Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-13

in Washington, and it brings out a point in which New Mexico is most interested in the closing of the arti- cle, when the Mephistophelian diplo- macy of Mir. Aldrich and his CO., horts. the stand-pt machine calling themselves Republicans. caused Mir. Taft to write the now famous letter about statehood, in which he prom ised that he would be for statehood. for the sole purpose Gas designed by Aldrich & Co.not Mir. Taft). first. Of taking it from the hands of Roose- welt. who was anxious and desirous of signing the bill. and nezt to de stroy the possibility of four western senators.
 We clip from this very interesting article where it most concerns New Mexico:
 Among other pet measures Mir. Roosevelt was trying to jam through was the one which gave statehood to New Mexiyo and Arizona Also, he was sure of it's passage, and had pro yided himself with a feather from a golden eagles wing-hooped about with bands of gold. it was, and pruned into a hopeful pen-where- ecuted would buckle the last strap. The country would then be a solid checker-board of states from sea to sea. That pen should go down the aisles of futurity as Roosevelt heirloom. The business would make a telling paragraph in what chapters he hoped to wiring from the hands of history.
 Thus stood matters when Mir. Aid rich began softly discussing state hood with Mir. Taft-who. pleased as Punch, went drinking in each Aid rich word like spring water. The cast doesn't yearn for the birth of west e.rn states. Arizona and New Mexico would mean four more votes in the senate-that Gibralter of New Eng lands protected manufacturer! The center Of population. as well as the center Of politics. is already wes- Of Chicago. Those four new western senate votes, to say naught of what membership had been added to the house. would move that center Of politics and population still nearer the setting sun. Wherefore. Mfr. Aid rich-of New England and the East was as flint against Arizona-New Mexico statehood. Also, if he could but bring Mr. Taft to his elbow. all might yet be well. Could statehood be stayed off for that session. the ! dangerous MT. Roosevelt would hay c gone his African way. Mir. Taft would be in power and-new lords, new laws. Who should then say that statehood might not be post poned a decade2
 [ The argument being employed t1 force statehood through the senate it had passed the house-was that statehood had been promised by tbs platform. Mir. Aldrich considering that platform spake speciously unto MT. Taft. Mir. Taft agreed wifh al he said. He repeated back the Aid rich wisdom as though it had beei his own
 Mir. Aldrich, skilled in blandist ment, complimented a Taftian per spicacity. Would Mir. Taft write hir a letter, repeating those sapier statehood things in black and white
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 forth in effect that while to be sur
 statehood for Arizona and New Me
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 in effect like a promissory note.
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 Taft, had been inaugurated. The
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 would have matured. The publ might after that claim under ta"I , congress carry them out
 The willy Mir. Aldrich grianed n a fox when he received the Taft | =. ter. He showed it to his fellow SC
 ators. Statehood for Arizona al