Arizona republican., 1904-01-31

Kent He said that the people who had come together were threatened by a common danger, the means of avert ing which were not plain. The danger, he said, was tive fold. One was that the protests which might be urged against a union with New Mexico would have no effect Those who had opposed the admission of the territor- ies as single states had not been hon.. est in their objections to admission They had said that there was a lack of population and a lack of wealth. The real reason, however. has been that the senators do not want an in- crease of their number. They do not want disturbance of the equilibrium of the senate. They have observed the growing feeling among the people of the whole country in favor of jus tice to the territories and they see that ultimately they will be forced to admit them as states. They realize now that the problem must be met and that it will be better to create two new states than four They have apparently de- termined to carry out that programme in spite of the protests of the people of the territories. The speaker feared that the expressions of mass meetings would be Of no avail.
 The second danger in the mind of the speaker was that the senate would not believe that the people of Arizona were opposed to joint statehood. State hood had been so long and so earnest | ly sought for. The reasons fer admis- sion had been so ably and eloquentlY set forth by the territorys represen- | tative at Washington that the sena- i tors might believe that it was desired on any terms.
 But" said the speaker, i've want statehood alone, we want our own be- | loved state of Arizona CT we do not want it at all. We will not accept bill admitting the two territories to- gether if it should be passed. We
 would not adept a constitution if it
 should be forced upon us Judge l Kent desired that the expression of the
 meeting be made so strong and def- nite that the sentiment of the people could not be misunderstood.
 The next speaker was Hon. Marcus
 A. Smith. MT Smith said that a ter
 ritory forever was to be desired rather than five minutes of joint statehood
 with New Mexico Mir Smith said that
 he was in full realization of the dan ] Ou. l DoCdllt
 apparent to him last spring at tn, close of the bitter statehood fight H,
 had warned the people of it as early
 as last March and had talked witt
 Governor Brodie of it last June.
 MT. Smith gave history of tn,
 struggle over the omnibus bill Whe1
 all other means cf overcoming tn.
 senate flbusters had failed and MT I,., T II, l.; .,
 be attached to the postoffice bill hi
 following fell away. The proposition
 for a jCint statehood bill was mad,
 then and Mir. Quay begged MT. Smitl
 to accept it and end the struggle Tn
 speaker said he was informed tha
 President Roosevelt stood ready t
 sign it. This information did not com
 directly to him from the president. bu
 it was ex-cathedra. The president, h said, would sign such a bill now an,
 therefore. the only hope of the peopI of Arizona lay in the democratic mem bers of the senate together with som l of the republican senators who stoo
 so nobly for the omnibus bill.
 ) Replying, perhaps. to the assertici . of Judge Kent that the people of tn |. territory would not adopt a constitu | that if this unholy act were done tn perpetrators would make no bungle c
 it. They would fix the manner of tn adoption of the constitution. Tn ] whole proposed new state woul
 he called upon to adopt it and tn l number of representatives in the const tutional convention would be fixed ae : cording to the population of the tw territories. Two-thirds of them woul l come from New Mexico. MT. Smit l saw danger in the single statehoO bills now in congress. The dange l would increase with their passag e through the house. Then would con s the opportunity of the senate to cor e vert them into jeint bill. The hOus e in the face of the approaching cleo q tion would accept the senate amend ment and the thing would be done. ; J. c. Adams, later in the proceeding H replying to the charge by MT. Smit ! of the determination of the republica ! senators to pass a joint statehood b t and the purpose of President Roos : welt to sign it, and further of his read ness to sign one last spring, sad:
 q apl sorry to say that 1 am ashar
 (CODtinued OO Oape tbree