Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-11-14
Leroy Anderson Thanks Press of Arizona
 For Aid
Says They Defeated the Joint Statehood
 Measure
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

"Thr crcdit for the overwhelming .ef,a, of Joint Statehood in all the counties of Arizona is due to the press of the Territory, rather than to the ,foris of onr committee, or any other committee. and 1 desire to thank the newspapers of the Territory, which. .ithou, exception, published any and all literature desired by us and gave .ueh arden, support to our cause"
 Such was the statement made yester. Jay hy Attorney Leroy Anderson. chairman 0f the Non-Partisan Anti. Joint Statehood Committee, to n Jour. val Miner representative.
 Not only did the press help us in .tis way" he said, "but in addition. ,he various editors throughout the Ter niory gave our committee the ideas and ihc facts and figures concerning Arizona and New Mexico upon which ,o base uur campaign arguments. every one of the editors from Yuma to Mo. nave appearing to vie with each other 10 lamtasting the proposed unholy al- lance until not a single sound argu- ncni could be advanced in its de. iensc
 Credit ls also due to the speakers wbo volunteered their services in dcliy. cnng addresses for the good of our sausc, the majority of whom paid their own travelling expenses. The result Is simply marveious when the fact is taken into consideration that the com. Aiitcc had less than $2OOO at its com. aand, raised by voluntary contribu. iions, with which to meet the incl dental expenses of the campaign.
 "A comparison of the result,' he continued. ''sbows that the total vote css' in favor of Joint statehood in Arizona s less than 10 per cent of ,he vote east for Delegate to Congress while the vote favoring Joint State hood was less than l5 per cent of the total statehood vote cast, which shows !hat from 20 to 70 per cent of the voters of the Territory failed 10 reg e,er their ballot on the Statehood question.
 "As an illustrations: In Pirpa coun iy, 'h" headquarters of Joint State lOoi, there were 4G0 votes east ir favor of il, with l060 against, the tota 'oie on the proposition being l520 while for Delegate to Congress ther' were 2lO6 votes east, showing fail ure Of 5s5, or n little over 2s per cent o ihc voters, to ballot on the State hood question. This is not the onl, exception by any means. The am' condition prevailed in Gila and othc counties, the percentages varying onl, from to : per cent in n county. h fact it appears that in Yavapai count, The statehood vote was better repre- sntcd than in any other county il The Territory. These figures are base' upon the returns in my possession, n ihls time, which are not official, am Tn many cases incomplete. It appears however. to be a very close race be Tween Gila and Pinal counties as be hg Inc banner counties against Join statehood on percentage basis.
 "l am advised from Apache county shch was all along thought 10 favo Jolht Statehood, that the county as whole went to against Jointur' and the latest returns from Cocon'n indicate that the vote favoring joint are "as only about l3 pei cent of th Total vote east fo- Statchood. Out Q Sdf votes east in Pinal county only ] Favored .Iointurc.' '