Arizona republican., 1906-11-03

ways would pay these liabilities. It
paid the Nebraska and Kansas bonds
that were issued while they were ter
ritories for the same thing, when they
became states. So he assured the peo-
pie not to worry-the United States
would look out for the New Mexico
military bonds. Did you ever read para
graph Sd, section 25 of the Act for the
Creation of the great state of Arizona
If not, this is how it reads The debts
and liabilities of the said territory or
Arizona and of the said territory of
New Mexico shall be assumed and paid
by the said state" Do you notice that
it uses the words debts and liabilities.
and it uses some more words that read:
shall be assumed and paid by the
said state Do you know what ella
bilities, % assumed and paid, mean ?
Mr.. Ainsworth does-he is a lawyer
and a shrewd one too. He can tell
you, but he viii not. He has a reason.
He does not work without a fee but
this time he says it is different-may-
be so.
viii tell you what liabilities"
means. II is what you are liable for.
1t may not be your debt-you may not
| have contracted it, Some one may
have borrowed money and you have
gone surety for it, or You may have
gone surety for another's debt. or as
sumed to pay another's debt. In any
case, you are liable and any of these
debts would be your liabilities. A state
or territory may become a surety, and
Mr.. Aiusworth infers that New Mex
leo had acted as surety for the United
States government. He does not deny
that these bonds are a liability of New
Mexico. but his contention is that the
United States government will pay it,
Let us Investigates: The United States
and the territories are about to have
a settlement. What is the condition of
this settlement? The United States
promised to give to the new state all
kinds of land and a stated amount Of
money. This is the consideration. that
the state is to accept all the liabilities
of the two territories and pay them.
so the state must assume and agree to
pay all the liabilities of each of the
territories. Ask Judge Ainsworth
what it means to assume and agree to
pay the liabilities of two territories by
the state. He knows that to assume
and agree to pay the debts Of the two
territories by the state means all the
debts and iabilities-wherher they
We're given for a consideration. wheth-
er they are Outlawed. whether procur-
ed by fraud. or in what manner.
Anyone holding evidence of indebted
ness can go into court and collect the
same. If the state assumes the liabil-
tiles of the territories for a consider /
alton and agrees TO pay them. she can
set up no defense. It is no business Of
hers how or by what means they were
procured-she must pay them. Judge
Ainsworth knows this is the law-Col
Fitch knows this is the law. and every
lawyer working in the interest of joint
statehood knows this to be the law
They may say that they are dead. out
laWed, or obtained without consider
alton, but they know this statement to
be untrue. They know n the state as
sumes these liabilities for q consider
alton and agrees to pay them. the state
is shut off from setting up a defense. /
It is none of the states business what
they were before she assumed them.
They are good now. and she must pay
them. for she has agreed to pay them
for the United States government
These New Mexico militia bonds that
rumOr says amount to many millions
Of dollars. issued something over fifty
years ago, are no more dead then the