Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-15
kIBBEY ASKS TO
BE SET RIGHT
Arizona Governor Gives Statement of
His Action in Recent Republican
Committee Meetlnn,

Inc New Mexican takes pleasure in
prpAshlne iattes addlF 4 q 4, mo
paper BY Governor Joseph Il, Kibbey
of Arizona, concerning his action at
the meeting Of the Republican Cen.
tral Committee of that Territory Aug.
ust 4th, last. The editorial 70 which
Governor kibbey takes exception was
based upon information gathered from
Arizona press dispatches. This was
evidently erroneous. The New Mex-
can is perfectly willing to place Cover.
nor Kibbey, or any other anti.joint
statehood Republican in proper light
before the people. 1t is conducting its
tight for statehood under the EIamll.
ton joint statehood law in fair and
decent manner, giving each side an
equitable chance and neither calling
the anti-statehood advocates bad
names nor extolling the joint state
hood supporters as angels and saints,
Governor Kibbey's letter reads:
August II, 1906
Hon. Max Frost,
Santa Fe New Mexican,
Santa Fe. New Mexico.
Dear Sir
ut Is not my habit to attempt to
procure corrections in newspaper arti.
cles of which am the subject.
"Your reputation for candor and
fairness, however, and my belief that
you would not have given currency
to statements contained in an editor
ial in your paper of the 9Th instant re-
lating to my presiding al a meeting
Of the Republican Central Committee
of this Territory at which resolu-
tion to endorse the Presidents admin.
lNtration was voted down had you
known the facts, prompt me to state
them to you.
"Tn the first place | did not preside
at the meeting. / called it to order,
Immediately presented my resignation
as its chairman, and refused to enter.
tain any business other than q motion
to take recess. When the committee
reconvened it did so with new chair
man, chosen, I am told, at caucus
held during the recess, at which was
not present. was not, except eX-
officio, a member of the committee and
am not now, and took no part In the
discussions in 1t.
II was frequently in and out of the
! room as spectator. During the after
noon resolution was introduced de-
claring the sense of the committee
against joint statehood. This provok-
ed the opposition of few joint state
hood men present; Colonel Allen I.
Bird, who was not member of the
committee, but the holder of proxy,
moved as substitute for this resolu-
tion one endorsing the administration
of President Roosevelt in all respects.
need not comment on the good taste
OF that procedure under the circum.
stances, coming from professed ad-
mirer of the President. The only
relevancy that the proposed substi-
tute could have to the original resolu-
tion, was that the words in all re.
spects, could and would be interpre-
ted into a declaration by the com.
mittee, If 1t adopted the substi-
tute in that form, in favor of joint
statehood-a view contrary to that en-
tertained by the committee which the
proposer Of the substitute knew. Under
the circumstances no good friend or
admirer of the President would have
offered such a resolution. The shallow
trick instantly provoked the indigna-
tion of the committee, and 1t as in.
stantly passed a resolution commen-