The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-05-31

state overwhelmed them and a Re
publican Senate and a Democratic
House initiated Colorado into the I'm
ion just 100 years after Thomas jeff
e4-son reported to the Continental
Congress the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence.
There was a lobby here-not a
corrupt lobby-from Colorado com
posed of Democrats and Republicans.
he Democrats persuaded the House
of Repres entatives hat if admitted.
Colorado would surely go Democratic
tnat year: the Republicans ~convinc-
ed the Senate that Colorado would go
Republican, and SO she did casting
three votes for Hayes in the ~eleotor-
al college. Had h thing been post
roned for a yea TildeE would have
lad an undisputed title to the Presi-
dency.
Statehood should noe be a politi-
cal question:; and IN h~esitancy of a
Republican Congress to admit Arizo-
IA and New Mexico will END to make
botn Democratic. as in the case of
Oklahoma"
Then tie Baltimore Sun takes a few
shots At the Republican party for re-
fusing to carry out it's promise of
statehood. The Sun says
The Republican national platform
Of 1908. upon which President Taft
and The present House of Representa-
uves were elected. contains ibis
plank: We favor the immediate ad-
mission of the territories of New
NJ ,xioA mud Arfy1a,, A. caparaf. Cat
es in tie Union
The Republican party in Congress
has had ample time and -tunity
to redeem this pledge, but it has not
done so. and the indications are that
the Republican leaders intend to re-
pudiate it and so fail to keep faith
with the people. In this perfdy the
President las no part. He is anxious
that the promise made to the people
when they were asked to vote for him
shall be kept, but his party in Con
gress seems to be inclined or rather
determined, to bolt the platform. The
reason for this act of bad faith is, of
course, purely partisan. The Republi-
can leaders in and out OF Congress
feel That their party is in a bad way,
and they prefer to violate n promise
rather than run the risk of increasing
the Democratic strength in the SEN
ate and House and in the electoral
college. The adoption of the statehood
plank IA the national platform was
sufficient evidence that in the jadg-
ment of the Republican party the two
territories were ready for statehood
and worthy of it. To determine the
|lhmiS=lnn IF a naW cf.fo nn0-, mart y
expediencv is unjust To a great body
Of people and most unworthy.
THE Democrats in Congress have
determined. SO 1t is reported, to en-
'ieavor to compel the Republicans to
admit h states according to their
pledge by holding up various Repub-
lican party This they are
entirely justified in doing. IL a party
will not voluntarily keep its pledges
TO the people. it ought to be compeFl-
ed to do so. IL such a thing is possible
without injury to he pablo.
According to an estimate made by
the federal census bureau in 1906 the
population of New Mexico was 223, 600.
The territory has great natural re-
sources and is increasing rapidly in
wealth and population. Arizona has
a population of about 10000 and
great mineral wealth. II is a prosper.
GUS grazing country and, by irrigation.
it's agriculture is rapidly expanding.
"A comparison of the population and
wealth OF these two territories with
the other mountain and coas states,
except Washington, when they We're
admitted. IL altogether In favor OF
New Mexico and Arizona Nevada
was admitted with n population Of
41.006: Utah had about 2oS. 600: wy
oning 60.a00; Idaho s4.3S5. Colorado
about 100. 600: Oregon $1,000. and Cal
ifornia 92,597.
Let the new sisters come I'm. They
are cry good hooking. and the proba-
b1ity taat they win side vita Thonas
Jefferson instead OF Joe Cannon In mo
for slamming the door Inn their