Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-04


 either house of congress and do not be- lieve it exists"
 Senator J. B. Frazier of Tennessee, one of the strong forces in the upper house voices the same sentiment from an eastern view point when under date of October 9th he writes:
 q hope tha. both Arizona and New Mexico will vote down the proposition of joint statehood. If this is done at the approaching election, believe the lquestion of joining these two territo- ries into one state will be finally and forever settled.
 No sufficient reason has ever been presented, so far as l have heard just flying the union of these two terri tories. Each territory is sufficiently large in area to justify the admission of each as separate state. Both are growing rapidly in wealth and popula- Ition, and I firmly believe that if joint statehood is now defeated, that each of these territories will, at no distant day, be admitted into the Union as a separate state"
 As is generally known, the demo cratic senators are a unit in opposi- ton to joint statehood and large number of the republican senators are equally prepared to defend Arizona in her fight for justice and independence These combined forces comprise a1 absolute majority in the senate, so tha; , I've may rest secure that any future iattempt to force jointure upon ds will be promptly defeated in the upper house of congress.
 | In the lower house it is well known l that the democrats stood by ArIzpn'l l in her fight, to man, and that forty five fearless republican repre- Senta- tives did likewise. Many republicans who voted against us in the aolise last session state that never dgain would they stultify their convictions by vote in favor of jointure. w. A.. Reeder, known throughou; the nation as one of the most stalw irt champions of national irrigation, ana man of large influence in the house writes under date of October !th. as follows:
 q feel sure that in case your peonl" declare for separate statehood, there is not shadow of doubt that congress will hasten to give the people of Ari- zona statehood, at the first moment that her population and resources will admit of it. I look for great state in Arizona, in the not very distant flu ture"
 l Mir. E. s. Minor, one of Ar,zona 5 , most loyal friends, writes under date | of October II:
 Why any intelligent citize1 of Ari- zona should desire such an unnatural union as the jointure between Arizona and New Mexico, I confess my in N,,1 ..se has everything to lose and nothing to gain, while New Mexico has much to gain and nothing to lose except the name of it's territory, and that IS sim ply exchanged for one that is less for eign and more American.
 What does this faction that is clam oring for joint statehood seek 10 ac- complish? Does it desire to change the English for the Spanish language. or does it seek the task Of the scnooi master and teach the 150, 0,000 i,,iterates of New Mexico the language that is indispensable in the transaction of business, either official or private? Does this faction look upon a tour ney to the proposed capital of from five to eight hundred ai;lcs, with de- light? Does this faction desida 10 as- sume the responsibility of cgpa'izing the value of the bonds issued by the counties and now outstanding2 If sJ lhow do they propose to do it-'.y in creasing the value of securities in New Mexico or decreasing the value of se- curities outstanding in Arizona? One or the other or both are bouD.l D fol- low the proposed tointure." T. Inpnc olpo;tr,.dI,, ,,n strongest men in the tower house. writes under date of October jaih. as follows:
 Your favor Uf October 4th at hand- II do not believe thaa any attention should be paid to the proposition that unless you accept an alliance wi.!s New Mexico at this tine. you may ex- pect to be cut off from independent statehood at least 2 quar-er oi cen. tury without regard to your develop ment in population and resources. There is no question in my mind but that statehood for Arizona will be, in the future, considered on it's merits. The American people are just and no congress lives forever. If the develop ment which I expect takes place in Arizona within the next ten years, I expect to see you admitted to separate statehood"
 Bury this joint statehood project so deep it will never be heard of again"
 The foregoing letters, which repre- sent the up to date feeling on the part of congressional leaders. should cer- tainly convince any man who has con- fidence in the future of this Territory that his plain duty is to assist in bury n inf hu oC hc1r 1r11.- ing vote as possible.
 With joint statehood thoroughly do feated at the polls the cloud which threatens our development will be l.ft- ed and within few years we "au make of our Territory common wealth that the nation will he proud to welcome to the sisteflooi of states.
 Yours most earnestly,
 DWIGHT B. HEARD.