Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-29
C. E. A|NSWORIH ON HUNT FOR
 STATE
ioes to Albuquerque to Help New Mexicans Frame State Constitution Try to Force Arizona to Jointure.

PHOENIX. Nov. es.-To confer with prominent New Mexico leaders in the joint statehood movement, c. F. Aims worth. late candidate for congress in Arizona on the statehood ticket has gone to Albuquerque. where he will re main the greater part of this week.
 Ainsworth will meet oSernUr flag erman, Delegate Bull" Andrews and others. who are anxious to get into the union either separately or by add ing Arizona and making a joint state
 Upon the invitation of New Mexi- cans. who propose to hold conyen- ton and adopt state constitution for New Mexico separately. which they submit to congress at the session that begins within the next few days.
 New Mexico leaders expect congress to turn down their constitution to- gcth.r with their request for separate statehood. but trey further believe tsat congress will say 10 them that if the pc pie of ArizGua and New Moxico wilt vote jointly in favor Of the constItuti5r they wi admit the two terri,0nes as one state
 Last Friday Judge AinsgoIth made
 
 outcome oi the statehood fight would he the framing of a joint constitution for the two territories, either. through a delegate convention. mass meeting or by the leaders in New Mexico.
 This convention, if it is held," said he, '-wiil be made up of men who will not be selected as were those forty-four delegates who were to rep resent Arizona-aii of them against statehood.
 -'The constitution will be one to which no man in the territory can take exception It will provide square deal for Arizona as well as for New Mexico The people will be given . chance to say whether or not they want the constitution and joint state hood"
 Ainsworth, Hagerman. Andrews and the others are believed to contemplate the framing of a constitution that will provide against the new state being saddled with New Mexico's an ient militia warrants. the debts of it's bankrupt counties and will frame the school law in such a manner that each county will have absolute charge of the education of it's own children.
 To gather votes for the new con stitution it Is proposed to so frame it that the arguments used in the las campaign by the anti -jcintists will bs set at naaght.
 AinsHorfh's plan is to frame . con stituti0u that will rob those opposed to jointure of the strong arguments they brought to bear in the recent campaign against uniting the two ter sitories and giving Arizona the worst ot the deai.
 While Ainsworth nor any of the oth CT iointists say as mucA it is be lieved that they have received assur anceS from certain members of con gress that if they will frame a con sutution for New Mexico that wouli be suitable te joint state, congress will refuse to grant New Mexico sep crate statehood. but will again givt the people of the two territories al opportunity to say whether or not the want to come into the union as on state.
 Assurances have been received t, Alnsworth that President Roosevelt has not changed his views on tb, statehood question, and is now as b, has been in the past an ardent suy porter of the plan to united Arizon and New Mexico in spite of the smal majority against it in Arizona at th election on November G.