Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-10

~> S7.sissras' Elseths pssis G.. ehissss. Hl. tain the support of those senators who have the power to keep us out of the union by recrimiDation and abuse. If the conditions now. exist ing in New Mexico upon which they base their refusal to admit us are in any great degree as represented to them; if there arc conditions here which are bad. 1t is only by remedy ing those conditions that we can gain the senate's support. now that these charges have been made and have be- como public.
 Tn my opinion the men responsible above all others for the conditions which resulted in our rejection by the senate are w. II. Andrews and IT. o. | Bursum. There is no stronger argu- ment being used in Washington against the admission of New Mexico | to the union than the presence of w. | H. Andrews as our delegate in con | gross. Mir. Bursum's support was en- | tirely responsible for rorcing Andrews upon the people of the territory, | against the will of a majority of the | leaders of the republican party, and against the wishes of the people of | the territory. regardless of political | affiliations.
 Tt is not necessary to recount the | events of the past three years in New ! Mexico political affairs. Those events | arc too well known, to the whole peo- | pie to make it necessary to recall | them. But 1t eannU- be said that the l course of the republican organization here, as guided and directed by Mir. l Andrews and MT. BursuIn. has been advantageous either to the republi- can party or to the territory. 1t has ! been a course which from the stand point of practical political manage ment has been mwise, i'll advised and as we now know. disastrous not only to the party but to the material wei fare of the territory.
 What the people of the territory | must now realize is the fact that it is necessary 10 face conditions as they | exist. For years a persistent policy of | equivOcation and cOncealment was pursued in this territory in regard to | its land and other matters. Every ef- fort made to change that policy has failed through the bitter opposition of the men who have been in control of l our political affairs.
 We have now reached the point where no amount of bravadO, or eguivocatiOn, and where no resolu tions of indignation will suffice tC turn the federal authorities away from a sincere and thorough inquiry , into the real conditions. If the people or the officials of New Mexico resist this inquiry they will only furthel injure the territory and the cause o | statehood. It Is the duty, and I be lieye it is now the desire of every pa Jriotic and decent citizen of New Mex leo not only to welcome such an in quiry but to demand it. If the feder al authorities insist upon maintaininl ,heir control over us they cannot sniff the responsibility of doing the dut! they owe us. If they consider us un fit 10 remedy conditions here the! are bound to do what they can to rem edy those conditions themselves.
 Tt is my hope and belief that un der the new administration the tim, has come when out of a sense of jus tice to the people of both territories and of the obligations of the fedora government, an honest and thorougf inquiry will be made into our affairs believe, too, that during the cours' tof such an inquiry the people of tht territory will prove that they no long CT have the slightest desire to in any way hamper or obstruct the fedora authorities in their search for th' truth; and that when 1t is completed they will prove themselves capable O remedying any abuses or of adjustins any ills which may be found to exist
 Tt is not the ignorance, or th' charge of ignorance against any DOT tion of our people that is counting against US in Washington now, st much as that, in the opinion of th' senators, the intelligent and enlight eBed portions of our population hay, allowed themselves to be controlled by politicians whose ideal of politica management and practical administra ton finds its highest manifestation il a man of the type of W. H. Andrews Men of Andrews type are no wanted in the United States senate.
 T hardly think that Judge Fall wa 1 justified in stating that the onIy pasI
 of opposition to statehood in Ney | Mexico was from politicians who ar 1 simply waiting from one administra
 tion to another in the hope of gettin l another appointment. There are peC pie in New Mexico who have no fde
 of any political appointment, who D,
 lieve that our immediate admission a
 a state would be unfortunate beeaus
 of the kind of men whom they fea
 would control the state. There ar many others who, while they deepl
 fear the effects of such control ar
 williDgsto run the risk and take state
 hood under any circumstances.
 For myself, I am in favor of aC Icepting statehood as soon as we ca tget it.'I do not think mat we can ge 1t so long as Mr. Andrews Is our reI ireseDtatiye in Washington. do no
 think we can get ir so long as Ml
 Bursum is the head of the republica.
 organization. Nor do l believe tha
 we can get 1t until the truth or fals
 ty of the charges brought before tn
 senate committee have been fully .ir
 yestigated with the heartiest eoncui
 renee and cooperation of the peopl
 of the territory. and until, should
 be found that these charges, or an
 considerable portion of them, ar
 true. we have proven to congress tha
 We are able and willing to remedy th
 conditions complained of"
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