Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-09
ARIZONA UNCHANGED.


 Notwithstanding the recommends ton of President Roosevelt the sen timent in Arizona has not been weak ened, and the expression of the terri the people are in no humor to sub missively bow to the ukase of the man with the "big stick" In Phoe- nix and other places the determina- tion has been reached to continue to fight the threatened outrage with more energy than ever before. The opinion of Roosevelt is not final in ttlis matter, and it should not be considered so, because it is in agree ment with those who take from Ari- zona a right of heritage. The people of Arizona knew that Roosevelt was in favor of joint statehood, but they had been led to believe that he would remain passive; that was the state ment of Governor Brodie, who was the closest man to the President in Arizona.
 But because the president has rec commended this injustice to Arizona ii need not be taken as finale of the battle which has be made by our people against the proposition to make one state out of Arizona and Now Mexico combined.
 Congress is made up of a great many men who do not approve of everything recommended by the pres ident, and the people of this terri tory should proceed on the theory that Congress will not agree 10 wipe the Territory Of Arizona of the map and turn it over to be dominated by the people of an adjoining territory. Every individual congressman should be appealed to now and until the last vote on the statehood bill has been recorded.
 Joint statehood will bring about a condition of uncertainty ID Arizona which will cause a hesitation on the part of all seeking investment in the West, until it has been determined just what kind of government will be provided by the majority vote of New Mexico. Joint statehood will mean most likely that the laws now D, C. Vailing in New Mexico will be the ones adopted for the new state; it you'd mean the substitution of the inefficient New Mexico school law for the perfect system which has been bdiIt up in this territory and attract ed praise from educators wherever it has become known; it would no doubt mean the abolition of our modern Australian ballot system and our amended and efficient primary cleo ton laws and the substitution of the slip-shod election laws of New Mex leo, under which the Mexicans can De bought and herded at the polls like so many sheep or cattle; it would mean that our splendid territorial un- 1Yersity would lose the big support now provided for it by the National Government; it would mean that the beautiful capitol building at Phoenix would become the home for owls and Eats; it would mean that our splendid reform school and up-to-date normal schools would be left to the mercy of the majority vote in New Mexico for their continuance; it would mean that Congress was appealed to in the fu- ture for something for the new state that something would be for the New Mexico side of the present line; it would mean that appropriations by the government in the future for na- tioAal irrigation enterprises would be asked for by New Mexicans and not by Arizonans, and that the Rio Grande valley would become the favorite, while the people of the Salt River valley would most likely be left to work out their own salvation.
 These are a few of the serious prob lens which will confront the present population of Arizona if they are forced by the Rough Rider president, and it is these serious problems Ari- zona must fight now if they are to be averted.
 Acording to the new state propo- sition the legislature. of the new state would be composed of 70 New Mexi-