Bisbee daily review., 1905-11-05
sEveRloeE's INFORMANT.

- - @fNtS11 - VII mNNts
 MT. Beveridge has Heea "iaSormed"
 that a pioneer oitizen of Tucson is
 working for joint statehood Of course
 we can't tell who informed him." but it is reasonably safe to assume that
 either Rodey or the pioneer gave MT
 Beveridge the information. MT. Bev
 eridge proceeded to write to the pic
 neer and the pioneer published MT
 Beveridge's letter. Since the pioneer
 has seen fit to affix MT. Beveridge's
 signature to the letter. why did he
 not give his own a little publicity:
 Possibly he took it for granted that
 every one in the territory would know
 who the pioneer" is that would turn
 Arizona over to New Mexico bag and
 baggage, and he doubtless is right in
 thinking so, as we know only one
 pioneer" that stands convicted of tho
 charge. There are now, all told, two
 possibly three-men of some prom thence in Tucson, not pioneers, that
 have done and are doing in an un derhanded way what they can to ad
 vance the cause of joint statehood but as yet they have not come out
 into the open. It is claimed, and
 doubtless it is true, that through the
 influence of the two or three men in
 Tucson that have heretofore posed as 1 loyal citizens some fifteen or twenty
 signed a petition advocating single
 statehood if obtainsble, but joint
 statehood rather than none" and the petition was slipped into the hand of one of the members of congress while in Tucson recently. In Phoenix there would appear to be three, possibly four, who, for personal reasons, arel secretly helping Mir. Rodey and MT Beveridge in their efforts to ruin Ari zona for the benefit of New Mexico, and we look for more letters from Mir. Beveridge, when informed either by MT. Rodey or the gentlemen themselves that they can be depended upon to help along the outrageous scheme. We are told that these en | emies of the territory have written letters to eastern congressman and senators to the effect that under | neath," the citizens of Arizona are in 1 favor of joint statehood What unmit igated falsehoods such statements arel Beveridge's Arizona theI Great" What nonsense. This ter | ritory would, if joined to New Mexico keep it's name, but be robbed of every thing else, and MT. Beveridge and i every other joint statehood advocate knows it. New Mexico would still be New Mexico, and New Mexico of Ari 1 zona would outvote Arizona proper two-yes, possibly three-to one, and vote always for the interests of that portion of Arizona the Great" that she represented. If MT. Beveridge wanted to be fair he could we'll afford to speak of Arizona as being great without reference to New Mexico Every enemy of Arizona should bel noted and their enorts 10 rum this fair territory of ours should bel charged up against them, no matter what their stations may be. Mir. Bev
 eridee has written many letters and will doubtless write more, but he will find that Arizona's citizenship is not made up of fools, and we believe, since the facts are pretty generally known
 that he will not succeed in foolingI enough eastern congressman and sen
 ators to enable him to carry through the unrighteous work that he would
 seem to have given himself up to
 completely, so far as this territory is concerned. at any rate.-Republican