The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-09-13
years, unless ultimately there should
be reasons for admitting Alaska

49,
Senate Committee on Territories are
busily and sincerely engaged in Sc
curing exact knowledge of conditions
in New Mexico, the people Of this
Territory should be very glad. What
the best citizens of New Mexico have
long desired is a thorough and unbi-
ased examination of our affairs by
not be denied that, in spite of h
many long debafes on the various
statehood bills in Congress, our ac-
tual merits and shortcomings have
bee deliberately and fully
brought out in those debates. For one
reason or another the real conditions
have been ObScured by collateral is
sues and ~extraneous influences.
During the Administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt thorough lnvestiga-
lions of our affairs were more taa
once stopped from the White House
when such Investigations threatened
to expose some of Mr.. Roosevelt's
particular friends The people of the
Territory were mad to suffer be
cause of what some may call Roose-
velt's loyalty to the Rough Riders.
Mr.. Roosevelt's logged insistency
that certain members of his regiment
be taken care of has had, directly OF
indirectly. a very material influence
on the statehood question. 1t is to
be hoped that this influence has been
eliminated from 1he situation and
that the omfnous shade of my poll
cies" as well as of my regiment"
Will to be a material factor in
New Mexico's affairs.
More significant and far reaching
in its effect had been the insistence
Of certain Republican National party
managers that the organization in
New Mexico he upheld, and little no
tice. apparently has been given to
the constitution of that organization.
or 10 the character or records Of its
individual members. The character
and record of many of them is thor
oughly known at home and scarcely
less well known at Northumberland
still. when ii came down to a pinch,
they We're backed and supported,
w~.fte-washed and coddled by the
Washington authorities themselves.
II does not seem possible that his
was done merely for a few votes a
the Chicago Convention. II is a mys-
terry to the average citizen. why in
view of the facts. a course was adop
ted by the Republican party mana
gers and the National Administrator
which would inevitably lead New
Mexico into the Democratic column
in case of Immediate statehood. Can
II be that the true reason for adopt-
Ing such a course is that the powers
in Washington are really DESTROYS
That @ Mexico shall not be admit
ted? The whole matter is complicat
ed and confusing in the extreme. and
every step which purposely or innc
Gently serves to increase the confus-
ion by a concaalment of the facts
makes statehood more remote.
Again, viewing the phase of the
question from the New Mexico end
1t is manifest that one of the main
Toubles about the statehood situation
in recent years has been the fear of
ambitious politicians and o~ver-zealous
statehood Partisans that Washington
would find out h truth. Many Of
the ambitious politicians are afraid
OF this because they know a revela-
ton OF the truth would mar their
for s~enatorships and other
high offices, and the over-zealous par
tSans Of are afraid of such
a revelation because they fear it
would indefinitely postpone our ad-
mission.
For u part We believe, as We al
ways have believed, that confusing
and deceiving methods. whatever
their source or whatever the reason
Tor their employment, are essentially
bad, and that not until the whole truth
is known, the real facts revealed and
lie abuses remedied, have we any
chance to secure a majority vote in
the Senate of the United States. We.
therefore, welcome the announcement
hat President Taft and the Senate
committee are seeking exact knowl-
edge OF the conditions here.
The baneful influence of Bull An
urews on our reputation is so well
known and so universally admitted
that 1t is superfluous to again men |
ton 1t. AS long as he is returned
to Congress. just so long will state
hood be withheld. 1t may be true. as |
stated in he above quoted article. |
that-on the surface.-at least there
is a good deal of statehood support in |
the east, "centering in Pennsylvania" |
The Pennsylvania Republican organ
~ization, headed by Senator Penrose. |
Is one of the closest, most powerful.
~unrelenting and INSCRIPTIONS politi-
cal organizations in this or any other
country, and If its power is to be ex-
ercised for our admission. 1t would |
seem to many that admission is as
Sured. But is II to be so exercised
and II so. will II do us good? Most
unhesitatingly we answer both OF
these question in the negative. How |
ever powerful. close and unscrupu-
lous that organization may be. there |
are some people who have 1t in the
hollow of their hands to make or
break it-and "BulI' Andrews IS
doubtless one OF them. There is ey-
cry reason to believe that the dark
and sinuous records of the DAYS of
Quay are so well known to Andrews
THAI he "could a tale unfold whose |
slightest word would harrow up the
soul" of Penrose and many others |
but that he is forbidden from doing |
so by their grudgingly given support.
There Is every reason to believe that
ne Is abaored. detesfed and despised