The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-11-25
PLAYING HORSE
WITH NEW MEXICO.

WI ! II NEW MEHlCO.
From Santa Fe Eagle.
1t has aot been two months since
it was heralded from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and from the lakes to the
galf that President Roosevelt favor
ed the admission of New Mexico as
single state. He promised Governor
Curry his support in the matter. and
the people of New Mexico were led
to believe that the big stick would
be welded in the interest of single
statehood for New Mexico.
So firm was the belief in the sin
cerity of the President that Republi-
can papers which last year had advo-
Gated joint statehood as the only kind
of statehood that was desirable, or
that could be obtained within the
next fifty years or so, suddenly chang
ed front and began to advocate single
statehood as though such a movement
as joint statehood had never been
heard of In the few weeks that the
single statehood movement was cham
pioned by the President these papers
have committed themselves irrevoca-
bly, to single statehood. During that
time they charged insincerity to the
Democratic papers of the territory
and asserted that Democratic papers
were only supporting the single state
hood movement with "tolerable good
grace
= tic cd hot fF1n nSi-
dent has reconsidered his determine
ton to support single statehood for
New Mexico and that he does not
want a statehood bill brought up at
this session. He does not even ap
pear to be supporting the single state
hood movement with ''tolerable good
grace" He has succeeded ii making
monkeys out of the governor, the del
egate in congress and the Republican
leaders of the territory generally.
They were led to organize statehood
leagues in order to show that the peo-
pie of New Mexico were in earnest
about their desire for statehood and
that they really meant that they were
really in favor of single statehood
when they voted. by large majority,
il favor of joint statehood last year.
The governor made a special trip ov-
er the territory to get the people or
ganized and at work in the interest
of statehood assuring the people that
the President was giving the matter
his honest and earnest support, and
now it appears that this is ''love's
labor lost
The truth of the whole matter is
that the Republican party has never
been friendly to New Mexico The
leaders, both in the house and sen
ate, have said many unkind things
report made by Senator Beveridge,
one of the foremost Republicans in
the senate, concerning this territory
has not been forgotten. nor has a re-
port which was made by a Republi-
can leaders in the house of represen-
tatives nearly twenty years ago been
forgotten by the people of this terri
tory
The Republicans in congress do
not desire to admit New Mexico, and
the President of the United States
does not appear to be any more in
favor of the admission of this terri
tory than Speaker Cannon or Senator
Beveridge The Republicans have
the President; they have a two-thirds
majority in the senate and have a
good working majority in the house
of representatives If the RepHbl1-
cans wanted to admit New Mexico.
they could have an enabling act pass
ed within a month of this time. They
do not want to admit New Mexico,
they have had no Intention of doing
so, and the people of the territory
may as well understand the situation
first as last. The Republicans are
playing horse with New Mexico.
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