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and yet, he wanted the Democrats in
convention assembled to declare for
1t. He asserted that the Democratic
party in New Mexico Is the original
Joint statehood party which was later
seconded In peculiar manner by
U. s. Bateman when he declared that
the Democratic party Is the original
single statehood party. Mr.. Crist
then sailed into the Republican
Sheets" who had usurped leadership
Of the people. when the Republi-
can party was writing Its opposition
to joint statehood in blood" he
shouted, "the Democratic party passed
resolutions in It's favor When Repub-
licans were loudly sounding their op.
position to joint statehood, we at Sill.
yer City and at Las Vegas, were re-
iterating that while we want single
statehood 1t is apparent to the most
obtuse mind that joint statehood alone
is in sight and that we are ready to
accept the second best choice Ii we
could not get what we had asked for.
The Republicans Of today are doing
what the President of the United
States is doing today, adopting and
following Democratic platforms" He
insisted that the course of the Demo
cratic party alone has been consist.
ent and It's record clear both from
the single and the joint statehood
standpoints and that while insisting
upon single statehood as a right, the
Democratic party will accept joint
statehood as compromise. "Our
party in Congress has acted with a
full knowledge of this fact before 1t
and every Democratic Senator and ev.
cry Democratic Representative voted
for the enabling act and the referen-
dunn of the question to the people of
the two territories separately" He
continued: But whether you vote for
1t or against it, you are just as good
a Democrat as before. 1t is not
political question. A man may vote
against joint statehood and be just as
good a Democrat as the man who
votes for it. ] do not take my stand
upon the merits of statehood at all or
as a party question but merely upon
that of regularity and consistency be-
cause two Democratic Territorial con-
ventions, one central committee meet
ing and the Democratic members of
Congress have placed the party on
record squarely in favor Of joint state
hood. To pass single statehood res
olution now would mean that the
party had stultifled itself, that it
could be justly criticized as being as
unstable as the wind, today declaring
for one thing and tomorrow for an
other. The Democratic party OF New
Mexico is not made of that kind of
stuff that says in one convention that
black is black and in another that
black is white"
Arizona Not One Sided.
W. F. Kuchenbeclser, Of Gallup, then
arose to declare that tie fight in
Arizona is not as one sided as has
been asserted by the Arizona press.
There is no overwhelming or deep
rooted opposition to joint statehood
In Arizona, as far as he has observed
and he lives near enough the. border
to know. In fact, in Navajo, Apache,
Mohave and Coconino Counties, a
wonderful change in favor of joint
statehood is taking place. Walter
Douglas, president of the Copper
Queen Company the principal
opponent of Joint statehood in Ari-
zona, the leader of the movement so
TO speak, is not an American citizen
at all, but a subject Of King Edward.
AS far as the Arizona opinion that
Arizonians are superior to New Mex.
leans, let us say ''In Gods name, SO
be it, we want to be with so good
crowd"
Renehan on Regularity.
A. B. Renehan combatted the idea
that regularity demanded joint state
hood platform. He asserted that the
Democratic party had been consistent
ly for single and separate statehood
and had accepted joint statehood only
as second best choice. but now that
all hope for joint statehood has gone
glimmering on account of the opposi-
tion Of Arizona, the only consistent
thing to do was to express again a
demand and a desire for single and
separate statehood. But not only this,
1t would be good party policy to do
SO; that offers the only chance for
Democratic success In November.
An Old Veteran startles
Convention.
Then arose J. P. Victory, an old
gray-haired veteran and one of the
old guard of Democracy. Although
just arisen from bed Of serious i'll.
ness, he made the welkin ring and
brought down the house when he as
serted that A. B. Renehan does not
represent the Democracy Of Santa Fe
County but one, Thomas B. Catron,
who fears statehood like death because
statehood would mean the just taxa
tion of his numerous land grants. He
said tnat leaders may talk and In.
dividuals may talk, but he knew that
the people of New Mexico are at
heart tforstatehood, single or joint, Art
zona historically rightlully belongs
to New Mexico and this great state
should stretch from Texas on the east
to California on the west. He regret
ted however, that Congress did not
see fit to call the new state New Mex
ixo OF. Jefferson. No Republican Con-
gress, no matter how long we may
live, will ever give New Mexico sepa-
rate statehood. AS far as Arizona is
concerned, the speaker expressed
himself satiSned that the respectable