Bisbee daily review., 1905-06-18
OKLAHOMA WILL WIN.


 At the final session of the conven tion of the National Editorial associa iion in Guthrie last week resolutions were passed in favor of immediate statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory and declaring the exclusion of these territories from statehood to be reflection on the good faith and patriotism of the national congress. p It was also resolved that Oklahoma and Indian Territory should be disas- sociated in considering from other entangling alliances"
 That other entangl1ng alliances" refers to New Mexico and Arizona no one can doubt. There has been for some months disposition in Okla homa to seek relief from the conten- tiOns in the two southwestern terri tories which have held Oklahoma and Indian Territory out of the union in the past. In this she will receive the actire aid of congressional leaders who are in their own words, weary of the contentious of Arizona and New Mexico"
 Oklahoma is going to be admitted with Indian Territory, as a joint state at the next session of congress. Ari- zona and New Mexico can be admit ted as a second joint state if they so desire. If not, they can wait until they are ready to come in as a joint state. There is no other way open. It joint statehood or nothing for us. We have had nifty years of nothing. So far as congress and the sentiment of the nation is concerned, We can have nifty years more of it if We want il. It is up to the people of New Mex leo and Arizona to come into the union now as a single state, or stay out until congress gets a rest on the statehood issue and is willing to offer joint statehood to us again. The lib- eral terms and conditions now offered will never be offered again.-Albu- duerQue Journal.
 There will be no objection from  Arizona to the plan proposed by the national editorial association. The friends of Arizona were perfectly will ing to have Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory admitted as one state by the last congress; further than that, the representatives of Arizona were will ing to have Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory admitted as joint state and New Mexico admitted as a single state. This was one of the proposi- tions made for a compromise in the last congress and to this there was not single word of opposition. Ari- zona is ready to submit to any form of injustice in the statehood fight ex cept that of being joined with New Mexico as one state and thereby mak ing sacrifice of all the ambitions oi our people and surrendering that which we have accomplished in de veloping one of the prosperous sec tions of the country to the contro of others. Arizona is perfectly will ing to risk that justice will come tC her people if they stand firm and i'm movable for the same treatment tha has been granted to other people wh, have asked for statehood.
 ATizonians would prefer to see tn, coming generation live under terri torial form of government than [, agree to a condition which would b, unjust to all future generations bot in this territory and in New Mexico and throughout the west which ha had an interest in this joint statehoo, proposition, which if consummatc, would be taking away a legislativ' representation which was guaranteed by implication, if not in specific word when Arizona was cut from New Mex leo and made a separate territory Arizonians are not so hungry for offic' as to submit to an injustice withou protest and protest whicl will be continued so long as th' present population in the territory tt is not the republicans, it is not th' democrats, nor the populists or th' socialists who are protesting alon' against joint statehood for Arizona but the voice of opposition come from every nook of the territory an' from every class of people.
 4 threat of fifty years more of ter ritoriaI government will not chang' the attitude of the liberty loving peo pie of Arizona.