Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-12 | Page 4 | New Fixed Stars

NEW FIXED STARS Agreeably to the time reported fr from m Washington on ou the time day preceding the anniversary the House Rouse Committee tee of Washington's Birthday on tories Territories will make nake a report on the bills bilts providing providing pro pro- viding iding for the admission of Arizona New Arizona Mexico and Oklahoma as States At the national Capital it seems to be generally rt will be favorable as as- asto to expected that th t the report the three Territories tories named and ana that the time committee com corn i will also recommend a territorial form of government nt for the thc Indian In i n Territory We We are ar pleased to learn that no opposition to the time admission admission admission and Oklahoma has New v Mexico sion of pf Arizona of the hearings before the developed ped in the course committee and that therefore the reasonable aspirations aspi- aspi aspirations aspirations rations for lor statehood of their citizens ver very likely eif session of Congress Congress' Coni Con Con- are to be realized durin during the present the time ef effect of adding adding add add- gress' gress i- i Such Sucha lt a result would have in the the out omit the time constellation ing lug to and nd straightening st field of our 11 national ensi ensign n. n It would give forty eight instead of forty five stars or six lines of eight stars each ach Just think th l k of it Forty eight autonomous autonomous liOnS self governing and locally sovereign soY sov reign States State it w U e began l with ith the unlucky number of thir thir- i f t teen een i