Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-11
ARIZONA AND NEVADA.

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Dr. Nevada ora Arizona should be
amaIgamated. M, two would form the
largest state Boa the Union. next %
rexas Nevada Eas am area OF uo.'9'
SQUARE miles, and Arizona 1890. Inc
total would Doe 223G30 square miles
sn emau. larger than France. or Great
Britain aud Ireland. and nearly FOUR
teen 'ir.as lhr size of Switzerland.
Arzouo's population is about 100000
u4d chat of Nevada $1,000. So the to-
ial population would be considerably
less thln that OF Utah 10 has been
said ,aat both the Territory and the
State would receive % boom from the
union OF their resources, and that The
propagation. therefore. ought 10 be
favorably considered hy an the par
ties interested.
Eastern politicians frequently talk
about the meqgity OF representation
"a state With q small and dwindhng
population having the same repreaen-
tatiou 600 the United states senate a.
O. large ana popul9us state. Nevada
has often been referred 90 as an MUS
tratiou of this Bur os there IL no
CONSTITUTIONAL provision for The reduc-
ton of o. sovereign state TO the condi-
ton 1f Territorial dependence, no REM
ciy has been suggested The proposed
union would remove the inequity. az
Ear os Nevada is concerned.
Toe people of Arizona objected SIREN
uously to the proposed union with
New Mexico. Tho Legislature passed
protesting resolutions. commercial bod
les ola likewise The bar association
sent delegation 70 Washington TO
work against the union measure be-
fore Congress one Of the reasons
against union urged was mat the
organic Act creating the Territory OF
Arizona. passed by Congress Feb. a.
1868. provided. 'That said government
shall Doe maintained ana continued un-
tu such time as the people residing ia
said Territory apply for and
obtain admission as a state ou an equal
footing with the original states This
o. was pointed out is promise OF
statehood Tor Arizona az Il Is now
geographically considered and not as
am appendix Co some other state. We
fancy the objection 10 q union with
Nevada win be- as strong as the re-
sentiment OF the proposed union with
New Mexico.
As Cor the eastern objection to west
crn representation in the Senate. this
was well answered by MT Reid OF Ar
kansas. when. in an address before the
House Of Representatives Jan. go 1906,
he said.
The secret of the whole matter is
the growing influence OF the West in
the senate OF the United States. II
these Territories were east Of the
mountains they would have been ad-
mittel years ago. Gentlemen cry out
in alarm al the prospect OF granting
TO these Territories the same repre-
sentutlon upon the floor Of the Senate
that 81 enjoyed by the older states.
What they ask. rs Arizona or Okla
homa 10 have the same power and in
0uencp boa the Senate that Is exercised
by the great States Of New York and
PCuusyly Why do they never
compare these Territories with Cone
nc.tieur and Rhode Island? Why do
We hear nothing OF the wonderful re-
sources of Vermont the multiplying
population of Maine and Massachu-
sets, OF Ihe boundless domain ~ Del
aHagef All no. indeed From the
foundation of this Government New
England has dictated the financial and
fiscal policy 0i this nation. but the day
of western aaoendency has begun 90
dawn The ability 90 sustain great
populations iI New England is rapIdly
diminishing while that NJ the South
greater as year Is added unto year.
r.,UrN west of me Mississippi as there
Is oaat Of that river. The population
nasl has increased in the last decade
600 about ~ per cent while the west
hlf Increased an from 60 90 20 per cent.
FIFTY years from now 81 the same RAJ
t.O prevails there wil be three times
HH many people west Az there are east
OF tho Niss.sf.pri'
This hr.us che fact tho fear " too
much Western representation ls sense
lose. There cannot Doe too many wise.
ratr'uH. men lr tbe council chambers
of lue nation. 10 there Is any reason
for f,a-. 30 is because tho chosen men
are not what they ought 20 be. But
the people ear remedy that. by select
lng only thc boost citizens 90 represent
abe country. And OF that class there
cannot boz too Wang