The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-01-18
TWENTY REASONS WHY NEW MEXICO
SHOULD BE ADMITTED AS A STATE.

NtW SnOulu ID e admitted as Il state because
franchise and suffrage through the medium of the ballot
box are birthrights Of every American citizen.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
ITS inhabitants are not cast in a mould different from that
OF any other citizens OF this country and they are fully
capable OF governing themselves.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
1t has outgrown its present form of government, and wants
to take a hand in making the federal laws it is forced 10
obey without other representation than a voteless delegate
in Congress.
New Mexico should be admitted to statehood because
it was promised sovereignty over sixty years ago by Quad
aupe Hidalgo.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
1t has a hberty-Lovng and patriotic people who want to be
f~ull-hedged citizens instead of mere residents"
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because it
derives ample revenue from taxation and other sources to
support a stable state government and also has compe-
tent men to give an economical, business-ike administra-
ton.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
it has proven its loyalty to the Union and furnished more
soldiers in time OF war to fight for their country in proper
ton than any other commonwealth.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
it has a larger percent of native born Americans than al
most all OF the states of the Union.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
it has a larger population than any state created within
recent years except Oklahoma, and has more inhabitants
than Delaware, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
such action would serve to stimulate the already rapid
growth and material progress of the commonwealth and
aid in developing its multifarious resources,
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
its people are law abiding, and there is less lawlessness in
the Territory than In many of the states which have en-
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more.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
its people are deserving of such recognition as a result OF
their efforts under adverse coalitions in in making the
desert to blossom as a rose and gladdening the waste
places.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
it has a we'll organized system OF public schools which are
being steadily improved and increased in number, and a
law making it compulsory for children OF school age to
receive at least a rudimental education.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
it's existing laws are sane, practical and easy OF interpreted
ton, and these include an anti-gambling law, a Sunday
closing law, which are being rapidly enforced and not dis
obeyed with impunity.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
gency and fully equipped to take to the field on a days
notice.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
it has an 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 as a state because
it has a capitol building, university, two technical colleges,
two normal schools, a military academy and other institu-
tons supported by the Territory, that compare iavorably
with public institutions in many Of the older and more pop
ulous states.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
statehood would be the key that will unlock the great
~storehouse of wealth it contains in mining, timber, agricul-
ture and other resources, still in a comparatively unde-
veloped stage.
New Mexico should be admitted as a state because
it has FIVE daily newspapers and about one hundred weekly
newspapers, indicating that its people are intelligent, and
keep abreast with current events through the disseminating
OF news by the press.
New Mexico should he admitted as a state because
it was the scene of the first settlement OF this country by
of the dreams Of the early Spaniards who believed 1t to be
a land of fabulous riches and a second Eden. Mexi-