Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-06-17

convention on Nay n, at Phoenix,
ID seems things were not 10 harmo.
Nous over there a. the dispatches
have t.
Phoenix. Ariz.. May ~, 1895.
Hon. H. s. Rodey. Albuquerque. y. NJ.
Dear Mr.. Rodey--As requested By
you IN yours 10 me OF the 22nd inst.
took day OF and attended the anti.
Joint statehood convention held here
on the 9th instant saturday. and In
addition mingled with the delegates
on the streets, IN the convention and
at the hotels. ! think can give you
pretty fair account Of what took
place.
TO start with. the meeting was
strictly an antiiointure one, In 80 far
az those calling Il could make " 40.
/ Only those were invited who we're
against the iointure. and Ia the giving
out OF credentials considerable care
was taken that none should receive
them unless the recipient was known
TO be favorable 10 the objects OF the
assembly quite two-thirds Of all the
delegates present were local people
from Phoenix aud IL immediate Vt.
cnity some counties had but one or
two delegates present u WAS In no
sense a popular outpouring 81 the
,,oople. such az u was sought to make
q appear There were about two hun.
dred and ATTY delegates who attended,
and OF those about one hundred and
atty were from Phoenix and its en-.
yiFons Il was essentially a corpora.
ton and office holders gathering.
There were not twenty-five Of the
delegates who we're not either federal
Or Territorial ONCE holders on one
side or the other OF politics and the
agents OF The large lntcresta,' The
/ platform Of he convention hall was
/ allied with ONCE holders. Governor
/ kibhcy was the chairman nf ae con
vontl0n: M Ellinwood. q territorial
district attorney. was secretary and
seated ON the platform we're the chief
Justice and the associate justices. or
most OF them. and the secretary 81 the
.crfIiory and lot of district attor.
ueys The only person who smoke az
/ 'he meeting who was not az Once
/ holder was ox.Dclcgato wilson and
Mr. Frank Murphy-tho latter is OF
0upse the biggest railroad msn In
the territory.
am satisfied that toe literature
fou sout out here during the week be
/ lore ala some eood particularly Bev.
sridges speech and your own, and
Colonel Birds editorial, and by the
way. { noticed Colonel Bird here lie
came up from Nogalcs rs locker ON.
/ 70 is said that he had credentials from
his county, but that when he saw how
the thing was "a be- organized he re.
fused 10 take part II was amusing 20
hear speaker after speaker say from
/ the platform fha. there was not a man
In all OF Arizona who favored joint
statehood. when as a matter OF fact
very considerable dlssention was TAX.
ing place over tho question right
among the delegates themselves.
Colonel Bird and more than twenty
| Ave others dId some very good mis-
si0nary work around the hotels and
on the streets for the i0intnre
From the expressions heard. ! Hm
/ thoroughly satisfied that q very large
fraction OF those who sat there as
delegatea are really favorable 20 the
| i0intre. but they do not seem 60
think that the time Is yet quite ripe
20 80 declare themselves publicly.
SIR Stoddard, late secretary OF the
| territory. said Ia my hearing. The
Rodey Hamilton bin will surely pass
congress and will be- signed by the
president, and ! am sure that when
our people set a chance 10 vote for
a good constitution under 70 nothing
can defeat H. 50 what II The use Of
stirring mp these fellows In this con.
vention7 Let them have their say;
most OF them will be climbing into
toe band wagon as soon a. the bill
receives the presidents signature"
heard MIR. Dunbar, a veteran news.
paper man, say that he had become
convinced that the jointuro was all
right. and he enumerated many promi.
nent men right here In Phoenix who
be says are openly advocating a.,
Among others tnat he mentioned as
80 doing IL ox-Chief Justice Baker,
who was on the bench here In the
aecond Cleveland administration, who
he declared stated publicly that he
would esteem II privilege 70 vote
| ,or constitution for the sovereign
state OF Arizona Including New Mex
leo" Mr.. Dunbar also stated that
quite recently there has been a very
marked Revision OF feeling 90 this
question rigat here In Phoenix, ana
that In the portion OF the city where
he resldcs the residents are almost
unanimous for the measure. He said
that he told Mark Smith that he
(Dunbar) believed a jointure consiitl-
ton would even now carry ovorwbolm-
lngly in Arizona. and that Mark re
piled that II he (smith) thought 30
no would at once cease all opposition
10 the bill.
A friend 10 whom talked and who
ives down the territory told me that
ne had knowledge as 20 Judge Bakers
position, aud that Dunbar quoted him
correctly This friend also told me
that Mr.. Ainsworth, who was attorney
general Of the territory under Gov
ern0r McCord, was also an open ad.
yocate OF Joint statehood. During last
Saturday and late into the evening /
talked 70 more than hfty people IN
Phoenix, every one OF whom said they
would be for the joluture II they ever
got a show TO vote for a constitution,
ana nearly every one OF them In.
stanced men who they said were OF
the same opinion. peculiar case
was that Of a republican central com.
mitteeman from a northeast county.
who assured me that he was a Joint.
nre man. yet he went into the com.
mitteo meeting and did not have the
nerve, u seems, 10 vote his oonvic.
lions. but acqulesced IN the fool reso.
lutions they adopted and which YOU
NO doubt will see before you get this,
as they wired them all over the coun.
try.
talked considerable with a prOml.
neu; citizen OF Tucson. and from him