Arizona republican., 1905-10-31
SOUTHWEST WON
 HEART OF G0EBfL
The Congressman Talks al Home OI
 His Visit to Arizona.

Hon. Herman P. GoebeI of Cincin- natl. a member of the congresslonal party which recently toured the South
 west. on his return home, was inter viewed by the Cincinnati Times Star. Judge Goebel, while in PhoenH, said that he was most faVorably Impressed by what he had seen. It will be seen in the following interview that the nm pression lost none of its strength by the hour he reached home.
 That is a fine country out there; fine people fine children, fine scEoo-s and a fine future for those in those territories, and a fine prospect for both sections of our National territory In this emphatic manner Judge Her man P. Cfoebel, congressman rom the Second district of Ohio, crystaIZe ms opinion of both Arizona and New Mex ico. from which he has just returned. Continuing, he said: ''I am, as the re- sllt of that visit unalterably opposed to the joint statCECOd bill. l think IL was passed under e misapprehensiOn by tbe house. also believe that the visit we made to both territories will set tie the fate of the joint statehood bill as I think it was passed under a ms 1 apprehension by the house. also that the visit we made to both terri l tories will settle the fate of the joint 1 statehood bill, as far as the members l of the visiting party are concerned l Our party was composed of the Hon. l James A. Tawney, who, as the rep resentative of the Times-Star, has ] quite correctly stated, may De cnalf- man of the next approprition commit ] tee of the next house; the Hon. Maftin 1 Madden. of Illinois; the Hon. E. $. l I-r in HG HalNDr 1 Steenerson of Minnesota; the Hon. C. ] R. Davis, of Minnesota; the Hon. Hen rv CulIen Adams, of Wisconsin; the l Hon. Thomas Marshall, of North Car 1 olina, and myself.
 we traveIed over five thousand ] miles and also took a dip into Texas. 1 We came home amazed over that mag l nificent country and its generous peo- l pie. We wanted to go as quietly as l possible. see all we could, and return home as We went. But the people
 would not have it that way. If we had been so many ROosevelts, We could not have had a finer reception all along ! the line.
 We addressed the people from the l hack platforms of the cars, in their great halls, their assembly rooms, and i'm the hotels We visited every prom inent mine in Mexico, Arizona and ! New Mexico, and until then had no idea of the tremendous mineral wealth l of that country. In the greatest depth of one of the greatest mines a banquet
 table was spread and everything sea-
 sonable was furnished us. We at . tended one of the great convent
 schools. and were received with the . greatest hospitality.
 We found that the sentiment in ! New Mexico on the statehood bill is
 evenly divided. Some are in favor of
 joint statehood and many of no state l hood at aU Arizona is almost unani-
 nous in opposition to joint state
 hood. and as fully determined for sin
 gle statehood. Uncle sam is comDiet-
 ing a great irrigation scheme In Ari-
 zona. which will redeem thOusnds of 1 acres from arid wastes to a fertile, 1 tiIlable country. Arizona will be the ! great curative resort of our count"y.
 Their school system is splendid. The ] people have plenty of money; business
 is good, and both territories are devel- ] ODing rapidly At Phoenix we met
 Paul Ingles, a former Cincinnati boy.
 now one of the attorneys of the terri
 tory. The previous time when l had
 seen him was when he was a page for
 Judge Jackson, foTmsrly of the superior
 court.
 Congressman GoebeI states that he
 thinks neither territory is ripe for ad=
 mission to statehood, but it can be | read between the lines that he would ' favor the proposition to admit Ari-
 zOna. alone, with a belief in his heart
 that in a short time New Mexico will be ready to be starred on the national
 flag"