Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-13
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Aris0na and New Mexico eliminated.
~ pointed out that the logical posi-.
Mon Of the republicans In congress
Wae TO refuse to admit Oklahoma, or
~ admit New Mexico 40 q separate
oeate to offset the democratic senas
1ors that will admittedly coIne from
ohlahoma. The statehood fight from
Sxhe Washington end has been entirely
1ulcai. We don't contend that It IL
y bit that this should be 20. We
~ contend that the interests
" New Mexico and Arizona. Okla
homa and Indian Territory and the
interests Of the great west AZ well,
are more important than . republican
majority In the United States senate.
Simple justice TO the people involved
and all the presidents established In
the country, demanded the admission
u the f0ur territories - separate
states.
II must have been admitted that
this would have meant the six demo.
cratic to two republican senator's.
~ spstxjotlsm OF the republican lead
II refused to rise above their parti'
hnahip and they Matched the joint
katehoOd scheme.
II Will be an outrage now to refuse
ia admit Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory because or the fear that demo
8cartic senators will be sent. However
We do not believe the speaker Of the
house. who ~ . partisan Of m OK
tremeiy narrow stripe. will be influ'
enced by that fact. Yet It does not
seem probable that he al Withstand
the demand that II being made BY the
nation for some measure Of justice to
these p0pulous and wealthy territor.
les. And II not, what then? The only
way 10 restore the balance IL to admit
New Asxico alone.
OF course It may seem strange for
those men who Of late have vigorous.
Nv denounced New Mexico and object.
"a to the admission Of q territory
pe0pled with sage brush and rocks
70 turn about face and extol the terri.
tory and her people to the skies. But
that won't, really b. hard for q poll.
tlcian. II the republican leaders now
ma they need New Mexico In their
busiaGss. the land win be transformed
forthwith to a Of wonderful re-.
eo~urcefulness and development and
Nor people to angels Of light.
Il 10 true the administration forces
still deny that they have need Of New
MexicD. but they sttll hope TO bend
n 6bdurate will Of the senate. The
oopje of New Mexico. however, need
y b deceived BY this. The senate
6vll stand Dat. Then II Will mean that
oklahoma must stay out OF NV Mex.
- must come IN.
u ~ true, though not altogether 70
- credit, that no government Of this
ntion has . admitted a territory
oncept q political grounds. Fitness
n6ver has cut aanx. figure and will
~ In this case. ~ New Mexico comes
a now. It will be because the domin.
ant power needs her. She would have
been NJ fifty years ago,,sK the need
had existed. xsk& $50 ssr vSes
But the psychological moment seems
70 have arrived. II IL the right time
10 make another united effort for sep.
arate statehood. The Albuquerque
joint statehood folk have waged d
gallant fight and admit they are bad.
~ beaten. They believe that there Is
"a good charre fol separate statehood
Ind they WIN Join In a fight to secure
that. The feeling exists throughout
the territory. Let the people OF this
county be not behind in the matter
a mass meeting should at once be
called and the people Of San Miguel
should put themselves sauarely on
record IN favor cf separate statehood,
Every Las vegan who has friends In
congress should write urging him to
work loF the admission Of New Mex.
leo aIoae. The time % short and action
should be taken 1t a II San Mig
uei cuunty viii hold an enthusiastic
mass meeting 70 deal with the sub
joct. M other citizen end counties will
10 ~ sa1ne. the tidings viii be sent
By Associated Press 10 every part Of