Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-23

wv stH8 FNNV~aAR ~ As&A@A% NsNFs
evening the expressions of nnmber
u the leading men In the territory on
the subject OF statehood, Shich In shs
all4inportant question before the peo
pie q New Mexico and tsizona q
which thsy must soon answer Yes os
No.
cevsrl> >ese1rensly Favseras's
when Z esentatise Of The Or
tic asked Governor Hagermsn for ar
expression n hia,views he replied that
he had ln1w ulAde known his posi-
tion GroI1ton very fnliy. bun
whss i N g. sssin now
that fh3 ~ herk su - into
Inv. the 61suuB6r es2o
u think the people = - texr1iory
have not yet fnIly reaIiyN ths stupen-
ssous efforts which have been made BY
President Roosevelt and the national
administration 10 accomplish the pass
are Of the bIli admitting New Mexico
Had Arizona n statehood. II II were
- II 1he extraordinary efforts of
- r. 1enh himself and the hard
- - Spds Of the bin In con-
lre- H. I. not have been given
- chaf1 Vote on the question
- and II We refuse what has been
ueesg01 Il IN certainly be many years
49, MI be given another oppor
tim II - the Union. N We could
fh6 ~ ajze what this oppor.
Z q ~ and the very slight
a Yii hsye the future II
a - bin there would
be no question: pdy's mind as
to what is the mag for us to
do. ~
I'VE must remember that after the
long struggle which has been carried
on for the last twenty-five years this
IN the first and only opportunity we
have ever had To accept statehood.
The powers In Washington are thor:
oughly determines hat New Nextea
anf, Arizona shan not be persntttcd {o
come In as q separate state the
universal opinion among people In
Washington, from the president down.
who make our laws and control our
destiny, is that II we do not accept
this proffer, which has been made aft
er such a strong fight in which the
best energies of the most influential
members aof c0ngress have 50 long
been ayerted that we win not get an
other opportunity to secure any kind
Of statehood for very long time
probably not for tweutyllive years
xhfle II We do have snothes oppor
tunity even after lons tlue, 4 e Il.
most certain that We VIII not have
nnywhere so favorable an enabling
act. with such generous provisions for
the future state.
4 firmly believe the people of New
Mexico win accept the bill by a very
large majority and cannot believe that
the people Of Arizona, when they have
had time to carefully and calmly think
II over. as they win have between
now and next November, will be 50
foolish as to reject what is offer
ed.
Few people can believe that the
territorial form Of government Is bet
ter than a state government and II
we want TO come into the Union un-
der the form OF government that We
are SO well entitled TO. now is the
time to do it. No one IN New Mexico
who believes in statehood should fail
20 use his utmost efforts to secure a
large and fayann11e vote on the bill.
even thoush, se Of the strong
pressure whis Is been brought to
hear against ~ in Washington
~ certain interests. he should believe
that 1t viii be defeated In Arizona.
There are good many months be
tween nov and November 9Th and
even II those representatives at Wash
kxton truly voiced the sentiment OF
lthe whole people Of Arizona. which !
do Bhelieve. thapssts plenty Of time
"a solute Saae Of sentiment
10 ice in tn Aeighboring terri
tory. Much greater changes Of public
opinio fhan will be necessary IN this
case been brought about in a
much srter the than viii elapse
betweeh now &id election.
But 20 faras New Mexico is con.
cerned, ii Is as much our duty to work
for the pasaEe Of the bin as II the ulti-
mate result depended alone upon the
vnte Of New Mexico. Ii case Arizona
ahcuId refuse to accept jointure, which
ay. do not now believe. New
4 I wi1teat any rate be In an In.
- kbstf8t position than ii she too
ths wonderfully liberal enab-
10 eproffered her By ccnEress.