The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-03-18
TEXT OF SPEECH OF
BAILEY
ON
Eloquent Presentation of
New Mexico's Claims
Made in Senate by Gen.
tleman From Lone Star
State.

Washington, u. e. March o.. Every
resident Of New Mexico will fully ap
p~tcciate the great speech mad. in the
senate by SCrator Bailey during the
last hour, c. che sixty first congress.
Eai ~ J. considered ~ being one of the
r%rcatest constitutional lawyers of ia"
country, II not the greatest, aud were
u not for the hlihuster of senator owen
i. behalf of Arizona, New McSiro's
constitution would have bccn approved
by the senate unanimously. Mr.. Ba lev
said:
~ hope the senate will dispos' oi
this matter without delay, aud go
tuinly It can be disposed of without
being seriously delayed 10y what ia
tend to say. The onl, objection which
I have heard urged TO immediat" ac
ton Of the joint resolution &, ;ha; Il
Is desired 10 hold the state Of Nrw
Mexico ~ a sort of hostage for tn"
state Of Arizona.
~ have given some little time ami
some little effort Ia secure the in
cstimablr right of statehood for both
NJ those territories. and recall that
when an Effort - successful effort,
too, was made to unite them into one
tate. boz common with all of my po
NiIcal associates on this side, with
one or two exceptions, and joined by a
munhcr of gentlemen on the other
side, / resisted the union Of those
two territories, aud, while We aid not
accomplish all We sought ni that time,
We did finally succeed Ia forcing into
that enabling act a vote of each ter.
rItory 10 determine whether or not
that union Of them should be made.
That propositions was negativcd hy the
people of Arizona herself, aud II she
were not willing 10 be- joined with
New M"Nico then surely she will not
ask New Mexico to wait for her now.
The statehood Of those two ter.
r%ltosics Is independent at each other.
! remember, Mr.. President, when va
had Those W." stutrhood bills pending
here we also had u hill for the admis.
sion at the state 81 Oklahoma. when
those two territories were denied ud.
m.Nsiou did not hear anybody cou.
tend that Oklahoma ought therefore
"a nr made 10 yait upon Arizona ani
New Mexico. The congress Of tho
United states has deliberately record.
rd it, Judgment that each Of these
territories b. suitable % admission ia.
to the union as a state, aud nowhere
ran il be found that any uf us ,ug,
gr-t"d that one should not bee admitted
until the other had adopted a con.
stitutou suitable 10 th"msclyc, aud ac.
ceptable TO Us.
~ am, sir, moved now by no part.
san consideration, because / know
that unless something well nigh like
a miracle truuspircs New Mexico will
send two republicans to this body;
but, much as | think they will make "a
mistake in making such Il choice, that
does not disqualify them for state.
hood, aud am unwilling to deny 10
those people the right Of local self,
government upon such narrow and
partisan consideration. There is, how
ever, a question OF party eKpediency
which my democratic associates can
afford To ignore. I feel constrained To
say To my friends on this side that we
might as we'll disorgaHile the demo.
cratic party Of New Mexico as to
stand In the way OF statehood for that
territory. Senators who have lived in
a territory know that with their PEG,
pie statehood is always the paramount
question.
"If these people, having obeyed our
command, having eonformed to the
enabling act which We passed almost
without n dissenting voice when we
reached the end Of that controversy,
having done all that We required Of
them, ARE nov told that because some
other people aid not act a. promptly
as they did, e. perhaps have not act.
ed A. wisely AZ they did, they shall be