Arizona republican., 1905-11-27
Joint Statehood News.

dlSpatch or yesterday morning de- scribed a meeting at Albuquerque on Saturday of the executive committed of the Non- Partisan Statehood League of New Mexico, at which it was said petitions were received from all over the territory clamoring for joint state hood. The dispatch designated the meeting as a "rousing" one. "Rous- ing" means anything or nothing, but is sometimes understood to mean 'big'' and at other times "enthusias- tic" An executive committee is not necessarily big and one or two men may be very enthusiastic. It was fur ther stated by the dispatch that the clamoring joint statehood petitions were signed by hundreds Gan ex- tremely indefinite though broadly charitable term) Of leading citizens. A Heading citizen is also a rather in determinate character. If he is on ones side one is apt to describe him as leading; otherwise he is obscure and of no account.
 The most interesting part of the dis patcn lies in the statement that a great territorial joint statehood con vention is to be held at Tucson on De- cember 14. We do not think the loca- tion of the convention is a judicious one. The main object of a joint state hood convention is the calling out of a large crowd of adherents. They are not at Tucson, or anywhere else in Arizona. The object of the conven tion could be attained only by impor- tation from Albuquerque, where we are informed joint statehood advocates exist in considerable numbers. It would be cheaper to transport the slender Tucson contingent to Albue- querque than it would be to remove the Albuquerque jointists to Tucson.
 The optimism of the dispatch, it should be explained, is a reflection of roseate views of the Albuquerque Journal, the foremost joint statehood spieler and at the same time the agent of the Associated Press at Tucson, just as former Governor Hughes is the chief jointure spieler and Associated Press agent there. The Republican has hitherto directed attention to the unreliability of the Associated Press dispatches from Tucson, in reference to statehood doings. News from All buquerque is necessarily equally unre- liable. The grossest misstatements as to the sentiment in the two territories have gone out from both places and there seems to be no way to correct the unfortunate situation at either, so that the people of the country may be reliably informed as to the real status of statehood opinion within the ter ritory proposed to be made a state.
 Two dispatches of the most false character have recently gone out from Tucson. Mayor Manning of that city endeavored to counteract the effort of the last one in a dispatch to the Re- publican in which he pointed out the damaging falsity of the Associated Press dispatch.
 The Republican accordingly for warded to the Associated Press office at Denver the following:
 "Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 23.-The Re publican tomorrow morning will print the following special from Tue son: Mayor L. H. Manning tonight gave out the following statement regarding dispatch sent out from nere by the As sociated Press on Tuesday stating that the roll of the joint statehood associa- tion had been signed by 320 persons tir1or If 10 sociation on Monday night: The re- port sent from here that the joint statehood roll was signed on Monday night by 320 persons is untrue. The meeting referred to in the dispatch was attended by only sixty-three per sons and not more than half took any part in the proceedings, the others having been drawn to the meeting by curiosity. The dispatch misrepresents the sentiment on statehood in this city and county which are overwhelmingly opposed to jointure.
 (Signed '" T.. H. MANNING.
 This correcting message has not so far been given publicity by the Asso- ciated Press, which is being used by the Journal and the Star for the fal- sification of public sentiment in their respective communities, the only com
 munities where sucn use is possible, they being the only ones in which there is any joint statehood activity.
 We have no doubt that when the attention of the Associated Press has been called to the abuse which is be- ing made of its service in this joint statehood struggle there will be an accounting and a rectification.
 Not long ago the Albuquerque Jour