Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-03
lie Gives Some Facts and Appeals to
the People to Cast Their Ballots
For Joint Statehood.
COHPLIHEKS GOOD WORK OF NEW HEVlCOS DELEGATE
Quotes President Roosevelt as Saying Statehood is Voted
Down the Territories Must Remain as Such
FoT an Indefinite Period.

Hon Joseph e. sibley. congressman
from the tWoufy.eiEhfh district 90
PonnHylyania for nineteen years. one
81 thc best known ana most powerful
atetesme Of the east ad a good friend
uf New Mexico aud Arizona. IS stop
ping at the Aivnrado temporarily
while on a trip west, whliheg bis doc
Tor has sent him Ia search Of a dry
climate. Years Of open cir speaking
has made my throat like a piece 81
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snan Who onlnioa senator Iousph
Tniler al Teraa - thaf klbuouorose
ooiif have "a eI0n 6o0 rovcrnrnept
t,.itiin~ ana portes ha,s ana viove
,gifb M. nrceiscnf ~,s re,erot,' A.
dre,es III thet tbe ,fenie IN Nov sfer.
~, sa5 arirons c6nid have a chnnco
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is this your hrat VISIT west
save been Soing through Jour
territory fog a great many years.
Are you going 90 remain here FOR
aumc umoyf
No, only Tor q dny or two-havins
stopped on on my way % the coast
90 Gee Senator Andrews and come Of
my other friends ON the occasion
Of my fret visit here twenty or more
years ago, thpre were I think Few II
any huildinga on me east side % the
railway aud ~ walking about TIE city
Yesterday ! was grcauy graiihod az
seeing the evidences OF Hubstantlni
and permanent CROWN
You have been recognized, mr.. SD
ley, na one % the ardent friends OF
Criminal statehood advocatr.
'Yoa. / think am one OF tha earl.
inai friends When I went 10 con-
rrosa Ina the extra session OF 1898 1
became acquainted with your then
delegate, a most estlmahlo gontio.
man. Hon. AntoEio Joseph. To was
Ronn enough a. give me a book pub-
iiahod ~ mo onterprlsing poople OF
Nrw Mexico. showing hev agricultural
and mineral resources. During that
congqoes / helped 10 admit Utah to
the sislcrhood ol states Mr.. Joseph
VIA deeply interested In the admls.
sion nf New Mexico ana his efforts
were incessaut among his fellow mem.
bers 10 securp rerngnltIon Of the
claims Of New Mexico for admission.
ln which efforts 1 heartily and cnf-
mostly seconded him.
1T would be- somewhat amusing.
Ar NOT no serious. in witnessing She Rt.
tiludo og our democratic friends IN
congress today who seek 20 defeat
statehood hy building the hope that
.hrn hy some turn of the political
wheel there shall BE- a democratic
congress and a democratic admins
irailOn, that then New Mexico and
Arizona Nlii b. separately admitted
WNNN NNNNN N.NM WIZ ANMNN ANNNN NN SUI
ment point 10 tho attitude uf the
democratic party Tor tho last four
years 90 show how they have stood
By the interests OF these two terri
tories. ] have sac iu congress for
four years na a democrat and whom
che democratic party controlled the
house OF representatives. there never
Was Sen pcr cent 90 Thorn, nor DO ]
believe there was aYo per cont. speak
Ing from ms best recollection who
were not bitterly opposed Co state.
mood we can only Judge the future
los che past AZ that iime when mr..
ioscph was The delegate from New
Moxlco and The lion. Marcus A. Smith
was delegate from Arizona. both men
of ability and both earnest in their e.
forts f0f statehood they viii. ~ can
did boar Testimony % the fact that
me democratic marty gave them no
recognition no encouragement, nC
supnnri of ~, kind or character what
noevor And The efforts for statehood
single or l0int has some through
republican sources and not demo.
cratic Nov thut the republican party