Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-06
SUBJECT OF STATEHOOD
A Few interviews on Sepa-
rate and Joint AdmiS-
SIGN to Statehood.
SOME INTERESTING POINTERS

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ed interviews from prominent Aibu.
querQuoana on the subject. and the sol.
iciation has been maong business and
professional men regardless OF pot.
tics.
Maynard UunauL president Of me
Citizens Alliance and Who ia financial.
BY Interested IN various territoriEi IN.
forests. uaid.
From purely business atand.
point, based upon my residence IN
both territories, I can not help bat
think that statehood IN ny form ia
good thinE for both New Mexico and
Arizona, and u we can not get u iuut
as we would ike. that u will be we'll
20 Eccept joint statehood rather thAn
none 90 all: and that Il would be mere.
ny a question of time until each Ter
ritory would become a state itself.
and during the period OF Joint state.
mood We would In ncrrly az respects
navo tho benonts of single statehood.
and most asaurodly would nave many
advantages over the territorial form
Of government
There % no question but that a.
soon az those territories are admitted
90 statehood On any form. capital will
be looking our way TOR Investment and
that We can got money 90 dovniop
many rich natural resources and
worthy enterprises which wii give
employment 70 many and increase the
wealth OF this section. while ID 10 now
a fact that tho average investor
particularly In the east. and that r.
whore the money comes from. Hhuw
up Ike a eiam when you my TERRITORY
20 him.
The fact that distances arc great
in the event Of Santa 30 being made
the capital for i've yeara is not much
~ an argument when You stop 10 con.
slider that with modern railroad faciii-
ties, a trip rom AriRona'a farthoet
point Yuma. would be- a short and
easy ore compared with some OF the
difhculites over inOw) comparatively
short distances which our forciathers
Travelled 10 reach tho capitals % many
Of the states AZ .4o time they we're
admitted.
The proposal to loin both terri.
tories Ia one. suggests 10 me the idea
OF marriage, IN which ArlEona Il
10 h. the groom with i,ew hoxioo a.
tho bride. the latter thereby losing her
name but retaining her home q, 8an'a
re 10 which me groom temporarily
comes % i've.
The name New Mexico "a mis-
homer and ono that many people IN
oihor sections confound with Oid
Mexico. and personally, would vel
come the name Arizona,
". a. whitney. president uf tho
whitney company one 90 the largest
hardware merchandise stores % the
southwest. said
n am n0t IN favor OF Joint rtate
I hood We have Ga New Mexico % ar
feront class ~ people from those r..
eidlnK 10 Arizona. ana harmony wouid
never exist interests are almost en-.
I tirely different The first dash out
| of the box there would be a nght 10,
/ the capital. and teen once we get tioi
M Il viii be- hard 90 ges loose am
not 90 favor 90 changing the name OF
New Mexico and am not Ia favor OF
Joint statehood
g Vann ~ the arm OF 3 vann q
SON jewellers and propriotors az tho
Central drug store. says
In regard 10 joint statehood. in
common with an other residents OF
New Mexico ! believe we are en0tled
to and should have separate atatos
but we have 10 face the facts. which
seem 20 have reduced themselves h.
Joint statehood or nothing. FOR one.
I believe thai half a loaf d botter than
no bread, and that in a foW years.
with the extra growth aud develop.
mont sure % result from the change.
We would DO more likely to obtain SOP.
aruto statehood an we then desire 80
than We ever viii DO Co our present
position q splendid ISOLATION"
Attorney n. IS. Fergusson. ex.dolo.
gato 20 congress. said:
II have not seen tho bal providing
that New Mexico and Arizona shall
be admitted as one state, and / pre-.
fer b say nothing until I DO see the
bin ~ for instance, the bal should
provide that we shall remain as one
state only until Arizona has popuia-
ton OF 800 900 ana that tnen Arizona.
AZ now bounded. should become a
eopornto state, and that New Mexico,
az now bounded, also a BoporRte stats.
then | might favor the BIN. But d the
proposition h 10 make as permanent
ly one state with Arizona. / viii 0p-
pose a., because OF ita rank political
injustice. Tho republicans admitted
Dakota. not a. large AZ New Mexico.
az two states 10 get lOur republican
. senator's nov they propose 20 ADMIT
New Mexico end Arizoca. without 70.
gard 10 hos large the state would b.
90 AZ 20 ahut out the democrats from
possibly having four democratic aonat.
OrH, and give them instead only two
Iho political purpose m the case or
Dakota was pain. ana tho political
purpose with reference 10 New Mex.
leo and Arizona % equally plain. How.
i ever, "a my opinion. We win never set
statehood 10 New Mexico and Arizona.
either Jointly or separately, unth the
democrats got control OF congress ana