Show REPUBLICAN RUSES For Keeping Arizona and New Mexico Out oitFie Union ELEGATESMimEXPLAINS THM The Whole Secret is These Territories Are Democratic Report on Chinese Smuggling Smug-gling The Oregon Election WASHINGTON June 3Special telegram to THE HEICALThThe bills admitting Arizona and New Mexico will not be favorably orably reported by the committee on territories itories said Delegate Marcus A Smith of Arizona today simply because the ter ritores are considered safely Democratic Idaho was Democratic until the Mormons were disfranchised by the constitution presented to Congress when by such constitutional stitutional provision every member of the Mormon church was forever excluded from the right of franchise and Idaho made safely Republican then the committee immediately presented a favorable report to the House which speedily passed the bill Wyoming a sure Republican terri tory was treated with even more promptness prompt-ness but nothing was said about disfran hising the Mormons in that territory though it was frequently stated on the floor of the House that the Mormons were there but that in this case they were Republican iu politics Arizona Mr Smith continued has a greater population than Wyoming and equaly as great as Idaho Arizona exceeds ex-ceeds Idaho largely in assessable property and fully equals Wyoming in this respect Arizona has a people as progressive as well educated as capable of self government govern-ment as either of these Republican territories terri-tories but she is Democratic and that alone is sufficient to keep her out New r Mexico is a still more striking instance of Republican unfairness Her population is i greater and her wealth greater than Wyoming and Idaho combined yet afte Arizonas and New Mexicos claim has been fully proved to the committee on tel retories the bills for their admission were referred to a committee which has not met since Dad which in my opinion will not meet again this session I have begged and importuned the committee to report one way or the other but my petition has been of no avail The committee cannot consistently report against us and they dare not report in our favor |