Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-09-19
rpuTu ABOUT THE STATEHOOD
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 ...,,..., r.,, rr.''.umont k found in u, .,a,.n..' of Hon. !. l.. l'uhbeI' o, (..l. ,ouu'N. Arizona wh" "r ,,,cJ u Nuqu,rluc yesterday direct from t.. n-bcc cnn,cn'ions' says '"' Norrln. Journal of that city
 If ,t,r, !. any man iu Arizona fitted ,o sp,ab aathoita'iycIy on ihe state hood situation m Altoona, it is MT uuhho1 Prom thc lime he realized .,o,.c ,,aichoo1 'o bc impossible for his territory tor t'ar, to come ana ,rof,rring Ja',bood of any kind to nome. he has been consistent adV" cate of iointurc. lIr is lifelong ke' prhlirau aud for many years has .,ri,l,d thc dcstini,. of 'hc party m his home county ot Apache which nc has kcp, in thc Republican ranks when every other couniv in thc territory w,. on thc other side. Respected ny men of both parties, his sincerity in tho statehood matter has never been questioned.
 And SD. when Mr. IIubbcll says there is no possible combination oi circumstances under which Arizona would vote for joint statehood, his statement may hc taken as authorita- ! tive. the matter may hc considered ! closed and inc fight at an end. NIT. Iubhrll says this. and more D. much more He is careful observer and he knows his Arizona as well as any other man alive.
 "'G have just come from Bisbce where the two conventions were held last week." said Mir. IIubbcll to the Morning Journal yesterday, "and l will tell you thc situation as | see II. The time k past for prciudIcod re ports of the situation in Arizona. lt IS time to talk facts \s every one who knows me knows prefer single state hood to any other. but. failing m that, [ have preferred joint statehood to none ai all. still prefer it and | will continue to do what can to bring it nhout. lon, | may say frankly, that in my opinion no combination of iniiu- onc.s or circumstances of which l can conceive, would avail to get more than fifteen per cent of the vote m Arizona in favor of iointurc. There K an overwhelming sentiment in the terri tory against it. and this sentiment cannot be overcome. SO far as the corporations in Arizona are concerned they have fought joint statehood for selfish reasons. just as they have at' tempted to create sentiment against Governor Kibhcy. n man who has the courage of his convictions. because th, governor has insisted that the corpora tions. particularly the mining cor porations. should bear their just shar, of taxation Bu, the sentiment against
 joint statehood exists among the pco plc. Ii is basic and while the claim ot the opponents of ioimturc. that no five per cent of the vote will hc in fa
 vor of the Hamilton act. is in mN opinion excessive. the most liberal cs tmatc of the possible joint statchoo,
 vote is fifteen per cent.
 "So much for the general outlool U as ii appears to me. The convention ' in l,ishcc were overwhelming,
 against joiuiurc. l have seen report
 sent out that joint statehood dclcga tions were arbitrarily shut out of th
 convention. or refused recognition.
 was not refused rccognton, nor wa . the solid joint statehood dclcgatio
 from Apache county. and in only on
 ar two cases did the action of the tw
 conventions seem to me to he arbi
 trary. In several eases joint statehoo
 delegates were refused seats, but |
 most of these cases the delegates seek
 ing recognition had no just claim O
 which to stand. The plain situation
 simply that joint statehood did no
 have the delegates.
 "A convention of joint statehoo z men may be held in Phoenix. as ha .. been suggested. 1 shall not attend i l can see no just ground for bo v, from the Republican party when th
 chance for success at the polls th
 fall is good, even as l could see Il
 ground for holt from the conyentio,
 ! can see nothing to he gained by sue
 course. What can do for joi, .,. statehood in the regular way, sba |, do, and if the end could be gained | ,, separate movement, would be wi,
 such movement. But the oppositio
 to jointure is not from party bosses. any party machine. It is from q . mAlDrIty of the nponla and ;t o.oo