Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-01-08
TWENTY REASONS WHY NEW MEXICO
SHOULD BE ADMITTED AS A STATE


New Mexico should be admitted state because fran.
hise and suffrage through the medium of the ballot box are
birthrghts of every American citizen.
New Mexico should be admitted state because its in
habants not cast in mould different from that Of any
other citizens of this country and they fully capable Of gov
erning themselves
New Mexico should be admitted as state because it was
promised sovereignty sixty years ago by the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidago.
New Mexico should be admitted as state because it has
ougrown its present form of government and wants to take
hand in making the federal laws it is forced to obey with
out other representation than voees delegate in Congress
New Mexico SHOULD be admitted state because it has
liberty loving an patriotic people who want to be full Aedged
citizens instead of mere residents"
New MeSic4 should be admitted state because it de-
rves ample rcnuc from taxation and other sources to sup
port stable sAe government and also has competent to
give it an ecotomical busness-lke administration.
New Mc3co should be admitted state because it has
proven its loyalty to the Union and furnished soldiers
in time OF war to fight for their country in proportion to popu
ation than any other commonwealth. 4@
New Mexico should be admitted state because it has
larger percent Of native born Americans than almost all Of
the states Of the Union
New Mexico should be admitted as state because it has
larger population than any state created within recent years
except Oklahoma and has inhabitants than Delaware
Idaho Nevada and Wyoming
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because such
action would to stimulate the already rapid growth and
material progress OF the commonwealth and aid in developing
its mutarious
New Mexico should be admitted state because its
people law abiding, and there is less awessness in the
Territory than of the states which have enjoyed the
blessings of sclf-goycrnmcnt for century or more
New Mexico should be admitted as state because its people
deserving of such recognition result of their efforts
under adverse conditions in making the desert to blossom
the and gaddcning the waste places.
New Mexico should be admitted as state because it has
we'll organized system Of public schools which being
steadily improved and increased in number and law making
it compulsory for children of school age to receive at least
rudcmcntary education.
New Mexico should be admitted a state because its
ng laws practical and easy of interpretation and
these include antgambng law and Sunday closing law,
which being rgdv enforced and not disobeyed with i'm
punity
New Mexico should be admitted state because it has
national guard of sufficient strength to cope with any emer
gncv and fully equipped to take to the field days notice
New Mexico should be admitted state because it has
efficient force of mounted police to assist the county and city
peace officers in enforcing the laws and maintaining order
New Mexico should be admitted state because it has
capitol building university, two technical colleges two normal
Schools military academy and other institutions supported
BY the Territory that compare avoraby with public insu-
tons in many Of the older and more populous states.
New Mexico should be admitted state because state
hood would be the key that will unlock the vast store house
Of wealth contains mining timber agriculture and other
resources still in a comparatively undeyeoped stage
New Mexico should be admitted state because it has
five daily newspapers and about hundred weekly news
papers, indicating that its people intelligent and keep
abreast with current events through the disseminating OF news
by the press
New Mexico should be admitted state because it was
the scene of the first settlement of this country by white
and the future promises naturalization OF the dreams
of the early Spaniards who believed to be land OF fabu-
lous riches and second Eden.
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