Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-03
MADE VICTIMS OF
 POLITICAL GAMBLE Representative Roberts Tells How Politics Keeps Out
 New States

The following is an extract from a speech delivered in congress by Hon. F. B. Roberts, of Nevada, dur. ing the discussion of the statehood resolution last week. He thinks that Arizona's hold cara" has been exposed:
 Mir. Roberts of Nevada said:
 MT Chairman: Some of IS who have come to congress for the first time, and who by virtue of the dice shaking" custom which prevails in the selection of seats have been rele- gated to the suburbs of the house floor, have sat here throughout this long debate listening as best we could and hoping against hope that something might be said or done that would justify the action of those members on both sides of the floof of this house who oppose the i'm mediate and unconditional admission of New Mexico and Arizona into the union under the constitutions they have adopted. (App'ause.) IL would appear to us that those two western territories, great in area, peopled with an intelligent, progressive, law
  rich in natural resources, and pos sessing all that is essential to state hood, are being made the unfortunate victims of a political gamble" in which their hold card" has been seen, and their opponents, democrats and republicans alike, are each ''rais- ing" the other while the territories stand pat" and lose their "ante." (Applause.) They have been knock ing at the door of congress asking admission into the union for years, but lest one party or the other might benefit by their admission and the political complexion of the law making bodies of this country be changed, their admission has been postponed on one pretext or another, until now, regardless of parties or politics, the great mass of fair-mlnd- ed American people demand their admission at once. The majority members of this house are entitled to no great credit if this resolution is adopted (as it undoubtedly will )e) because it defers action and asks the people of Arizona to vote again on the very questions they Cnce adopted by a vote of more than three to one, or, to be specific, 12, 2,1S7 for and 3.s22 against Is that demo cratic? Is that in accordance with your ideas of democracy? You ask the people of New Mexico, after they have presented a constitution repub- hcan in form and adopted it at a general election by a vote of more than two to one, or to be more spe- cific. by a vote of 31,742 for and 1889 against, to vote on 1t again Is that deusocSatic? Is that in keep ing with your cherished ideas Of Jefforsonian democracy of which We hear so much? (Applause on the re publican side.)
 You say to the people of Arizona: You have adopted a constitution which contains a provision for the recall of all elective officers by g decisive vote. It is republican 1T form and democratic in spirit, but i've, as the great censors of all tha' Is purely democratic. do not believe that you meant what you said by 'your votes. and are going to make you toe the mark and try it again.
 You claim to believe in the peo Iple. l have heard this chamber echC and reecho with the eloquence O. great men and have setn great bead: 'of precipitation course down th' lcheeks of the orators while cOpiou!
 gushing tears dimmed their visioI lin passionate appeals made in be
 half of the down-trodden masses while the sanctity of the ballot wa upheld and the majority rule or Iall questions was held to be th'
 guiding spirit in all that savors o a nure democracv." (ADDlauseD