Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-29
lettu5 From The peop|e
Facts Are Wanted.

iV 'h' 'A''''at
 Dear Sir: While much is being said by a practically unanimous press of Arizona on the general subject of joint statehood, should there not be more specific information as to New Mcxico's over zcalousncss for jointure given 10 the vitally interested tax payers and voters of Arizona! Do not misunder. stand either my meaning or purpose in asking this question. lt is not asked for the purpose of criticising, but for the purpose of awakening, if possible, still further and deeper interest in Il subject, which, to an ordinary mind, IS of the greatest interest to Arizonans, both personally and financially, because of the farrcaching and everlasting out
 ragcousncss and unrighteousness of it. Many there are who are fully awake to the evil effects that would result from tho consummation of this proposed outrage On the other hand, many ! there are who are giving this moment ous question little or no thought. Some, too, do not seem to care SD very much about it, while others seem not to have heard anything ot much importance regarding it. Some newspapers that are opposed to joint statehood treat the matter in seemingly careless manner. One newspaper says, "Thcrc is no use in talking about why we are opposed to it. There are reasons enough and good reasons enough. but they we do not want the union.' This sen. tence embodics n good conclusion for l the voters of Arizona to arrive at, but what the voters of Arizona want. and what they need, in order to enable them to intelligcntly arrive at just such q conclusion, is the facts. Give them the facts, and no one need worry about the conclusions that will be ar. rived at on election day by the tax payers and voters of Arizona. But keep on stating conclusions without some
 thing definite for the people to think about, and talk about, and they will have just the same weight with the voters of Arizona that your patent medicine advertisements have. The people nowadays insist upon being giv' en the facts, and then forming their own conclusions. While it is not the purpose of this letter to go into facts, as that is the province of newspapers and those who have the coming cam paign in charge, might 1t not be bene. ficial to an educational campaign to enlighten the voters more especially on the subject of the underlying reasons why New Mexico is SO zealous for joint statehood," ,"even any old kind con. gress is willing to give us," as one rabid new Mexico newspaper put itf Give the voters of Arizona the facts the real reasons for New Mexico's burn. ing desire for joint statehood, and the outrage can never be perpetrated. There are some apparently plausible reasons, from New Mexican's stand. point, for jointure, being publicly ad' vocated But the real reasons are never put into print. They are only used by way of personal argument, and that freely. Unearth these reasons and expose them to the voters of Arizz- ona, and you will then have the prin. cipal reasons why every man in Arix. ona should he, as well as the reasons why he will be, against this outrageous proposition. Publish these reasons these fscts-s.ato them fully and clearly, and put them into the hands of the voters, and then they will know why it is for their interest to vote against joint statehood. The time has gone by when people do things for woman's reason of just because. v Many who have no other reason for voting against joint statehood than that somebody else says; "We do not want the union," are quite likely to think that statehood of any kind would be fine thing to have; and therefore, without fully knowing the true reasons why they should vote against it, will deliberately and conscientiously vote for 1t. Facts always awaken voters and taxpayers to realization of their duty of seeing that they are properly registered, SO that they can vote on election day. AGATE.
 Prescott, August 25, 1906.