Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-24

that there is q single man here who will vote against this report except myself. I never will sanction m out rGge of this scrt. However Inevitable it may be. il shall not have my en- GCIsement. I say that it is a subject of just indignation among the ieople of these two Territories tLat they have been compelled to say that they want joint statehood because they have Et en continually threatened with exclusion from the Union in their relatiJl as States.
 Now, Senators, this measure will pass, as know. l am not saying ai " thing to prevent it; but I simply want 70 speak my opinion freely about it. l say that every man in this hamOer who votes for it, whether he te q Dem- Ccrat or a Republican, is guilty of eX- actly the same offense against the people of those two Territories.
 WhyArizona and New Mexico should be compelled to vote upon the question of whether or not they are to be united is not a measure that ought to be held to their lips. Each one or them is en- titled upon its own merits, from every point of yiew-from tho StaEdpOi l, of territorial area. of population, of wealth. and especially in the prUspec- rive strength of populGtion-to ad- mission as q free md independent State.
 Mr. President. did H.:f intend to say anything on this matter at ali. as I have been silent throughout the
 discussion: but I die not want this
 measure to pass. as I have 10 stand
 alone in my position, without giving
 the country the reasons which actuatC
 ne. l have no desire e debar the cit
 iZens of the Territories from their re
 .ation as States in this great SalaNy
 On the contrary. l have alwayS-5nd
 I have been here a Ions Iim.a. in Cne
 or the other of the HOuSeS-adTocated
 and voted for the admission of every Territory that knocked at the door Of :he Union for admission | have al ways said that the guardianship of |
 great community by the other great communities was not a normal feature
 of our institutions. They are all based
 upon local lf-governmenI, upon the sovereignty of the Stat". Upon the knowledge and the capacity and thc right of each community to govern il sell exactly as il pleas2s. Taka that away, and the whole proud fabric and superstructure of our liberties tLmhles to the ground. So in every case have always voted for the admission oe a Territory; and l cared no- what
 :ts population might oe. knew that iE the near future ItS population would be enough to meet tbe requirements | Of the Constitution as ,u the rpFrcsen | tation allotted to the Members of tho l House according to the ;nSt censIS. So I have continued to desire, GDd desire now, that they should be ad mitted. but I will not consent IO the | doctrine that this Congress has a right or that there is a reasCn thaL is vahC and sound and a fair one to unite STcl 1 Territories as Oklahoma ed the In | dian Territory. embracing q population | Of about eighteen huIdr 4l thousand | souls, into one Stdle without asking 1 their consent. The consent that has 1 been given has been an enforced con ! sent. IL was not the wish Ef he peO | pie of the Indian Territory. Perhap: | it was the wish of Oklahoma, with ; l desire to reach out and aggrandiZa it | self as much as Dossibie-a nGtura desire I will admit. out al the samc l rine an encroachment upon the right!
 oe their neighbors in the Indian Ter ! ritory.
 l The people in the Indian Territory l venture to say, are the equals Of an. l people in the United States. bell aT'
 more people have gone there from | Mississippi than from any othr State ir the Union. and that alone is a sUf ! ficient guaranty of the character ci | the people of that Territory. Feopi'
 have gone there from Texas. from | Arkansas, from Tennessee. from Ken lucky, and a great many have gore
 there from the North. They are hardy | pioneers, willing to blaze the way anC I establish civilization. TowI3 Eavt
 grown up like magic there, and every | thing has demonstrated the absolute | capacity of these great people % gov
 ern themselves.
 If Dakota had been in the South il would have been admitted as one
 State, with two Senators. Washing
 ton and Utah would have been called
 upon 10 enter the Union as one State
 with two Senators and if Oklahoma and the Indian Territory had been North, i: would have been admitted as four States, and with eight Sena
 tCrs ouL of that great population and that fine Territory. Yet it is faii | play. It is a game of politics, and tht
 weaker must lose. We lose, Senators
 We submit to this decree. Our head.
 are bloody, bur they are not bowed We still feel the injustice of this move
 ment; We still feel that 1t is a dis
 criminaticn against our section. ana that this act, which Is today to be ap