Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23
ARIZONA WANTS
JOINT STATEHOOD
Reasons Presented by Hon. |.
hubbelI in 81. Johns
Herald.
ARGUMENTS ARE TRANSFERABLE

The question Of whether we are to
become a state Jointly with New Mex-
leo or walt an indefinite period for
separate statehood will be settled
this next session Of congress. While
We would an prefer separate statc-
hood to iointuro. stili believe that
Il Is best for as to accept iointure
rather than the indefinite postpone
mcnt OF our admltianco as a state.
The priceless boon OF being full
fledged citizens Of the United States
should not be lightly brushed aside,
by Imaginary evils that might accrue
to US II Joined 10 New hoxic0-or
rather. Il New Mexico should be an
nexed 10 u.s. New Mexico losea -
name and We retain that Oi Arizona
The superstition that tho citizens OF
New Mexico are not 80 good as those
OF Arizona may or may not be- true.
l. for nay part, believe that New Mex
leo has a class OF citizens that any
state may be- proud o. Tha, there
may be conditions which could DO Inn
proved In that territory can be said
also about every other community In
the United States.
That there Is any danger Of a Nor
mon ridden state or Mexican con-
troll OF Il. Ii Imaginary conditions that
win never exist. Whoever will be
Impartial and take the light OF the
past 60 guild, his feet. will note that
/ in Apache county for example. there
has never been republican elected
/ But that could have been defeated u
I ho had had tho solid Mormon vote
AGAINST him There never would
democrat have heon elected " be
had had the solid Mexican vote
against him Neither the Mexican VOTE
nor the Mormon vote has over been
/ east solid for any candidate, except
/ where the Issue was made AGAINST
the Mormons as a class or the Mex
! leans 40 a people. New Mexico IN a
proog Of the fact that never IN the
Z history q. that territory lave the
Mexican votes been cast Tor any Que
marty. IN conclusion We are all clti-
xons ~ the United states. aEd en-
! Titled 10 vote as We believe rigEt
And " will make no difference how
YOU do. as you cannot vote for both.
The charge That the Mexica mis- con-
troiled by any man or set ~ men 10
AZ false a. Il Is malicious. The party
that makes such charge forget thar
people may support n man because
~ the faith that they may have IN
him not because they are iniimldaied
hy him. They forget that lntlmida-
ton IL the poorest wav ~ obtain
what you desire IN politics or hnsi-
neas
I believe that n we should pc al
united as one state with New MnNiro
the Imaginary stroubles that are pre-
dictpd to arrive from such union Eill
he laughed nt twenty wears from now
that once admitted ~ state into The
union we will all he a. much op-
nuged a. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT a. Texas
~ TODAY. which state. according 10
the conditions upOn which Il WAS ad-
mltted Into the union, has che right
10 divide Itself into several states
The abuse which III extended 10
those who prefer join statehood To
M statehood Will not make Joint
stat ehood any the less popular eN-
cept with those who. through some
unknown reason, dare not express
their opinicr. and such men. u they
exist. would be- a detriment to any
movement let NJ all make a united
effort 20 be admitted 10 the union,
d
Mexico. Remember that We will have
A, the right To vote for our own officers
p that thoy Wll not be- folslod upon Us.
willingly OF unwlllingly: that the ar
gument. that those men elected to Of
! ficea might be- such men az We, the
!. minority. would not Hike, should he
i no reason why We should reject the
!. boon OF statehood offered M. for /
. doubt II the people Ia clecting mcn
~ To office would make as many mis-
- takes 40 the appointing power az
, Washington has made Ia the past.
a lsnch as We may see i We look back
ever the history OF both territories
and that II We DO make mistake In
! the election Of our officers OF state,
4 Il Will be our mistake and not thar or
q any one else And therefore. dose
\ much more pleasant 10 take when adj
Z ministerOd by y,~r own hand than
? when administered by another
! The Idea that II W. at present re-
/ fuse iclnt statehood. We will without
y doubt be admitted as single state
IN the near iutnfe n not Justified
!, by the conditions that exist 10 the
United states senate There ~ co.
terie Of eastern United states aenn
tors who have for long time past
| controlled the leklhihiluh OF Nht Hh
lion. and who look with aiamay upon
/ the possibility of the Ecepter being
torn from their hands, no matter how
= unlustlnable Il Is 90 keep uH from
4 single statehood for such reason, yel
! the condition exists, and no amount
n OF desire 10 change II, ON our part
a will change H.
d Therefore, the actual state Of at
!. fairs confronting us h. Shall We con
n the as a territory for an unknown
u number 81 years or shall We accept
joint statehoody I, for my part, pre-
h fer the tangible to the uniangible
n aud hope that congress will pass the
I. bin Tor joint statehood aud give the
ID people the right 10 express their Will
a lngmess or unwillingness 90 accent
u the same
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1, ASSOCIATION FORMED