Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-02-28
MORRISON RELATES ExPER1EN
CEs AT WASHINGTON.
From Thursday's Daily.

"Whcn I left Washington 1t was
the firm belief that the joint statehood
bill would pass with the Foraker
amendment" said attorney X. +. Nor
rison. who was one of the leading mem.
beers of the Arizona anti-joint state
hood delegation, after his return yes.
terday to Journal Miner representa-
tive.
"Tho splendid work done by all the
members of our delegation in Wash.
ington among the congressman and
senators from the several states liz the
talk Of the nation" he said. "They
learned at the capital that there were
as bright and intelligent Americans
living in this territory as in any part of
the union and as good business men,
and that this part Of the country was
not entirely pcopled by Apache In
dams
Warming up on the subject, he said
"Thc measure would have certainly
been defeated in the house IL Tawney
had not gone back on u.s. He helped
to organize the insurgents. but when
he was made chairman of the appro'
priations committee, he deserted and
went over to the other side. lie was
roasted royalty by Mark Smith, who
made n brilliant plea for Tho territory.
but hc held his head in his hands the
greater part of the time and never
replied. But the scene in the house
when Congressman Bcdc made his
famous reply to the congressman
from New York. who made the state.
mcnt that u was prcposterous for Ari
zona, with it's rocks and sand dunes
To expect separate statehood, which
would entitle il TO the same representa-.
ton in the senate ms the great state of
New York. simply bcggarcd all de-
scription. When Bede arose and
said that the congressman should he
ashamed TO refer To the senators from
New York, when the entire country
was trying to forget them. the entire
Democratic and more than half Of the
Republican side Of the house went wild
while the applause in the galleries
was something terrific, and made such
a din that il was several minutes be-
fore the sound of the speakers gavel,
which was strongly welded, could he
heard
Further continuing he said that
"wbilc our efforts to defeat the pas.
sage of the bill through the house were
"A failure. I consider that the visit of
our delegation will result in much good
for the territory. The senate docu.
ment introduced by Senator Patter
son setting forth the reasons why
Arizona should not be joined to New
Mexico were carefully prepared from
the evidence submitted by the repre-.
sentativcs of almost every business in.
fcrcst in the territory and every char.
ac'er of our population. The delcga.
tion included clergymen, doctors, law.
yers, gationists, miners, stockmcn.
and many other occupations, all intel.
ligcnt representatives and when all
was submitted, it was compiled bv n
subcommittee consisting Of Mr.. Doran,
Mr.. Packard and myself. and then
handed to Senator Patterson, who In.
troduccd IT in the senate where il ere.
ated sensation. There was such
demand for the paper that an additional
one thousand copies were ordered to
bc printed for distribution on the day
! left the capital.
"The delegation was harmonious and
agreeable in its labors throughout. No
more agreeable or ADLER set Of men
could have gone there, and the i'm.
pressions they made will tend much 10.
wards elcvating the opinions Of the
eastern people ms to our character of
citizenship. All department officials
mt the capital treated the members Of
our delegation with the utmost con.
sidcration."