Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-02
THE STATEHOOD sIlL.
II shoule Not Pass the Senate Until
 Amended.

tFrom the San Francisco ChronicieD
 We say it deliberately that 10 man who proposes to Join together :nI statehood. against the wiii of either,
 two political entities go utterly di verse as New Mexico and Arizona,
 can make any pretension whatever to statesmanship. No man who pre- poses to force through a law which
 he believes to be understandable and therefore improper. can make any claims to political honesty. If there is anybody ia Washington whom either of these coats fits. ks may put it on. The real reason &ny the statehood bill which passed the House did not require the assent of the people of each territory separately was that it was known that the people Of Ari. i Eoua would refuse to assent. The
 majority of the, House, therefore. vot.
 ed to, coerce the people of Ariz,na Into a political association Ehich they
 abhor The real reason for that out
 rage was to prerent the, democrats from getting net gain of two demo
 cratic Senators. If admitted as one
 state, the etrTitories will send tED
 republican Senators, who will be eff
 set by the two. democratic Senators
 from Oklahoma, to be admitted un- der the same law. The Chronicle is as much opposed to democratic Sena tors as any one need be, but we draw the line at committing a crime to
 keep them out-partly. we trust. from Ia sense of deceucy. but largely. Ee
 confess, because we believe such DO liticai crimes will lose the republican party much more than two Senators
 It will lose it's honor, for one thing While the reasons stated are the real reasons, two other ostensible reasons are put forward. The first Is that the great corporations now so manip l ula1e the territorial legislatures as to escape their due share of taxation I've presume they do. That, however can be remedied by Congress, which
 has full authority over the territories and it does not lie in the mouths oi 1 Congressmen to excuse themselves for gross injustice by reason of the
 existence of another injustice whict I they have full power to remedy. Bui
 does any one imagine that the mers
 establishment of state government . will in the slightest degree affect the control of the corporationse We al
 know that the idea is absurd. Lool at Pennsylvania Look at California
 They are both states.
 The other alleged argument is tha neither Arizona nor New Mexico ha, the population to justify two Sena : tors. If that were true. the prope
 course would be to, let them remain : territories until they have tfe DOT - olation. But 1t is not true. Thef , are several states with less popuiatiei i, than either Arizona or New Mexico
 And it Is not true that population
 ought to be the decisive factor. Ther are great and vital interests iu tn ' two territories which are entitled { representation, and for the good 0 sbe whole country ought to have | [ Besides, both territories are capabt - of supporting large populations. an in time will do so. But the full al { s-urdity of the alleged reason appear when we reflect that population |: and for many years has been. net !, Beib1e factor In controlling. the con petition Of the Senate Do P1att an e Depev represent the people of Ne' ; York? Do AldricA and Wetmose rel