Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-09-12
From Fsiday's Dally.)
Editor of the Journal. Miner:

to tbp Editor of the Journal Miner:
 The question of Arizopa 's bearing an
 ,er,a,ed burden of tsxati n in order
 hat New Me1icans may be greatly re.
 syed of the inniction imposed upon
 hem by the robbcr rings which have
 td so many ycas infested santa Fe,
 ,tould be an all sufficient reason for
 o,erwhelmipgly defeating joint state.
 bod. But permit me, througt the col.
 uun, of your valuable paper, to call
 ,ts s,,eniion of your numerous readers
 .,d the public in general, to . few
 e.hr sufficient reasons for voting
 .saius such jug-haadle proposition.
 New Mexico has twenty. four counties,
 slile Arizona has but thirteen. Prac.
 teally two 10 one. The respective rep.
 rsen,a,ion of the two territories in
 hs legislature would. in nll proba. | blhiy, bo nearer three. or possibly
 four, ior New Mexico, to one for Ari
 lons. While New Mexico only gets tre dclega," to the constitutional con. ,en,ion for every $50, votes east, and
 whereas Arizona gets one delegate for every 'jO votes east. this was made s DO, with New Mexico's consent. but over her protest by act of congress; rill giving New Mexico 6G members 10 Arizona s 4a. Hut when New Mex. ico comes into control of the sonsti. ,u,ionai convention, and of the fr~t legislature. she would, in making up the s~ua,e and assembly districts, be more than likely to take all advantage possible in fixing the 6r~t apportion. Isn,. In using either s5O or $50, or any other number fos that matter. as tasis for the appoTtionment, what. r'sr number is used will be used throughout both territories alike; and founded. as 1t will be, upon popula- ,on, and not upon votes east, would give New Mexico, with her vast Mex ican population. three or moro mem bsr in the legislature 10 one from Ari. lona. Therefore, the influence which Arizona's memberr gould have over legislation touching taxation, or any ether question vital to the interests Of their constituents, would be nil. Of New Mexico's twenty four counties twenty of then 'sse made up of a population almost wholly Mexican, not ten per cent of which can speak the English language. This Mexican pop aia'ion is absol,ssely controlled, so far as iis politics is concerned, by u few nng politicians in and around Santa he, who are in she business for what 'bsreis in it for themselves; and these politicians are all out for joint state hood. There wsuld be no chanee for Arizona to join with the white popu- la'ion of New Mexico in an ehort to defeat these ris9 politicians, as 'he Mexican element is so large. and is So absolutely owssd by them, the Mex 'esp- being paid o6 with membership" 10 the legislatures and other offices. The bosses preferring to have such nen hold the offices because they con slider themselves beyond the reach of invest igation. Thi~, is why the legis' ia'urs of New Mexico are always Ho overwhelmingly made up of Mesieans' few of whom ever learn 10 speak the English language. The people of New Mexico are always taxed to pay in' 'erPreters whose principal business 1t Is To tell the Mexican statesmen (D how the bosses, their owners, wish them 10 vote.
 Arizona, usder joint statehood would be governed by Mexican gov ''nor, a large majority of state ofh' 'srs and members of the Legislatures would be Msxicans, all of the school systems would be under the domina 'ioa of Mexican officials who perhaps could, but probably couldn't, read or write the English language; and '" turn these Mexican officials would be 0sned by their Santa Fe po'''e"' bosses.
 The taxes whica Arizona property owners would be called upon to pay 70 support these Mexican po'itie"' E~lavos and their masters, the bosses would be enormous. IL would praeu' 'ally amount to taxation without rep 'es"n,ation. So sure is the sant" fe nng, and their henchmen all over New Mexico, of securing joint stare hood, that the work of ths eonsti'"' honal convention, ssd of the hrst ''s' stature, has already been mapped ou''