Arizona republican., 1905-12-26
TUCSON'S PROTEST
 AGAINST J0INTURE
The Meeting on January 6 Will Mean
 Something.

be held here on the evening OI Jdl o. This meeting will not be territorial affair It will be local. Tucson does not presume to speak for the territory in this matter although the small clan who are working with might and main for jointure would give out that inn pression. This city is content to en- ter a strong protest for itself, show ing just where it stands. This is what Clifton did this week and it is what Morenci will do next week for Hon. Ben NJ. Crawford of Clifton who was in this city today stated that the sen- timent against jOinture is unanimous in Clifton and Morenci-democrats, re- publicans and socialists lining up alike on the statehood proposition.
 The speakers at the meeting on Jan. will include the most prominent busl- ness men in Tucson. Hon. M. P. Free man. president of the Consolidated Ma tional bank and a leading republican will be chairman of the meeting. MT. Freeman is at the head of one of the largest and strongest financial institu- tiOns in the territory and he heartily re- echoes the sentiment of the resolu- tions against joint statehood, adopted at the annual meeting of the Arizona Bankers association in Prescott sev- eral weeks ago.
 Mayor David s. Rose of Milwaukee will be one of the speakers of the evening. MT. Rose is heavily interest ed in the Twin Buttes mines and is building the Twin Buttes railroad from Tucson to Twin Buttes. The company which he represents has in- vested $16O,0 ,00O in its mines and Is building a railroad which will cost
 gIT.11Fv Mayor Rose has had some business in- terests in New Mexico and he is thor oughly conversant with affairs there as well as in Arizona and in an inter- view this week he declared that joint ure with New Mexico would put Ari- zona back twenty-five years. He de- clared that it would have a strong tendency to keep capital out of this territory and in this manner would work great harm to Arizona.
 Ex-C Congressman J. F. Williams of Carmi, H., will be another speaker. MT. Williams is a democrat of national prominence. He voted for statehood for Arizona three times and in the last congress voted against joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. MT. Williams declined the nomination for vice president on the democratic ticket in 1896 and last year he divided the Illinois democratic delegation to thu democratic national convention with William R. Hearst MT. Williams was the chief lieutenant of the late Richard P. Bland and was a leader of the sil- yer forces when free silver was a na- tional issue. MT. Williams is spending the winter in Tucson for the benefit of the health of his son.
 Among the other speakers will be John M Ormsby, cashier of the Ari. zona National bank and pr. H. W. Fen ner, both of whom are prominent III the republican party in this county. Hon. E. s. Ives and Charles H. Bay less, regent of the university.
 For this meeting no band will be hired, no fireworks will be exploded to stir up enthusiasm. It will simply be a town meeting in which the real sentimen of the old pueblo will be ex- pressed. It will be found when the meeting is held that Tucson is prac- | tically solid against the iniquitous and unjust jointure with New Mexico. All Tucson is talking about the an- tics of a number of the young ladies i of the social set of Tucson. Finding 1 that time was hanging heavily on their hands and that the usual pink teas and receptions were growing rather tame and mOnotonOus, the young ladies ar ranged for a smoker" It was the real article. Cigarettes-the genuine kind were smoked by the guests with all | the nOnchalance of their masculine | brothers who are never without "pa- | pers and the makin's." Just to add spice to the smoker the young ladies attired themselves in masculine ap- parel after the fashion of Dr. Mary Walker and there were some stunning | figures exhibited.
 Two Indian guards, armed with om- inOus looking shotguns did not faze | Road Overseer Nat Fuller when he went out to Silver Lake to open up the San Xavier road which had been fenc- ed up by A. Durango, a butcher, who | claimed that the road was on his prop erty. MT. Fuller who is a G. A. R. veteran smelled powder before and he rather liked the prospect of a little exercise with the shooting irons With out much trouble the veteran oVerseer managed to get the drop on the guards and he then ordered a party to cut the wires which blocked the road. | MT. Fuller was then arrested on com plaint of Durango on charge of as- SaulI with a deadly weapon. There Is a probability that DuranZo may be ar rested for delaying the United States mail as his fence across the public read held up the mail stage for several hours.
 Residents of Clifton who were here this week stated that the famous
 swinging bridge has been removed and
 that all traffic across the San Fran
 picPO river now oOac, oNa,, a yoyy- 1oyo There is much snow on the mountains
 in the vicinity of Clifton and prepara -
 tion to combat a flood when the snow
 melts are being made by driving a dou-
 ble row of piling along the banks O.
 the San Francisco river where it pass
 es through the city.
 c. E. RABER.