Arizona republican., 1905-11-09
PLEA
 FOR JUSTICE
Former Governor Murphy
 Against JOinture
An Able Review of Arizona's Strug- gles for Admission-Why it Should Not be Merged Now.


 test against jointure. A part of the article had been written while the Hamilton bill was before the last con- gress. It began with a history of the varied official relations in the terri tory and described the opportunities which had been presented to him to acquire an accurate knowledge of the conditions which prevailed here The earlier separate statehood bills are al- luded to and which succeeded only in developing the general ignorance pre- vailing in the East concerning this ter ritory.
 The question of the principles of ad- mission and the relation of the terri tories to the federal government are ably handled. The governor quotes at length from the report of Senator Harrison at the time of the admission of the Dakotas, and after that the vari ous ways in which territories have come into the union are taken up. The subject of area, in connection with the making of new states, precedes an able dissection of the speech of MT. Bever- idge in support of the Homilton bill, an oratorical effort found to be filled with gross misstatements of facts and false conclusions
 Coming down to the present situ- ation, Governor Murphy after discuss ing the resources and conditions in the territory, which amply fit it for admis
 sion, makes it plain that at this time there is no agitation in favor of state
 hood of any kind; that the only effort being put forth is to prevent the car rying out of the wicked schemes of the enemies of the territory.
 Concerning the present course of MT. Beveridge, Mir Murphy says:
 "The chairman of the committee on territories of the United States senate has apparently been conducting a press bureau, and has been writing articles for Eastern newspapers and magazines galore. There would be no objection to such action on his part if he would confine himself to the facts, but to cir culate absolute untruths is most repre- hensible. The following assertions, for which he is apparently most respon- sible, are being scattered broadcast throughout the country.
 That a large proportion of our peo- | pie favor joint statehood, when, as a matter of fact, not half of one per cent of the citizens of Arizona are in favor of the proposed merger. That only corrupt politicians and railroad, min-
 ing and other corporate interests are
 opposing the jointure: the truth being | that every board of trade, the munich | pal authorities of every community, ev-
 cry society, church, educational and
 otherwise, the Bankers association the
 Bar association, the territorial legisla- | ture, and the officers of every public
 institution in the territory have pro-
 tested in writing agair~+ statehood
 with New Mexico. The railroad and
 other corporations have shown conspic-
 uous indifference to either joint or sep
 arate statehood. and the bakers dozen
 who are said to favor jointure can be as justly considered "corrupt politic- ians"" as can any of the large major l ity opposed to the measure.
 And he evidently seeks to arouse prejudice in some portions of the east | by declaring that a desperate effort is being made in Arizona for separate
 statehood thereby threatening the
 much mooted bugaboo of senatorial equilibrium" the selfish motive being | to force the territories into the union now as one state, whether qualified or not, rather than wait until the most conservative must admit each sub | division entitled to representation in | the senate.
 'I wish to deny this most emphatic | ally, and to state, without fear of suc- cessful contradiction, that while I be- lieve Arizona is eminently well quali- fled for admission separately into the union,, no effort is being made in that direction at this time To the con- | trary, it has been positively announced | by our delegate in congress and others | including the representative and most | influential citizens of the territory that no move will be made by the people of Arizona for statehood except to oppose | by every means in their power mer- ger with New Mexico, believing the ter ritorial condition for an indefinite time | preferable to such an alliance. The misrepresentation which have been industriously circulated in this regard are surely misleading and injurious. "The territory is to be congratulated on having been visited during the past few months by a number of members of congress, who came to inform them selves of the conditions relative to the statehood question. They did not rush through the territory, occasionally talk ing testimony behind closed doors, and hunting industriouSly for material with which to make a report to congress, but they carefully and without preju- dice investigated the territory's popula- tion and resources, educational advan- tages and claims to congressional rec ognition. They were thorough in their search for correct information and they found a commonwealth surpassing in every way all that had been claimed for it by its most loyal citizens. They found that instead of having practically reached it's limit of development and productive power, as had been report ed by the chairman of the senate com mittee, that the growth during the last few years had been astonishing in wealth, population and all kinds of re- sources, natural and developed; they found civilization up to date in ev- cry respect, an enlightened people, with an educational system second to none, and superior to the systems of a ma jority of the states of the union.
 ''They found the construction of rail-
 roads and the development of great mines most marvellous; they found the wonderful agricultural, grazing and timber resources beyond anything of fbav had r1revin1S1v. hoard ar ba-