Show washington WV V ASH I 1 ivington ca a LETTER r WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE BOX ELDER NEWS washington D d J feb 8 after having their hopes repeatedly dashed to the ground during the past few years the people of the territories of new mexico and arizona ure about to become citizens citizen ot soverign states of the union it is expected that a lively fight will develop in the senate committee on territories before the bill which has already been adopted by the house by an almost unanimous majority will be reported favorably to the senate senator beveridge the hie chairman ot of this committee was tor for r a long time opposed to allowing the two territories ies to come into the union separately it was lie he who directed the opposition i to the great winning light made a few years cars ago by senator foraker For alcer of ohio it is likely that the condition of entering the union will be made more difficult than in the house bill 1 no matter how much opposition develops in the hearings however there is no doubt of the final passage of the alie bill through the senate before the end of the session tor for the reason that both parties in their last national platform made emphatic declarations in favor of it these corporations which avrich have bene fitted more under a territorial form of government than would be the case under a state because of the much lower rate of taxation under the former are not putting up the same fight through a numerous paid lobby and the possibility of a struggle on oil the floor of the senate is remote nor are the territories themselves sending big delegations to washington to further their cause formerly the wealthy men of each territory who tor for patriotic or selfish reasons were interested in having a state form farm of government were called upon to contribute to a general fund out of which the heavy expenses of the rep were paid the governor and state officers appeared among them aiding in fit tile the work of 0 button holing the members ol of the house and senate incidentally as these delegations wore were rade made up of the leading politicians of the territory various schemes for political control were arranged with such care that all the of fibers aicer s were appointed in aar adr advance ance when the bill upon which inese hopes depended did not pass the disappoint r led crowd disconsolately made its way liable 10 i 2 with each disappointment thus cri cn countered counte it became more difficult to rals raise the I 1 und lund necessary to I 1 the delegation hence the small lobby in washington at this session does not mean that the ive wealthy althy men in the prospective states are so sanguine of success that they believed it Is not necessary to spend money it means that they have been fooled so many any times that not even the declarations la rations in the party platform are sufficient to asslie them that they will avill not again meet with rebuff ll li ter on i measure iras has ally been reported report ed to vie UK delegation may glow low in size but at the present time a very few represent each territory even these are apprehensive especially as they always meet with respectful silence on the part of senator deveridge beveridge but unnecessarily so for the legislative fates have decreed that tile the lill bill pio viding for separate statehood shall pass more than ordinary historic importance attaches to the enactment of a law permitting arizona and new mexico to enter the union it means that the last of the territory within the mainland of the united states will he be made a part of the sisterhood of sisters for nearly one hundred and twenty five years as the boundaries and civilization of the chui coui country iti Y have been extended new ev commonwealths have been added to the original thirteen until the forty seventh and lorty forty eighth are arc about to complete the work vermont was the fourteenth entering in ill 1791 and oklahoma was as the lorty forty sixth entering tpring en in 1907 some statesmen at the capitol predict dict that the number will eventually be fifty when tile the population of texas becomes so dense as to make desirable tile the division oi of it into four states in accordance with the powers granted it when it was annexed to the union lit in 1846 but this Is a long way oft off and it is considered most likely that with no new contiguous territory to be developed and admitted into the union the surplus population will seek other outlets and the attention of the country will be directed more and more to problems of expansion arizona was avas a part of tile the territory acquired from the republic of mexico by the treaty of 1848 and by the gadsden purchase of 1853 and was a part of the original territory of new mexico from which it av was a S separated and organized into a terri tta tory j in in T 1863 icus it ii is 3 miles long by b tta T 3 by b miles wide and contains square miles in 1800 it had a population of or of whom were indians new mexico was avas acquired under tile same treaties it is GO miles lulles north and boutil by miles east cast and west 1 est and contains square miles and a population or of the reason why both parties are i quite willing that tile the st states ates should come came in separately at tills this time is that new mexico is thought to be bound to be republican and arizona ai iz ona the four new senators sena tors PILO dyalls pile ointment A soothing Boo thing healing