Bisbee daily review., 1905-04-23
PHOENIX TAXES LEAD
 SINGLE STATEHOODIN
 LtAUiE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF TRADE IN CAPITAL CITY DISCUSSES PRoPo
 SETON Prominent Citizens of Phoenix Urge Territory to Unite In Opposition to Joint Statehood 6iIl-Another Meet ing to Be Held Shortly.
(Phoenix Enterprise.l

VT AotniA
 At last nights meeting of the Board
 of Trade that organization. following
 the repeated suggestions of The En.
 terprise, took the necessary steps to
 ward launching an anti-joint State
 hood league.
 W. D. Fulwiler started the discus
 sion by stating that he believed the
 board should inaugurate the move
 ment and that every city, town and
 hamlet in the Territory should have a branch league
 The discussion was participated in by a number of the members. Hon, B. A Fowler stated that he under stood before he left Washington that the fight would be taken up early at the next session of Congress and that the program was to rush the joint Statehood bill through the lower house of Congress, where opposition is useless, and carry it immediately 10 the Senate. where both the friends and the exemies of the bill realize that the fight will occur. Mir. Fowler be lieves that a vote from the Territory on the subject would have been bet ter, but after that the most effective step would be the formation of the anti-joint-Statehood league. Hon. NJ. 4. Smith would hold the Democrats in the Senate in line to oppose the meas ure. but it would be necessary to se cure the aid of a few Republicans in the Senate, as was done at the recent session.
 4 Redewill suggested that Senator Frank Flint of California be induced to visit the valley at some early date for the purpose of educating him on the joint-Statehood question. Senator Flint. who succeeds Senator Wm. Bard, was opposed to joint-Statehood before his election but it is under stood that he has since expressed him. self that joint-Statehood was settled and could not be avoided. Certainly if that is Mir. Flint's attitude he needs attention. It will be remembered that Senator Bard was one of the strongest friends Arizona had in the late fight l
 Col. J. H. McClintock favored the movement He stated that the joint | Statehood supporters in New Mexico are chiefly Democrats and Republi- 1 cans not in sympathy with the admin | istration of Governor M. A. Otero. They are more influenced by political aspirations than a desire to be united | with Arizona.
 H. H. McNeil said that he had been in the Territory twenty-one years and ! that the people here had been talking about Statehood eveh since his arrival. In his opinion it was time they were taking decisive action. As last re sort Mir. McNeil said that if the fight should lose in the next Congress the campaign should be carried into New Mexico with a hope of defeating of the constitution.
 J. C. Adams did not make a very long speech. but money talks, though. and MT. Adams said that if money were needed in the campaign to be waged his check book was at the service of the board. It had pre- viously been stated that funds would be needed.
 Several others spoke on the subject and it was finally decided to call mass meeting at some convenient date for the purpose of organizing the league and making plans for pushing the campaign. MT. Redewill's sugges | ton concerning inviting Senator Finn 10 visit the valley was decided upon and he will be asked to come. If pos sible the mass meeting for organizing will he called when ne IS here.
 The league will be a separate or ganization from the Board of Trade ] and will have officers and transact business independently. The board merely calls the meeting. as was suS eested by this paper. The organiza' ton will thereby have the prestige Of the boards sanction.