Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-26
EoroIne Ia InluafIoe.

The power and influence Of the Federal
administration, even ia cause the JUS
tice Of which is seriously doubted, was
potently demonstrated in the House of
Representatives on Wednesday, when the
rule to force through the Statehood bill
was adopted by a vote Of 1872 to 1876
Forty-three "insurgent" Republicans
voted with the Democrats against this
rule. Originally there were more than
sixty Republican members Of the House
who were known to be in opposition, but
the influence of the President Of the United
States, as applied by the Speaker of the
House Of Representatives, induced a
sufficient number Of these insurgents
TO return 70 the party fold and thus in
sure the enactment of the Objectionable
measure For the vote by which the rule
to make a way for the bill was adopted
was a test vote, and when the Statehood
bill came up for final consideration, yes
terday afternoon, it was passed by prac-
tically the same vote that secured the
adoption Of the rule.
In its present shape the bill should not
be enacted, as It would be an outrage upon
the people Of Arizona. BY its provisions,
Oklahoma and Indian Territories are to
be admitted into the Union as one State,
under the name Of Oklahoma, which is all
right, as the people Of both Territories
are in favor Of Statehood under these
terms. But the bill also proposes the adj
mission Of New Mexico and Arizona as one
State, under the name of Arizona, which
is all wrong, as the people Of Arizona,
almost to the last man, are earnestly
opposed 20 the proposed amalgamation.
Already the subject has been threshed
out in argument TO an extent which proves
the thorough injustice Of the Arizona
New Mexico amalgamation. The popu-
lations of the two Territories are so radi-
cally different in character as TO make the
union one Of the most incompatible that
could be conceived-comparable only to
marriages between whites and blacks.
Arizona has a native born population,
while New Mexico is inhabited by a mon
grel people, mostly spaniards and Mexi-
cans And as the population Of NewMexico
is almost double that of Arizona, this
mongrel population would be in political
majority and thereby in political control
Of the proposed new State,
Z Rather than submit 10 this amalgama-
ton, the people Of Arizona are willing to
wait for the honors of Statehood. The
population Of the Territory is rapidly in
creasing, while its area is all-sufficient.
Indeed, in the matter Of area the proposed
amalgamated State would be hugely un-
wieldy. Manifestly, therefore, it would
be only the part Of wisdom and justice to
permit Arizona to remain a Territory Tor
a few more years, until she shall have at
tanned the full measure Of Statehood in
respect to population, and then admit her
as a State.
But the President Of the United States
says no. For some reason or other he has
SGT his face firmly against the protests Of
the good American residents Of Arizona,
and insists that they shall be dragged into
the Union at the heels of the New Mexican
"greasers." Their protests fall upon deaf
ears, and with the aid of the House Of
Representatives and the Senate, President
Roosevelt proposes to perpetrate this OUT
rage.
The House Of Representatives, as has
been shown, stands by the President.
The hope Of the endangered people of
Arizona is in the Senate.