application pie pared specifically for tile the relief a or piles pilo is art an ointment representing a scientific combination of standard rem I 1 edles edies it t Is baad upon a full understanding ot of the lia naldie tilie of 0 the trouble for which h it Is offered as a remedy and no ila mistake can call unmade b made in fit using it in ill preference to all others pilo is easily ali applied lilied is and effective in action piles ailes are frequently the cause of rectal ulcess and fistula sand therefore hould not lot be neglected for sale by the th e D city pharmacy A 20 century drug store will therefore not give an all advantage to either party in fit the senate george curry the present governor of new Al mexico exico Is looked upon RS as certain of selection as one of the senators I 1 with statehood practically assured led the center of interest will shift to tile the prospective states themselves avilene the fight for the adoption of 0 new constitutions will begin the battle in arizona was inas a long and bitter ane one and caused some disappointment ment because of some of the radical provisions placed in the organic law of that commonwealth in the case of arizona and new mexico it is provided that congress shall ratify the constitution made by the conventions called for that purpose it is considered by the national lawmakers that this will have the effect of softening any ai attempts tempts to formulate particularly drastic provisions 0 much progress was made during the week tn in tile the relationship between president ident taft and the insurgents As was expected the latter declared their intention to stand by the president in his desire to put through the principal measures recommended by him in his special message they made it known to him through representative gardner of massachusetts and hayes of california that they had always been lu in favor of his progressive gres sive policies and would support him in advancing them but they also made it known that they had not for a moment abandoned their fight on speaker cannon and the present house rules they agreed to so conduct their campaign against the speaker as to prevent it from interfering with the presidents legislative program As the democrats hate haie expressed a willingness to support some of the measures the president recommends such as the postal savings bank bill billois his way to success in getting most of them adopted by the house seems scorns practically assured whether lie be will find them the same when ile he signs them as when they were introduced is atio another question which the senate leaders will answer that the presidents pre si dents position was improved so far as his success with congress is concerned by the attitude of the insurgents is not doubted here another source of 0 im fm pr during the week was the expressed determination of the ri he publicans public ans of 0 new york to stand by him and his bolic policies fes during dairing the session 0 0 it is calculated by the republican leaders in congress that attention will be drawn from the balli ballinger nger inquiry anit anil the strategic po position n ol of the party aided generally by tile the probe into vile the causes of the high cost of food stuffs which is about to be thoroughly made by the ways and means committee of the house the increasing cosof vf cf living bs be eq t hii 0 tho attempts have been made to explain it on political and economic grounds the fact that it was ascribed to the dingley tariff had much to do with the revision of the schedules last summer by many the tariff is still held i responsible and a nd during the hearings to be held the democrats will do everything possible to prove this on the other hand republicans contend that it if prices have increased because of the tariff wages are also higher however they do not admit that the tariff has produced such an effect in price and will put a host of witnesses on the stand to prove otherwise because of the extent of the inquiry it is not likely that it will be terminated until late in the session and the evidence brought out at the hearings will be utilized by both sides in the congressional campaign A subcommittee ol of the house committee on all the district of columbia of which representative senta tive J hampton albore of pennsylvania is chairman has been looking into the cost of food in the district of columbia before it the statement was made by secretary wilson that the country is full of little food trusts trusts which hold up tip the consumer sumer without any particular advantage to the farmers and other direct producers the waymand ways Way sand and means committee is anxious that all phases of the food inquiry shall be investigated so that sonio some conclusion acceptable to all the people ot of the country may be arrived at experts will be put to work and witnesses from all classes of producers and consumers will be placed on the stand the Dem democrats ocra are jubilant over tile news from the sixth AlIs missouri district that the majority given to the successor to the late representative I do de armond was elected by a majority about fifteen votes in excess of that given de armond aimond at the time lie he made tile the facein the campaign when roosevelt was elected president lit in 1904 the republicans are arc convinced that much work Is necessary in missouri and the middle west if the party is to be successful in tile the coming coining congressional election |