Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-20
JOINT STATEHOOD
Argument In Favor OF Uniting New
Mexico and Arizona,
NO ATTACK on COW OTERO

Editor Toe citizen
J Tho communication published IN
/ your columns ON the SIN inst. seems
7 Co have called forth what sccms to us
unfounded criticisms frum The New
F Mexican. which masos as che ad
miuiHtratlOn organ The Journal
| ro.ochoos he criticism Tho article
is characterized as IAN unjust ami
/ unfair attack ON Governor Otoro
We submit thar no mirminded man
can read O. and come 90 any such con.
. clusiou To take ~ Governor Otoro's
opinion and the reasons alleged %
have been kisun by him 90. support Of
bis opinion and discuss them cannot
bo tortured into "a personal attack ON
him The statement in the article that
The declarations OF many ONCE holders
and politicians In New Moxico On "a.
yor " even single statehood were re-.
ceived by a great many people with
serious misglvingB, was statement
NJ what .g undoubtedly true Any
person can satisfy himEolf OF this fact
! by mingling with people who keep
fairly well posted on public analra aud
talking with them We DO not care
% further discuss this or the other
statements in the article with refer.
onco % political machines. and the
necessary reduction ln the number
of Offices 10 bc dliad 10 Joint state
hood is had Instead of single The
statements referred no more to Gov
ornor Otoro than 90 any Other poll.
! tician ar office holder I'M New Mex
leo or Arizona They we're state.
monts Of not only general facts. but
. natural facts r. condition of things
B naturally to be- expected
lu Tho same Issue OF tho New Mex.
Jean containing this criticism of our
communication appear o. letter from
Professor Hiram Uadlpy against Joint
statehood in which no. says
Politicians ana once seekers are
looking forward 20 the onices with
Joint statehood there Will be- but one
/ see of officers. where two wore hoped
for Therefore. ono.half OF thIs large
aud influential class must meet az.
appointment and as is usually the
/ case they viii become sourod and an.
'agonistic to tho successful half" o.
+ this an attack ON this class of frlrnds
uf statehood nr not 70 Oh frank
. avowol ~ an opponent of joint state.
I hood that the politicians are opposed
. to it Tor the very reasons We ascribsi
. t0 them in our articlo.and the New
Mexican publishes o.
Nor Do the criticism of thp writar
Tor USING o. non de- plume any merit
lle has Tor hs Justification noted pre-.
Ccdenta Boo the case of all tha leading
statesmen who wrote the articles in
favor OF the Constitution of .hs United
/ States. called the FodoTalst n o.
also a praciicc sim kent up In me
. leading reviews and newspaper ~ the
. country There b. this much to be-
said of b. the article stands on its
merits u O, states facts and contains
sound reasoning 20 carries some
weight with a. II receives no facti.
tIous value fom the position the au.
thor may hold g. Il is conceivable
that o stranger might attach some
such merit to The uttounCgs uf tho
'New Mexican or the Journal
I which people here would not do. but
an anonymous author must depend
ON the intrinsic worth of what he
writes However unjust tho censures
upon this article may be-. we are con.
tent % leave that part OF the discus.
sion where Il iH. and simply call the
attention of these Journals 10 the iact
that there rs no law OF 'leae majesty
in New Mexico
The caus, of Joint statehood has
made marked progress in New Mex
leo during the last week The cues.
lion is being considered aud discussed
in the public prose- a fun fair and
free discussion of D. letting every
mans opinion ron upon the validity
u the reasons he giyes in support OF
! lt 90 all the friends Of Joint statehood
ash Delegate Rodoy o. QUE aquaro'Y
for it He in common with others who
have had an opportunity and diE.
position tO fairly consider the sitla
tion have arrived at the conclusion
that % h "lolnt statehood 0 'nO
statehood a. this or amp other time
what We want 90 knCs are the rna.
sons why New Meuco and Arizona
cannot properly be Joined together az
one state we have heard nothing but
general assertions ON This subject
certainly mo- objection that viii stani
discussion Arizona was cut on %
Sew Mexico and made "a separate Ger.
rltory during che Civil war Tor The
purpose OF convenience Of adminlatra'
ton OF territorial government AZ
that time there vas not a railroad
nearer than the Missouri river. u
this had not been done no proposition