Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-01
Supervisor Riggs States That Two-Thirds Are Against
 Jointure.
PUTS ESTIMATE
 AWAY TOO LOW.
Every Opponent of Union of Two Territories Should Put Shoulder to Wheel and Make Vote Decisive as Possible.

Loyal to their territory, residents of Cochise county are almost unit against joint statehood. William M Riggs. member of Ccchise county's board of supervisors. in an interview in Phoenix last Friday. spoke for the people of this county, when he said two-thirds of the people will vote against jointure. His only mistake was in not saying that the number would be four-fifths CT even nine tenths.
 Riggs was in Phoenix For the pur- pose of attending a meeting of the members of boards of supervisors from all parts of the territory, the purpose of the gathering being to discuss equalization matters, which are at this tune of much concern to the various officials who have 10 do with the branch county and territorial govern ment.
 Riggs is one of the best known of the cattlemen of Southern Arizona, having been in business here for sev- eral years. He has not been in Phoe- nix for ten years, and he notices the many changes which have transpired slnce.
 Like many other men of prominence in the territory he Is ia: gely interested in the statehood situation, and is prom. inently identified with the movement in opposition to iointure.
 'Cochise county" said Riggs, will, in my opinion, cast two-thirds of it's vote against the proposed union and possibly at that I am putting the esti- mate too low. I do not agree with much 1 have read lately that state hood is not an issue in Arizona. think that it is, and that every man who truly opposes the union of Ari- zona and New Mexico should talk against joint statehood from this time until the election is over. Not only do I desire to see the effort to unite the two territories defeated, but I hope that the vote will be so pronounced in opposition to the project that such a plan will be seen to be useless by the national leaders.
 My county, and might say all the territory, is just beginning to enjoy prosperity. All industries in Cochise county, and I suppose the same is true of other counties, are growing each year, in some special instances, particularly in the mining industry, with remarkable strides Many of the men who have made it possible are but now in a position to reap their re- ward, and it is certainly wrong an< il would be a great injustice to ruin that which they have buildcd by reorganiz- ing the two territories into one state. The past year has been a prosperous one for the mining men and cattle men of Cochise county, and they are in most cases ready and willing to work with their time and their money to defeat joint statehood"
 New Mexicans Busy. SANTA FEE, N. NJ, June 30.-Gover nor Hagerman has announced a meet ing to be attended by Chief Justice W. J. Mills and Secretary J. w. Ray holds at which, according to the pro-
 visions of the statehood bill, the ap- i pOrtionment of New Mexico's dele
 gates to the constitutional convention, to be held in the event of the adop-
 tion of joint statehood by the two ter
 ritories, will be fixed.
 At this meeting the vote of the ter
 ritory for delegate to congress at the last general election will be canvass ed and the apportionment will be made according to this vote. The apportion-
 ment will be followed by the procla- NlallOn TOT Ine eleClOn Ol QeleSdteS III
 New Mexico, which will probably be issued early in July. That portion of the statehood bill which authorizes the apportionment of delegates in the Iterritories is as follows:
 That at the next general election Ito be held on the sixth day of Novem. Der, nineteen hundred and six, all the
 electors of said territories, respective Fly. qualified to vote at such election
 are hereby authorized to vote for and choose delegates to form a convention
 for said territories. The aforesaid
 convention shall consist of one hun idred and ten delegates. sixty-six oi
 which delegates shall be elected tc
 said convention by the people of tht territory of New Mexico and forty
 four by the people of the territory o
 Arizona: and the governors, chief jus
 tices and secretaries of each of saiC , territories, respectively, shall appoin ; the delegates to be thus elected iron
 their respective territories as nearly al , may be, equitably among the severa , counties thereof in accordance witt , the voting population as shown by thu vote cast for delegate in congress fl the respective territories in nineteen
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