Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-14
S|LVER-TONGUED RETAINED IN
 LOST CAUSE
Has Both Opposed and Adyo- cated Joiature Within Past
 Ninety 0ays-Was First
 Opposed to Measure.

E. S. Creighton. press agent for tn,
 tointslafshssd circus, which vii
 show in Bisbes on Monday night. ar rived h the city yesterday morning l and - hnsy throughout the day ar
 raasing the details for pulling on the
 big show.
 Ar. Creighton is well known through the territory. as the superintendent of agents for the Mutual Life Insurance
 company. and up.to short time ago
 was staunch defended of Arizona's
 autonomy. 1t seems that he saw
 light come time ago, or rather some
 one did light. and ever since the in-
 surance man has been paving the way
 for the Ainsworth-Fitch combination.
 C. F. Ains~orth. nominee for dele
 gate ton ConS.css on the joint-state- hood ticket, and Thos. Fitch. a noted orator, will visit the city tomorrow night. and will each deliver a speech In favor of jointufe
 When asked concerning the stories which have gono he rounds lately to the effect that Ainswortb would not only get big retainer from Bird s. Coler, the New York stock broker. if the 1oint-statehood measure carried. and the Santa Fe county bonds were validated. but also that he is playing for federal judgeshio. Creighton was very reticent, and stated that he knew nothing about Mir. Ainswo. th's private enairs- But nevertheless this is the story which has been repeated more han once, and has not yet been lie. uied.
 It is also alleged that the Hon. Thos Fitch, the silvertongued orator. has been paid handsome fee. to act IS stra number on the program. so hat the audience will no: leave before Ainsworth is finished. Tbe expecra- ion of hearing Fitcn is strong bond on the audience for be it remer.. bered he is great speake-. but as far IS sincerity goes in this instance. he knows not the word. It has been ad- vertised that this orator will go through the Territory of Arizona as he apostle of joint-statehood, and show the people the great advantages which they will derive from this ln- |amous union. but at the time Fitch made his arrangements and made his price, he evidently had forgotten an nterviewsin which he scored the men who would dare insult the fair name ,f Arizona, and deprive her of that which is, of right ought to be. hers.
 The following will show just how , much confidence is to be placed in 1 what Mir. Fitch win say because this $ an interview which was WRITTEN l BY HIMSELF, and which his packers 1 would pay a large sum of money to 1 'ury at the present time. Here are | Pitches sentiments in reeard to 1 ointure on August 1. 1906, BEFORE l ,e received retainer to stump the ! erritory in favor of it:
 q am told that a report was pub | ished here that I was coming to speak Or joint statehood. That is a mistake.
 did at one time think that joint state i, bod would be better for Arizona than | 10 statehood at all. But on further ex- animation and consideration I changed 1 ny views. I do not think either that i Arizona is controlled by any such al- l ernative. She will. as it now appears, l 'ote down joint statehood by about ] ixteen to one. She does not propose | O he dragged to the altar by the nape l if her nevk and he made a sabine l ride by Senor Don Ignacio Sanchez l 'edro Bustamante, who proposes to ! oin her sA000O.000 of copper exports | o his s2000.000 of wool, and nlay the | ,art of Count Boni de Castellane to | Ter Anna Gould. She respects New | dexico. She is willing to be a sister | o him-but a wife, nit It would be 1 wedding between solvency and bank | uptcy. between progress and stagna- ion, between Saxon virilitv and Latin | anguor. In my opinion, if the forty 1 our delegates to the constitutional l to be elected in November vill ignore the Santa Fe convention al- 1 ogether. will meet in Phoenix and | don't an up-to-date state constitution or Arizona alone. Arizona will be ad- nitted under it either by the present ongress of the next one"