Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-29
TUCSON CONTESTS BADLY
 ROUTED.
{ From Fridays DailyA

'"' ""si's, pfofcssiOnal men 'n 'h's city at the present time is at. | torney Leroy Anderson, chairman of the anti joint statehood non.partisan com. mittec of the territory.
 When seen yesterday by a Journal. | Miner man in his office in tho National Bank building, he said: "I realize that tho work of this committee is one of importance as well as one Co which there is much labor attached. and I am devoting every moment of my time Co 1t, and am not taking any active inter. est in either territorial or county poll. tics in a partisan sense.
 "The defeat of jointurc," bc said, " overuhadows all other issues that may bc raised during the coming campaign, and to that end shall bend my every energy until the votes are counted on November 6.
 Speaking of the work now being done by the committee, he said: "Pamphlcts favoring the defeat of joint state. hood are being prepared for distribu. tion among the voters of the territory, and we have already placed an order for large number of the campaign button adopted by the committee, which bear the significant motto: "G6 -44,. Nit
 "As yet, l have not received any of. ficial opinion from Governor Kibbcy as to whether the statehood proposition would he included in the official bal. lot, or made on separate ballot. My | opinion is that it should bc included in the official ballot used for voting for territorial and county officers. As soon as official notice is received from the governor. requests will be sent to the several clerks of boards of super. visors in the territory to compile tho ballot along the lines agreed upon so that the work of the clerks in compiling the official ballot will he uniform so l the committee to all relative to the marking of the official ballot on clcc tion day.
 Rooms have been engaged at Bisbcc where anti joint statehood headquart CTS will be opened n few days previous to the meeting of the conventions where pamphlets, buttons, and data bearing on the subject will be distributed to tho various delegates, and am now cn gagged in compiling report to bc sub mittcd to the committee to both the Re publican and Democratic conventions.
 "while in Bisbcc, steps will be talk en for an organization of a non'par tisau character to bc started in ever. important precinct in the territory, on
 of the principal objects of which w'l be to get out all the electors on cleo
 ton day to east their ballots agains joint statehood.
 "within the past few days l hay received letters from both tho Rcpui . lican and Democratic county ccntri
 committees of the territory, and ! al
 in a position to state that both B'sb'
 conventions will be composed of del
 gates absolutely pledged against jon , statehood. This evening l received
 telegram from Tucson assuring me th'
 il solid anti. joint statehood delegatio |. had been elected at the RepubIicn
 primaries in Pima county so that th" r who were in doubt about the att'tu' . of Pima county on the joint stateho' , oues,iou can rest assured that ti h conntv is in line with the others a'
 will roll up q handsome majority 'g"'" k the issue.
 The delegates from Tucson are hs Y lows, II. B. Penney, F. M. Dicker'na
 C. II. Baylcss, B. l.. worthcn, Jon" \, Hogan. M. E.. Mcintyre, r.. V. A .. ava. George Pusch. C. NJ. Scott 'o
 M Ormsby, (. F. Slack, Benton pi' c P. ScholcRcld. W. J. kirkPatn'
 sotcro Rucllas, F. l.. Vail, Allan Il. .Jsynes.