Show THE sTAT H O MATTERt Roo Roosevelt has o inor a his hla in the territories inter by his is tha t MI i New ew Mt tc be t to the Ulon as ac one state tto anti Indian and Oklahoma as aa another The people of 01 these s leS regard rd eos ot of feel teel that on their how or Of population ot of wealth df de ro es or of ability to govern them themselves m selves they thOy are entitled to admission as tAt 8 Is th this is true of the territories or of Arizona and andiew New h in is Indignant over n to couple h her state il with of Now New Mexico core who has hus trav oled tol In Arizona re writes rites that It i a vote ote could be taken there would be beat at ten votes joint statehood lat to 10 ne vote ato in I It of t It lie He ys Yil that residents I rather out ott of the for tor eu AU period than come Into tit Union ns as n a part pan of New or jointly with that Jr It this Uris Is a statement of facts It is to understand the te de determination termination of the president and om of au P Itera to n a proposItion upon the pt pl Many Ian 0 o the were lar av behind In ar r g goes gON to ft nake ke a groat state tato p y became a part or of the Union It is not nat fAit mah to ArilO Arisona to compol her to ac accept that which she does oes not want whet sheIa by all laws of fairness find justice entitled to that which she doe want We ur are in inclined to think there S Is too politics ha 1 this question though it is a question into which 1 should not be permitted to enter There Thero Is little doubt but thai If this sure euro that the four territories would permanently ICI remain in both hou s of nf coo congress r ss aU all four would be admitted d as states statts Eight years yeara ago the na n a plunk fa voting statehood for 01 the It they were eligible to statehood then they are eligible to statehood The They are more eligible indeed for or he hey have been growing st f since thi Hr t declaration in theIr favor During all of Period the Republican p party has been l In control of eer every branch o othe of the national government Yet th lh promise has nevez nevel been kelt l And nd I now is proposed tb keep it In a hR hearted way wao |