Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-12-13

: the Phenix papers, and a coterie of fhenix politicians, one has to swal.
 low without even a gulp or wry face
 the entire lot of misstatements, and misrepresentations made by the re- D cent statehood convention. Because , a few papers in the territory had the courage of their convictions to
 question the accuracy and veracity , oi such statements, when there is not a man of intelligence in the territory who does not know that
 they were wrong, they are desig
 mated as being opposed to the ad-
 mission of Arizona. If statehood
 can not be secured by fair and hon
 orable methods the JOURNAL MINER
 has no hesitancy in saying that it is
 opposed to 1t. We have never been
 convicted, or even charged with
 obtaining anything under false pre-
 lenses, and at our present time of
 hte We surely do not feel like en-
 gazing in such practice or endors-
 ing such methods to secure even, 50
 great boon as statehood. Neither
 can We be cajoled, aattered or ia-
 hmidated from this position.
 The Phenix Republican in re-
 cent issue struck the key
 note of statehood. Referring
 to recent telegram, from
 Washington, in which 1t is stated
 that the democrats are alarmed at
 the result of the recent elections,
 and may admit Arizona, Utah and
 New Mexico in order to strengthen
 their party in the Senate, the Re-
 publican says, political necessity
 may soon accomplish what other
 wise would come with leaden tread.
 This IS the most sensible opinion
 that We have seen expressed in
 Phonix paper on the subject If
 the recent statehood convention had
 secured certified copies of the elec-
 tion returns of the territory for the
 past three or four elections. and had forwarded them, instead of the mass
 of assertions adopted and which can be so easily disproved, they would have given the cause ofstate- hood big boost" with the present democrsticsc scongress. The weight. lest arguments that can be presented l to the present congress in favor oT | admission would be the healthy | democratic majority which the l territory rolls up year after yeat.
 The metropolitan press, as we'll as
 the press that is not metropolitan, are just now moraliZing on the ab- surdity and foolishness of American girls marrying European titles. The
 particular subject that they are
 using for an object lesson is John
 w. Mackay's daughter, who married a prince, and from whom she now seeks a divorce. It is all waste of energy and printers ink. Tie press might just as we'll try to convince people that there is danger in a fire with coal of. or in foohng with a didn't-know-it-was- loaded gun. The press has been trying to reform the world for years on the latter two subjects, but people continue to be killed just the same. Just so with American girls. The only way for them to learn the lesson is bv e1- perence. Just as many worthless husbands are obtained by them among Americas sons, as among the titled nobility of Europe. Mae { kay's daughter got the title of Prin- cess, and two children from herma venture. She might not have done so we'll by marrying some one else.
 If the taxable property of Arizona amounts to anything within even lailing distance of the amount stated by the recent statehood con 1; Tention in Phenix, the southern ! portion of the territory must be i, ihlrkng taxation on a gigantic
 cale. In order to meet current in this county our board of ., supervisors have been elevating f aluations from year to year, dur n ng the past two or three years un- n Il the assessed value of property i, n many cases exceeds the actual |; alue. Even at this rate of valua- ,, ion, our tax rate is three per cent n f the valuation for county pur- ol oses, one per cent for municipal pur- q, oses, and a small percentage as a m pecial school tax, with valuations U xed at the very highest point H ossible. It will be seen that in the m ty of Prescott taxation is over a, 'ur per cent and in the balance of h; le county three per cent. Accord wi ig to the statements of the state h, pod convention, assuming that p, ley are true it will be seen that m lis portion of the territory being n, isessed up to the full value of it's r., 'operty Is paying several Ina mes its just pro rata towards the s;, pport of the territorial govern in ent on account of that S52OO0.- o, U, deficiency on the tax roll in
 e other portions of the territory. I few of the ultra ardent statehood 1.l vocates should be elected as sesors of the various counties - lere this large amount of uu- po Ked property exists in order that -. gets on the tax roll. If the terri , Y is able to show, by the next -, lsus, the population now claimed 5:1 it, by this convention, the more hr advocates of statehood Nr | have to constitute themselves tr;, immigration agents, as well as ra,,