The fault was not that of the present
democratic congress, which enacted a
measure to abate this gross inequality,
but it was not permitted by* republicans to
become a law. I'he democratic national
convention in June List adopted as one
plank of its platform the following
We approve of the action of the pres
ent bouse of representatives in passing
bills for the admission into the Union as
states of the territories of New Mexico
| and Arizona, and we favor the early ad
mission ot all territories having the neces
sary population and resources to admit
them to statehood.
The duty which devolves on the next
democratic congress is therefore plain. It
should admit without discrimination the
territories which have the necessary pop
ulation and resources, irrespective of po
litical conditions or party advantage.
The day is fast approaching when the
District of Columbia will be the last of
the territories and when the United
States will be a union of fifty sovereign
commonwealths, covering every inch of
American soil between the waters of the
Atlantic and of the Pacific. That day
cannot long be postponed and it certainly
should not be delayed by the sloth of a
democratic congress in dealing with a
question which concerns more nearly the
national domain than it does any small
matter of petty partisan majority. Open
the doors for the territories entitled to
statehood. Fairness to all and no dis
crimination.
