Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-29
q ARIZONA
 NNAlTE FABLE.

uNALTERAetE.
 It will be the duty of Arizona 10 make good every statement made by the Arizona Joint Statehood League in its representation of the sentiment Of this territory regarding the Hamil ton joint statehood bill, and hold high the hands Of all those patriotic citi- zehs of the territory who went to the City of Washington from the several counties to protest in the name of our people against the joining of Arizona with New Mexico into one state.
 Arizona made a great fight in the Senate to have the amendment adopt cd allowing Arizona to vote separately Cn the proposition of jointure. Now lta. what Arizona asked has been granted, t is the duty of every trieae of the territory to use his influence 10 have the joint statehood plan re- sected by as nearly an unanimous a yc;c as possible
 The same reasons exist now why Arizona should not be joined with New Mexico as stirred our people a ---ear ago 10 meet in a great nOn-par- ttsaa convention and declare that rather than agree to joint statehood with New Mexico the people of Ari- zona would prefer to remain terri tory indefinitely" This may not be the exact wording of the resolutions of that convention, but it is expres- sjSe of their meaning.
 The people Of Arizona should keep LID the fight against joint statehood, especially because of the position it would leave our friends in Congress should the vote this fall show the sen riment in the territory to be different representatives in Washington, made 10 the representations made by our apsm pur sseISuoO uI slRSeI9p mo Gq by Senator Foraker and other friends n the Senate on the assurance of Ari- Zona.
 Hon. Wiley E. Jones, of Graham county. in a public letter sent to the Phoenix Enterprise calls attention to one very important feature of the statehood condition which should be sufficient reason why every newspaper and citizen in Arizona should buckle on anew the armor of battle to con tinue the fight against joint statehood. New Mexicans have begun a vigor- ous campaign for securing a heavy vote in favor of joint statehood in that territory. This fact should spur every energy in Arizona to action in opposition to it. It will not be suf- ficient for Arizona to defeat the joint statehood bill by a bare majority; such a vote would be sufficient to de- feat the object of the present law, but it would be disgusting to the friends of Arizona in the Senate and in Con- Sress who have been declaring that nine-tenths of the people of Arizona are opposed to the jointure, and make them lukewarm should the proposi- -tion be again made in Congress to Join the two territories. If Arizona demonstrates q practically unanimous opposition to iointure, now that it has the opportunity to do so by an actual vote on the proposition, we will not be in danger of having the fighting to do over again in the future. On the other hand, as said before, small majority would humiliate our friends and perhaps deliver Arizona up to her enemies in the next Congress
 In the fight to be made against joint statehood prior to the November election politics should be thrown to tine winds This is a time when an Arizonans should stand together in the struggle for the right of self-gov, ernment; 1t is an occasion when de feat would be as fatal to Arizona as defeat in the Spanish-American wal would have been fatal to the nation It is a struggle for liberty and politi cal life It would be far better fol Arizona that every official in the terri tory, from constable to delegate tc Congress be chosen from the ranks o the republicans than that the vot' against the joint statehood bill should be less than seyenty-five per cent. WC believe that the opposition in thi: territory will be shown to be ninety per cent, but 1t win not be unless