The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-05-20
PLAIN
TO SECURE FIGHT
ON NEW MEXICO
Generally Believed That
Statehood Would Have
Gone Through Smoothly
But for New Mexico Dem.
ocrats.
NEXT
TO GAME

Washington. H. g.. MAY ~. That
III" New Mexico position 300 reference
10 statehood ha, been greatly injured
10y the visit Of Mr,sr. Ferguson, Hand,
Jones and company, b. apparent :" III,
interested outsider. who have attended
the cummitt"" hearing, aud wdirurl
the progress of events sine" the New
Mrxiro citizens arrived IN M" capital.
The position of New Mexico Ht the be-
ginning Of the session was handicapped
only hv the incubus of the Arizona IIl
~. but there b., Threatened through
the efforts uf the New McNirau- the
danger attending amendment, II BE-
difficult ~ fursr, where the end will h".
Anyone familiar with the progress Of
Legislation m the capital know. hat
there l. no NOR" Iuuprruu. ,uur.c that
rnr be- followed than to start boo 10 uh
tain needles, amendments. The letting
dawn 1T the gates lu such q way u, has
been proposed by the citizen, d"lrga
tinn II certain 20 prrcpi'nt" many
amendments from individual members
during the debate that must necessarily
follow whore an instrument IIh" 'h"
constitution il changed, aud If the men
surr gets through ~ an az thls sees.
lion, the New MrNIru constitution viii
hr ~ fun of hole, q. % Sieve aud l'-
bakers will hardly hr able lu recognize
il when II get, back =" ~" rlnc" Of H.
birth. ON the other hand, If the course
of Delegate Andrews had been follow
81 there would have been uu pruhuill
itv Of embarrassing amendments, ih,
result of which from She viewpoint Of
prominent members Of M" tcrriturir'
committee. with whom Won %rurrrsl "u.
dent has talked. will throw the New
Mexico matter open 10 long debate, nuU
the possibility of defeat, Either the
original Flood resolution 81 that by
Delegate Andrews would have proyld
81 "a course consistent aud logical, auo
If these resolutions had been allowed
Ia remain uumulrstcd the matter wuulu
have been brought before the tw,
houses, aud ~ q prominent congressman
expressed il, - New Mexico would have
gone through sliding II appear
that there has hccu au interest show
To please Senator owen, but II mus.
not he forgotten that th" gentleman
from Oklahoma is not the only orna
mer, along the senatorial boulevard
aud 1t b, no TASK To- recall that tn
gentleman defeated statehood ~ ia,
close Of the last session, when ~ wa
necessary for him Ia hold the matte
M for only three hours. senator licv
rridpc, who fortunately has retired 4
private life, had the power to report th
New Mexico matter ~ early ~ Frhul
AIRY 2sth. aud If he had done this N"'
Mexico would have now been eni"ylu
statehood. lie arbitrarily delayed III
matter aud only the cncpctic action q
Postmaster General Hitchcock and fou
United States senators resulted in get
ting u report nm the matter ON III" nigh
at March Bird, Had an earlier report
hrrn made the defeat of statehood a
accomplished by Senator owen woul
have been impossible, People here VIII
have no aNcs ~ grind have been rnthc
slow 10 understand just why New Mc'
leo citizens committee have been 81
dsAvoring to hamper the legislation I