRaie FROM New Sizes.
leo. because many years ago ha lived
iH New Mexico and El paso. and e.
lilol0ng Jefferson democrat, SAYS
"Duiiag ih entire tWenI HlaHf
years thar have been ai The capitol
lu washington and with my personal
aud Intimate acquaintance Wien ail
fhe delegates from New Mexico 1Dle-
cate Andrews hus more influence Nlth
senators and The speaker and scores
or representative. including the cn'
Gre Pennsylvania delegation. ihan any
delegate New Mexico hes ever had
iu congress Hy bis pleasant and
agreeable manner he makes friends
'ol everybody Wiih whom be- comes boz
contact. aad norer mnkfs an enemy.
why. Democratic Leader Williams, OF
Mississippi Is warm friend Of Dole.
easv amaTews saa has Informed him
that hn would help him in any
thing No. wanted f1r New Mexico.
while / never voted anything else
hui democratic ticket either. % J.
we're living Boa New Mexico nov /
ihiuk thar ! would vote for Andrews
lnf The great good that be- can do for
al ihe PEOPLE. irrespective Uf race.
sex. sect or previous conditions OF
rtrviiudr.
For the twcllioih time or more
there appears me dog IN the manger
policy ln regard 90 statehood fOr New
Mexico and Arizona 49, the way.
when New Mexico was nrsf made a
territory q well known citizen of 81.
Louis. Mo-, was sent 0ui there az
governor, about 1850. o. was the in-
teniion 20 make d n state then. and
& was desired hy the powers that
then controlled national affairs that
the temporary governor should be
one OF the first elected United states
senators. aud then New Mexico would
nave been admitted r. state without
any delay, just aa California ws1 adj.
mitied o. a state. changing from mil.
ilary governor 20 statehood without
going Through the i0rmallty of being
a territory But there was no
such good luck for Now aeNlco
There were some petty poli.
ticlanF that cared only for self-inter.
est They said the man thai could
have had New Mexico admitted as q
state ai once was newcomer; not
him down elected two others az SEM
atou aud "a representative in cungress
ANA started them 90 Washington. Cx-
pocting % be- sworn in as soon as they
arrived But cogreas soon heard
what they had been doing, anl dtcid-
I'd ln short order 90 make New Mexico
a territory, not 10 admit the two men
elected a. senators, bat 90 admit the
person elected q representative as d
delegate. when the trio reached
Kansas city they harmed what con-
gress had done, and the two persons
elected 90 be senators returned tO
New Mexico. and Richard Welghtmah
continued on 20 washington and took
hia seat az delegate from New Mex
SEQ December tsi. 1854.
Tho gentleman thnt coWid have
done so much Tor New Mexico as a
senator dld nos care 20 serve a. gov
erior Of only a territory and soon re-
signed md returned 10 sd. Louis.
This person might have been elected
iOf four Of ais years. be even need
not have been reelected but one OF
{ hose rejected could have hoon elected
with him. and IN four or six years
he two that we're rejected could have
served the state for an Indefinite time.
This comes 10 the point where the
same dOg.in- the.manEer policy seems
determined to prevail now in Arl-
zona. and an because of the fear hat
iWo certain mfn may not BE- elected
the two first aeuatOrs from Arizona
ihe Great. and this. f0FFnaih, is 90
cause the people OF both territories
the loss ar ihr great boon of local
self government of voting for the
next president of receiving 5000 900
in cash. aud thirty io forty millions
ol dollars in land for education penal
ana charitable institutions This
land Or selected nov may ln ten years
show gold silver copper and coal
og other minerals that would make o.
worth from one 20 two hundred mill
Hon dollars iui hll ihls-lho cleo.
tlon of senators. two representatives.
two United states iadgea Tor llfe, a
dozen other ludges. state officers.
legislature. constitutional convention
al TO ben lost at ihe aielaiQn of
trusts