Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-08-07
JOINT STATE
LEAGUE HAS
NOW BEGUN
Its Fight For Statehood Which
Will Be Pushed to
Finish.
STRENGTH DEVELOPED At
PHOENIX SURPRISED THE
Whole Countrywide Non Partisan
League Was Formed and
Is In the Field.

Tucson, Ariz., Aug. THE farce
of a joint meeting of the central
committees of the democratic and re-
publican parties, came off in Phoenix,
Saturday, as had been arranged, and
the cut and dried program was put
through. This was done in the dem
ocratic central committees at once
and without trouble. In fact, the
democratic proceedings were for all
the world like a school boy rehearsing
a part which had been drilled into
him. The reason for this was that
the members of the democratic COM
mittee who favored statehood mad
been informed that they would not be
permitted to occupy their seats. So
they did not attend, and the copper
colored and railway tarred delegates
had it all their own way However,
it was developed that fully 20 per
cent of the democratic central COM
mItee favor joint statehood. The
democrats appointed a committee of
three to act with a similar commit
tee appointed by the republican COM
mittee, to conduct the fight against
statehood. When they had done this
and called the democratic territorial
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tember 6, there was nothing more for
them to do, and they adjourned. When
they learned that the anti-jointure
resolution offered by the republicans
had met with unexpected opposition,
and passed only by vote of 30 to
Is, the democrats evidently became
alarmed and passed no resolution on
the subject.
The republican central committee
had not such smooth sailing, for not
withstanding Governor Kibbey like e.
Z. Ellinwood, had labored Industrious
ly TO get proxies before his purpose
was understood, and had so well sue
ceeded that his secretary held fifteen
proxies, yet 1t was soon demonstrated
that the committee stood Is for state
hood to 80 against it,
Among the statehood republicans
were such men as Col. Allen 7. Bird
of Nogales, Frank Dysant of Graham
O. NJ. Gaddis of Mojave, Thomas Nal
10y of Yuma, Capt. John T. Hogue OF
St. Johns Hon. j. l.. Hubbell of Gan
ado, and men of that character and
standing sufficient to raise the number
to eighteen. These proved a thorn in
the flesh of the antis during the whole
day. The committee refused to en-
dors Roosevelt, appointed a commit
tee of three TO act with the democrats,
in the fight for statehood selected
Bsbee as the place and September 6
as the time for holding the republican
territorial convention, agreed to a di
vision of candidates for the state
hood convention, with the democrats,
and then adjourned. after whole day
of hard and disagreeable labor on the
part of the majority, which majority
was largely composed of proxies
The chief event of the republican
committees meeting was the resgna-
tioh of Governor Kibbey as chairman.
He gave as his reason that the cam
paign might place him in a position
where the duties of chairman and
governor would conflict. The gem
eral opinion is that the cause of his
resignation came from the opposition
of the corporations. His TRADE against
them and demand that the coming
campaign against statehood must be
held as subordinate to the campaign
against corporation tax lodging, GER
tainly gave color to the last opinion.
The governor showed his inconsist-
ency in demanding greater taxation
for the corporations and yet joining
hood when the corporations all know
that opposition to statehood by the
corporations is that they will not be
able TO dodge taxes in a state as they
do in the territory.
But the greatest event of the day
and one of the most important in the
history of Arizona, took place after
the convention had adjourned. 1t was
then that the joint statehood dele
gates of Apache, Navajo, Mohave,
Graham, Santa Cruz, Pima and Yuma
counties resolved themselves into an
organization with Gen. T. F. Wilson
of Pima, president; o. NJ. Gaddis
treasurer; and Hon. Chas. T. Hoff as
secretary General Wilson is a re-
publican, Mr.. Hoff is a democrat. An
executive committee of one from each
county was agreed upon, to be divided
between the two parties, The name
of the organization is the Joint State
hood League of Arizona
consensus of the meeting showed
that there is plenty of material in
every county TO organize a strong and
aggressive league. II was decided that
each county name a vice president,
to work in harmony with General
Wilson at headquarters, at Tucson,
Pima county.
strong club has already been or
ganized at Phoenix, and clubs will be
organized in every city in the terri
tDTy Tho H9hf Is GROWING rcd hot