Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-10-06
HIS ADDRESS Has THE RIGHT RING
AND HE FAVORS JOINT STATEHOOD
Closing Proceedings Of ono Of tho Most Harmonious Gath
orngs Of Republicans In The History
Of That Party.
H. o. BURSUM REELECTED COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
HIS RINGING ADDRESS TO THE CONVENTION

institutions o. the new state in ad.
ditlon 80 those with which they are
endowed at present.
Three hundred thousand acrea 10
the College OF Agriculture and Sic.
chanic Arts. 100000 acres to the
School OF Mines; 100000 acres 20 mills.
iary schools 100000 acres for normhl
schools; 100N50 acres for miners hos.
pitfalls; 100000 acres for penllontiar
iol. 100000 acres for insane aaylums;
100000 acres ior blind deaf and dumb
schools and 2uU.000 acres FOR refofma.
torlea. almost two million acres more.
An area three times that of the state
of Rhode Island. Even az the lowest
valuation Of fi26 an acre she cndow-
mtnt Is a munificeut one. but when Il
Is remembered that the city OF Santa
re last year built the finest high
school building in the two territories
and q modern ward school from the
proceeds Of but a part Of twenty.
acre donation. than u will be realized
that there are unmeasurcd possihlll.
ties Of public wealth IN this gift Of al
most thirty thousand square miles, 40
least Fart OF which VIII some day be
worth a hundred and a thousand times
iis minimum valuation OF today. Sure
~ the day IL NOT far In the future
when not one mill OF taxes needs TO
be levied either for public school pur.
poses or the maintenance OF state In
stllutlona.
No srise GIFT.
And this iH contemporary called
bribn TO induce the people Of New
Mexico and Arizona TO accept the
most precious git Of all American cit.
izenshlp, as II the people or the two
territories arc children, who must be
bought 20 accept the gift for which
the men Of TG gave their wealth
and their life blood. which iired the
North and the South 30 enter upon the
most atupendoua conflict Of the age,
which is the envy OF an the naiiona OF
the earth and Is coveted BY an loving
peoples az N congress could not cnm-
pol New Mexico and Arizona e ac-
cept citizenship In any form Il ctSoaes
or Impose any scrritude Il deems
proper, without the donation % q sim
gle acre or OF copper poray; as n
this munlncent present OF almost
thirty thousand square miles and mil-
lions IN dollars were not the provision
Tor The future made By q generous
father for a beloved chiid9 But N
q Il really Is bride. let Il be remom-
bered that so splendid aud untalnted
q bride never before was offered any
commonwealth 10 enter the union
nor will q likely be offered again to
any people.
With this bonus so the precious
guarantees OF liberty, OF self govern.
ment, secured the nation by the dec.
laration OF independence and the con.
stitution, tolerance In religion and
universal suffrage. There ara also as
surances 81 q liberal public school
system and q generous share OF rep
reservations In congress. giving
the new state two represent
atlvoa although each state &c
cord.ng % tho census, has less iRhab-
ilanis than are required for a con.
grc6sionai district The enabling act
gives the new state two judicial dis
iricis. with headquarters az Albuquor.
cue and Phoenix, with their Incident.
al federal officers. The act wisely
draws the lines Of each district along
the present boundaries Of the two ter
rii0rIes 20 that confusion Ia judicial
admlnlalratlon may be avoided. the
territorial laws In esch Jurisdiction 10
remain On eject uniil ahrugafod or Bu.
porseded By new state laws. III the
state fohJwa tins example IA the rs.
inhiiEhmont oi SIS courts. a conflict Ia
laws VIII be avoided The state q
even permitted 10 select iia own cant.
ial after 1915. until that date the capt.
cal remains al Santa Fe. making sure
that there viii ho no immediate ex.
penditures for a new capitol building
sud other expense Incidental 80
The removal OF q capital N such
movement BE desired al any timo.
Appropriations for Elections.
Congress la addition 20 its hountles
above mentioned, hus appropriated
$4,000 % pay for the elections and
conventions necessary 90 establish che
new state Then lest h might appear
inai the nation forces these gifts upoa
an unwilling population. 10 has grant.
cd New Mexico aud Arizona "A reicr-
endum, which gives each the Flght 20
reject this generosity, lhla unparalleled
bounty What could BE- fairerY Where
% ihe citizen who can conacluntiously
refuse so great O. hiosslngY Surely he
lacks the essentials OF a patrOlt. ne
scarcely loves his children VI he
would turn down o patrlmony OF such
magnlhcenco for any trivial reasons or
7 prciudicoa. on because Qf adheranco
% a chlmorlcal hope that some day
che east may relcni or there may De "a
congress even more generous Than
that which gave The two territories
the Hamilton enabling act.
How trivial anpcar an the arguments
thus FAR advanced against Joint state.
hood for the two territories when bnl.
anced against he glory uf American
citizenship or even the marnlhoont
heritage Of lands and money. the
promise Of immediate greatness and
rapid growth ana progress which
statehood will bring to che new state
OF Arizona lesg Ia extent only than It's
eastern neighbor. she state OF Texas.
greater than its western nolghhor tho
state Of California and exceeding In
promise Of a gl0rIous future every
other commonwealth Of the union