Arizona republican., 1904-01-24
pHoEr1S. ARIZONA. JAN. - rso.
Ihs A.hua statehood Menace.

i, was sdid In thls column frN
DAYS Ego that &C. seemed incor ivaai'
shat there could b. a probability ~
the rassarc o.. Joint stat hood bil
admitting thr territories % Arizona
and New MsESc0 ns ere state. Al the
same TINS sstrntion was c7ilsi 90 IN
fact FH.zt srzstcrs who have hitherto
lIttstiy o1ssssd the admission oi tn
terstgaitsz sin.aiy might nnd in joint
tIu q seiie6 from any further state
hoo1 asitaHes shiCh promises 20 be
"a psFrahial Bnflction urol c"lrf ss
urtla Q Eisss egmts whoa ;hcfe 'n'H
b. no naSTs Is9Titoriss.
II We qoius,d out that the fena-
tors 6e.s ss- 6esirous that ths-e hall
b. no tazes stsirr. might conclude that
two stsBss would not b. a- bad az four.
The arVstsVrnsnt Of this view ac-
cofdins 10 e special dispatch printed
iu the asrrzk1csu yesterday morning
seems now 20 more than offset The
imrrobahIiy - Joint siltehno- 6ii';
a. our lufssrastion d. accurate and SIC
have every erasen 20 osl.rvs that u
IS 90. such q usn uII o. introduced
into the senate rith reason f0r be-
licvlng ttnt 70 uin a. leas: pass that
bod.
In that case the hope of the people q
this territory would seem Co rest upon
the house. The rupport % the house %
tie omnibus bin ln .he Inst Jess or
was 90 strong that ,ye IRE apt O. think
that We are strongly crtrcl,1eI there
and that the tfrritorls have friends
there who would f,F Jhtt nothing q
harm would come % thau
But the Same motive which ga nj.
Quay 90 enter into an agreement ip
favor % Joint statehood uigat scgy
easily induce cur former friends o.
the house 90 favor such aH agT-rmei.t.
We believe that the Jn.v hop 4
the people 90 Arizona lies On tEensriv-s
and not in the members 90 'hr h1gsa.
who rrtmeI friendly 90 ,hrm q year
ago. A. we have said 10 ls easily sren
why joint statehood bin would o. an
expedicnt but members ~ congress DO
not always sacrifice justice % -Ape,il-
ency and wc have 40 doubt that = the
situation were made clear to th,u.
they would not Dc this territory an
injgFtice ruch az d. proposed by TIE
senators who have come together on n
Joint statehood bin
10 o. not enough for uF 90 say that u
would bc too much o. au outrage 90
be contemplated. We forget how little
s. known by the average congressman
Of the conditions 81 the territories. lie
could see no Outrage On the linking
together Of New Mexico and Arizona.
The only objection that would b. sug-
gestei 20 Aim would BE- the creation
Of an unuiridy state and that obiec-
tion wonts De overcome by the re-
noyal % th. statehood question for
ever
II hc were shown that u would be-
as impossible Tor ne two territories
90 assimilate az % b. FOR Oh and water
10 mix, De might decline 20 attempt
such an impossible thing. This ought
90 be shown very easily. a statement
should be- prepared setting forth the
widely varying conditions more clearly
than lt has been done before. II must
. be shown that we do not care FOR an.
political Inconvenience we might suaer
from Joint statehood. Congress would
probably not give un respectful atten-
ton II we should dwell upon that. We
must shrw. a. We easily can. that or
mate-ial interests would suffer. Then
We believe Wc VIII b. heard.
But something must be- done for
fhere o. undoubtedly q strong purpose
90 pass a joint statehood bill con-
gressmen have not forgotten the fierce
and stubborn struggle year age.
when urgent legislation was delayed
beyond the nfe o. the term and an
extraordinary session OF congress was
made necessary.