Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-01
HELPLESS PEOPLE
Of NEW MEXICO
Peculiar Kind of Assistance
That Henry w. Blair
Gives Them
ASKS FOR AN INVESTIGATION
He Wants Congress to Make
1t Full, Fair and
Deep.
SPECIAL Corrpsp0ndenco.

Washington. d. c., Feb, 21-The op-
position 10 the adoption Of the New
Mexico constitution has been doing
it's work, and while there is no dan
ger as TO rhe final ou.come, yet the
element of delay has resulted, and it
may be that in consequence, that
New Mexico aiI haye to wait another
congress. TO become "a state Hear
ngs have been held before the Com
mittee on Territories Of the lower
House during the past week, and
number OF persons sizzling them.
selves as Temperance leaders have APP
peared to protest against the admis,
sion of the territory. Ex-senator
Henry W Blair, of New Uamphire.
is the counsel for the object0rs. and
he has introduced a number Of letters,
affidavits and newspaper clippings
purporting to show that the election
was fraudulent. It is even attempted
to show that ballots were not proyid-
ed in certain localities that could be
used 10 vote against the adoption OF
the constitution, but the statement
was refuted effectually by the intro
duct.0n of the returns, showing both
an affirmative and negative vote in
nearly all election precincts. One
might have thought, after listening to
the claims made by Mr. Blair and his
clients, that New Mexico was a dan
gerous place in which TO live, so fear.
full were the conditions which the i'm
aginatiye mind of the former New
England senator depicted His plea
for the helpless people of New MeXi.
co who ratified their constitution by
a handsome and overwhelming ma.
iorily was punctuated by this sugges-
ton;
Nothing but a congressional in
yestigation, full and fair and deep,
searching to the bottom Of things
with the mighty arm of the Nation,
will save the otherwise helpless peo-
pie of New Mexico"
/ The hold-up which statehood has
I been subjected to is purely the work
/ o. people not materially interested in
! the welfare of New Mexico. Delegate
! Andrews has expressed the situation
very clearly by saying: There are
| two kinds of temperance people in
New Mexico. one kind being the pro-
hibitionist who works because he has
been hired, and the other kind is the
/ temperance believer who lives in the
! territory, enjoys its benefits, and is
interested in its growth and advance
ment. This latter class are interest
ed in securing legislation for their
, cause, but they are not the kind who
are working to stop the progress of
! New Mexico by defeating the great
results that have followed since the
enabling act was secured. The laws
they seek will likely be passed by our
new state Legislature, which is the
proper body to act upon the internal
affairs of New Mexico. The paid pro
hibitionist who is holding up state
hood cannot be considered in any way
as a friend to the territory"
The House Committee, at its hear
ing, asked for testimony pertaining to
the legality of the election, and an
adjournment was taken to permit
time to secure this from the territory
A great array of affdavits that will
efectually convince congress was re.
ceiyed from the territory. The two
! Houses may get things going in a
hurry, and put New Mexico on the
map among the sisterhood of states.
but the business of both Houses is
badly congested, and if the matter
goes over it must wait until the end
of the next congress before approval
can be secured, and New Mexico will
have nothing to do but to wait. If
there should follow such a period of
suspense, it is very clear where the
responsibility should rest, as Delegate
, Andrews, Governor Mills. and the del.
egation that came on here from New
Mexico have accomplished all that
, human endeavor could attain.
The president evidently takes no
, stock in the opposition to admission
as he has issued message and sent
, it to congress asking for action. New
= Mexico may become a state any day.
- FiIbustering.
t Washington, March There are
| rumors of coming filibusters that
= may mark the closing days of the
sixty-first congress, but the first af-
; fair of this kind has already been
pulled off 1t started on Friday, Feb.
ruary 18th, and lasted until the fol-
lowing Monday afternoon with only
slight intermissions when the tired
congressman We're compelled to obey
the call of nature, and seek their rest.
full places to secure sleep. An at
tempt had been made to secure pas
I sage of the French spoliation claims
: in the omnibus bill, and Mr.. Mann. OF
n Illinois, began to interpose obstruc
+ tive measures. He finally won his
: contention, and then followed an un
successful attempt to prevent the pas
: sage of the omnibus bill until the por
tions stricken out were reinserted
e But this was unsuccessful. and the
: bill was finally passed In order te