Excerpt from Harper's Weekly, Vol. 50: January 6, 1906-June 30, 1906 Illinois, and Ohio, which in 1900 had between them over people. Arizona and New Mexico, put together. Had in 1900 only about inhabitants, or a good deal less than either Oklahoma or Indian Territory separately. We nape. What we have formerly said, that the admission into the Union of Arizona and New Mexico as a single State is of very doubtful expediency. And that the admission of either singly Would be preposterous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.