Show rJ 4 t s I t i i It s 4 t t 4 t tit tit I t J THE STATEHOOD BILL 1 s s I 4 f t- t 6 Yesterday iV the House of of Representatives passed iw iJ bill lilI providing for the admission of Arizona w tv Mexico and Oklahoma as States and thus thug an h Ejr piece of legislation important to the progress prosperity of the West Vest is out of the way The rD ge of the measure will be long remembered in jn Connection with the sudden illness illness almost almost a stroke soke fo r of apoplexy with apoplexy with which Delegate Mark Mal i Smith of Arizona was faken taken just as he concluded a a. a vigorous speech against an amendment designed to Combine ne his Territory i and its nei neighbor in one State I 1 It may be said that the tile final success of th the he stat state state- f 1 19 9 bill Ye very ry largely is due to the persistent of- of t of Delegate Smith for the past dozen years to the boon of admission for his people It is nt to know that the crowning of his his- work was accomplished with a le perso personal pei ml d the moment of victory ventured to predict th the other day Mr r. r phio Ohio and others of his selfish narrow cs in Congress have has been snowed S i j. 1 v d to far Western estern inter- inter t d. d N 4 abo abortive tive This section of the country Of it lo be kept back by eastern or 01 middle c tern ten n envy y and jealousy and b because cause our day J in IJ has come at last an and work in the interests I pf t the e mountain in states can be lC made to produce re- re salts it would be well ell f for r all me members bers of ou our va- va VB ribas rIOns State delegations in III Washington to reflect r that their energies mi might ht w well Il and justifiably b be s' s ire directed ted to the promotion of those interests largely K j to the exclusion of other things t jj By J wa way of illustration we o ar are impressed s d with tf be i idea ea that men like Senators Teller of Color Colorado do Ll Dubois of I Idaho aho are arc not adv ad advancing timing the cause tion by their quite less and useless to the Government Go on the Philippine They know as as well as 85 we do o that a L vast ast of the American without t J people I c I I PUtt arc are as determined to k keep cp and de- de ev e- e v 4 Dr eastern empire as mIS the people of Great reat r lin h ra to o ho hold India Know Knowin Knowing ing this it is a pity f. f that e of duty to their constituents and a d of ot ta 1 an hip in general g are not of a character to mat them drop a futile task and aud to utilize their exceptional talents in more productive labors A A 3 8 it is th they r are building up z a wall vaIl of enmities around them which will be ready at all times to fallon fall fallon fallon on any measure of value aluc to tu the tilt far West Yest which the they c conspicuously may champion Doubtless they honest in their con and are actions but considering the harm their attitude may be and probably is doiI doing i to legislative interests in which the tile commonwealths they represent nt are arc vitally Vitally vi Vi- Vi t tally lly conc concerned perhaps it is a t pity that their places arc not fill filled d by Senators of equal inte integrity lity of purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose but imbued with the good sense not to drop drop the irrigation and other Western estern meat from their mouths to grab grib at the ugly Philippine shadow in inthe the Uie water tater |