The border vidette., 1904-03-12

To the Editor of The Citizen, Tucson,
Arizona:
On the arrival of the papers from
Arizona some days ago L was treated
to another surprise, sprung by Rodey
of New Mexico, by the announcement
by the papers (for it was the first
tice L had had of it) that Rodey had
been writing the newspapers of the
Territory and appealing to them for
personal correspondence with n view of
inducing public sentiment in Arizona
to adopt the hated plan ofjoining Ari
zona and New Mexico into one State.
Seeing that such an underhand play is
going on it behoOves me to make a few
plain statements concerning it.
Therefore, ] state first: that last
summer, because of personal CORES
pondence between Rodey and myself,
q conference was agreed upon and we
met at Albuqur, que. where many of
his friends were present, for the pur-
pose of arriving at y positive agreement
as to what our course would he with
reference to the coming legislation for
Statehood for the two Territories. At
that conference it was positively and
unequivocally agreed between us that
the idea of joint Statehood for the two
Territories would be fought to the bit
ter end by US both; and, that separate
Statehood for the two Territories would
be battled for without warp or yielding
to a final finish; and, that the question
of accepting jointure should never be
considered at all.
Secondly: On my arrival here dur
ing the first week i'll November we met
and that same policy and the saEae
obligations were renewed between US.
Third: In order to further our ad-
vantages OH this line we adopted kind
of system of freemasonry between our
selves, gathering all the Information
we could, secret or otherwise, and in
parting it to each other afterwards.
Each seemed'to impose perfect conf
dence in the other and so acted.
Fourth: In view of all this, with
out notice or warning to me in any
way, Delegate Rodey, late in January,
wired to the newspapers in New Mex
leo and to the Republican central com
mittee then in session that, unless
otherwise instructed by a majority of
his people he was going to accept join
ture, which could only mean that he
intended to go over to the eHomy and
aid i'll it's accomplishment. | knew
nothing of this intended change of pur-
pose until l saw it in the papers.
True, i'll our private vnrsatlon he
had insisted that it was better TO take
jointure than not to get Statehood at
all, but he never told me of his inten-
ton to surrender, and l was given no
of -
was published to the world.
Fifth: In addition to it all and, TO
my greater surprise STILL in violation of
all ethical rules, and still without no
tice, word, or warning, he seeks, by
stealth, to proselyte the people whom
represent, whose commission L hold,
and whose instructions L am seeking to
obey, to his views by writing this in
vasive letter to the newspapers of the
Territory seeking to do with the peo-
pie of Arizona what he is trying to do
with his own constituents-to suit
bag" and "whip them into line" to obey
his views and the views of those to
whom he seems to have surI endered
instead of their own.
l might\add that. on the day his
telegram went to New Mexico giving
notice of his intention to surrender, his
central committee was in session in
full force at Santa Fe: and, they
promptly took action unanimously
condemning his position and condemn
ing the idea of joint Statehood for the
Territories of Arizona and New Mex
leo. He says there was one vote
against it Zone out of forty five) the
papers say none.
Seventh: All this happened only n
few days after Delegate Dodey stood
before the House committee OH Terri
tories and solemnly declared that more
than GO per cent of his people were
opposed to Jointure and therefore, he
would have to obey their will.
In face of these facts and beca use of
his invasion of my Territory in what
L believe to be an evil effort to prose-
lyte my people and cause them to sur
render Il sovereign American right for
his own view of partisan advantage,
L feel called upon a matter of duty
to those whom | represent to make
the above plain statement of facts in
order that the people of the Territory
and elsewhere may draw their own
conclusions in the premises. The Eng
lish language furnishes plenty of plain
well-meaning words with which to de-
scribe such action as this. They need
not be spelled out here.