Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-10-30
STATEHOOD IN
EIGHTEEN MONTHS
Is Belief of Cover
nor of New
Mexico
MAY COME SOONER
Executive Boosts For Cause
Everywhere on Recent
Trip.

The Ell Paso Herald of last evening
publishes an interview had with Gov.
ernor Curry in which the executive
declares that New Mexico will be ad
mitted into the Union as a state with
in eighteen months at the very out
side. The executive stopped over IN
the Pass City few hours last even
ing on his return to the Capital The
interview follows:
"The people of New Mexico are
solid for single statehood. We are all
working hard for it and believe that
New Mexico will be state within Is
months at the very outside"
This is the statement mdae by Gov
ernor George Curry, of New Mexico,
who is in the city and stopping at the
Zeiger Governor Curry is just COM
pleting a tour of New Mexico inspect
ing territorial institutions and will
leave this evening over the Santa Fe
for the capital of New Mexico, having
finished his round. The past week has
been spent in the Pecos valley during
which the governor made number OF
speeches to the residents of that sec
tion where he was himself reared.
:, May Not Get Bill Up This Year.
"I do not know if we will be sue
cessful in getting a single statehood
bill before congress at this winters
session." continued the governor. 1T
is possible that we will not be able to
get it considered until after the next
election, but we are going to do some
hard work between now and the time
Of the convening of congress and dur
ing the approaching session, and we
have hopes that our efforts will be
crowned with success.
Growing Sentiment For Statehood.
"The growing sentiment for single
statehood in New Mexico is shown by
the organization of statehood league
in almost every town and county in
the territory. But these leagues are
not necessary for the purpose of ere.
ating local public sentiment for sin
gle statehood" the governor added.
All Work Together For Statehood.
"'rhe idea of these statehood leagues
is to get all the people who favor
statehood to pull together to the COM
mon point of statehood; to prepare
and send our literature broadcast ov
er the country pleading for statehood
for New Mexico; to create country
wide sentiment for statehood and use
the combined influence of every citi
zen Of the territory upon the people
Of the country to demand statehood
for New Mexico
More Than 100 Per Cent Increase.
"That New Mexico is entitled to
statehood no one will doubt who has
given the matter one minutes thought
The census of 1900 gave the territory
slightly over 100000 population To
day New Mexico has population OF
over 100000 and people are coming in
to the territory by every train, locat-
ing homes and building up the terri
tory in wealth. BY the census of
1910 New Mexico, firmly believe, will
have population greatly in excess
of half million and she cannot be de-
MED statehood upon her claims.
Never In More Prosperous State.
New Mexico was never in a more
prosperous condition. Never In her his
tory has her growth been so rapid and
pronounced as within the past few
months. The tide of immigration is
only just setting New Mexico forward
and before it ends New Mexico can
boast one Of the most prosperous re-
gions and one of the most prosperous
farming and industrial regions Of the
entire Southwest or West"