Bisbee daily review., 1910-06-29

hood upon terms of equality with
 the other stetes.
 The feature of this bill requiring | that congress and the president must | afirmatively approve their constitu- tions in order to make them effect | 1 tive in an invasion of the sovereign | rights of the states. They should be I allowed to make their own constitu- ! ton. The constitution of a state Is the peoples law and the people make l it, and their rights in this respect 1 should be unimpaired so long as their constitution is republican in form. There is no reason or justification l for this kind of discrimination against the people of these territo- ries. They have been clamoring for admission into the Union for years. Their advancement and development
 has entitled them to it. Their ma ! terial resources and their population lentitle them to it; their intelligence, their enterprise. and their patriot ism entitle them to it. And l am
 glad that today we are about to pass
 bin that will admit them into the Union. trusting and relying upon their courage, their patriotism, and
 their intelligence to solve their prob lens and to overcome the difficulties that this bill imposes upon them. The promises of statehood arc to lhe rulnlled after a long delay. Fo- s years they have been knocking g. f the doors Of the Union. pleading fca . admission. The democrats have r heard their cry and have labored to , open the door fsr them We have if espoused their cause and struggled D. to get them in, combating a repub- - lican party that has stood persist A ently refusing them their just rights & and closing the door in their faces 2 But they have at last been com E pelled to yield, in a way, to tht K appeal of these people. and yielC to the persistent demands of democ racy and receive these two grea territories as states into the Union E This tardy compliance with thei F promise has been forced upon tn E republicans, and, MT. Speaker, thi E is but one of the many things tha $ democracy has stood for with sucl \ loyalty and devotion and contende E for so strongly that the republica k party has been forced to adopt il N that the cry of the people has bC E come so potent that the republican 5 have been forced to yield to i E lThey have complied with their prom Fl Tse only afer they were forced to i so by a knowledge of the fact tha the people of the nation were sympathy with democratic demand K calling out for this measure. W x have the remarkable spectacle pr H sented to us today of the real friend E of admission from the territory sa 4 ing. For Gods sake give us eve a this bill and let us into the tnio E even upon these unjust terms" fC E the reason that they are afraid 1 B trust the party in power to do an H thing if this bill is not passed.
 E want to say right here that the T E publicans of the committee on terl
 tories of the house do not deser1 this criticism. for they have tried form and pass a bill much mol E equitable and just. They are gen & ~f 4he, two territories, and the chairman
 this committee is entitled to 2
 honor and credit for the assiduol labor he has performed in attemr
 ing to bring these two territori'
 into the Union.
 My republican friend and colleagI on the committee on territories, u s distinguished gentleman from Oh fMr. Cole), who has just spoken
 such fitting terms of our distinguis ed chairman (Mr. Hamilton). h. paid a just and deserved tribute
 E him: and I want to add furth 2 that the gentleman from Ohio.
 K know. has been an earnest advoea E of statehood An intimate servi K with him in committee work enabl H me to know his valuable and pat
 otic service on the committee on tt E ritories, but when he facilitates hi
 self and congratulates repubiica . upon the passage of the bill. VOL H remind him that they are entitl
 to credit only upon the grounds tn
 "A half loaf is better than no brea'
 E and the further ground implied
 E the homely phrase. Better give li
 than never" The credit of addi D two more stars to the flag and