Arizona republican., 1906-06-22
PHOENIX. ARIZONA, JUNE 22. 1906.
A WORD TO THE IMPATIENT.

There are two general groups of vot- CTS who are supporting joint statehood. The first and most active is made up two classes, both believing that joint statehood is better than single state hood-for them. The members of the first class are men who know exactly what they want and by what sinister means they are going to get it, if they can get joint statehood. They are few in numbers, but they are the directors of the jointure movement. The mem bers of the second subdivision are more numerous. They do not know in just what way they will be benefited. They know, however that they have reached the end of the string in Arizona either as a territory or a single state. Dis credited by those who know them, hopeless politicians. their only future lies in the jumbling of the two terri tories into one state. They may get something out of it. They can get nothing in any other way. The motives of the members of both these subdivis- ions are selfish. It is therefore useless to appeal to them or argue with them.
 The second group is composed of men honest and susceptible to reason. They would much rather have separate statehood but they believe that joint statehood Is better than none at all. They have been informed that single statehood is beyond hope and that now ;e, {,, tain any form of statehood.
 It is to this group that we desire to present some reasonable facts. The first is. that no man can say that sin gle statehood will not be within our reach within the next few years What will come out of the approaching whirlwind of national politics no man knows. The attitude of the country toward the territories has greatly changed within the last ten years. Within that time a bill for separate statehood passed the jority of six votes in the senate, but was prevented by the obstructive tactics of Beveridge from coming to a vote. Now that Arizona and New Mexico alone remain, we have reason to believe that the Sixtieth congress will dispose of the territorial situation by the admission of both Arizona and New Mexico as separate states.
 We admit that all this is speculative, but reasonable. None can tell what the future will bring forth. But if we should not be granted separate state hood, the door of double statehood will always be open, inspite of the foolish and illogical declarations of President Roosevelt and MT. Beveridge. There will never be a moment when we would be denied admission as a double state. Those who sought to force Joint ure upon us gave as their chief reason that they feared that some time we would get in as single states. That Tear will always be present, and will grow more lively as the years go by. The territorial situation can never he less intolerable from their point o- view than it is now. They will no uoupt cease striving to enforce joint ure but they will always be glad to accept it as a solution.
 In this view of the case then why should any man who prefers single statehood sacrifice hope of it by hastily embracing jo!nt-statehool which he can obtain at any time, if the worst should come to the worst?
 Let our "anykind of statehood" friends wait two years and see what they shall see.