Albuquerque evening citizen., 1906-08-23
ROOEYS OPEN LETTER
ON JO|NTURE
Continued From Page Three.)

| tempted. The man wno buys vote
Is infinitely more corrupt than the
| poor devil who sells It. II the big in
| terests would cease aiding corrupt
! bosses We would soon have pure cleo
tions. II they would cease exerting
their opwerful and subtle influence
on weak public officials, the COM
munity would be the gamer.
1t is as clear as the MONDAY sun,
to any thinking man, that II New
Mexico and Arizona are Joined as one
state under the present Hamilton
Rodey enabling act, and ordinary
common sense is exercised in the con
duct of the state government, that II
will be the lowest taxed common
wealth in the nation. 1t can be dem.
onstrated that every corporation ana
individual, under a proper state gov
ernment, organized under this en-
abling act, will pay less taxes than II
or he pays at the present time, ana
will pay such taxes cheerfully ana
willingly, as public duty. There can
easily be returned for purposes OF
taxation, under the new state govern
ment-seven hundred millions OF dol
lars worth OF property-and taxes at
the rate of nalf OF l per cent on that
amount will bring into the treasury
three and a half millions OF dollars
annually That is more than twice
| sufficient to sustain an economic state
| government. | have repeatedly SHOWN
how the income from the land and the
cash which the state gets when Few
licenses and fines are added to II, Will
make the educational system of the
new state self supporting. have
also shown that a moderate trancnlse
tax will sustain the state, and that,
therefore, the people of the new state
need never levy upon themselves any
state tax nor any school tax. When
this is done, only municipal and coun-
ty taxes and fixed charges will have
to be provided for, and, therefore, 1t
is certain that taxes for all purposes
can be limited in the constitution OF
the state to nalf of l per cent on
the present value.
There are those who have said that
the five millions of dollars in casn
which | secured in the enabling act
is a bribe to the people OF the two
territories to accept joint statehood.
If those who have said that knew how
little congress cares about territories,
anyway, and knew the infinite labor
expended in securing that five mill
ions of dollars. they would have never
made sucn O. statement, on the con
trary, they would gladly vote to ac-
cept it, and would enjoin upon their
children the duty of building a monu-
ment to my memory in gratitude for
securing it for them. At per cent
, per annum, this sum of money will
bring to the schools of the new state
$3.50 900 a year. This is not for one
, year, or FIVE or ten, but forever, an
, nually. 1t will pay the salary of a
good many school teachers. The
quantity of land | secured in the en-
abling act, apart from the specific
donations, is four sections per town
ship, or twice the quantity ever grant
ed to any state previously, save
/. Utah.
The enemies of jointure are trying
to scare the good people of Arizona
by saying that under statehood New
Mexicos more numerous population
will take away from Arizona every
one of the splendid educational and
other institutions 4, has created as a
territory. How foohsh this statement
is. In the first place, the legislators
OF the new state will not want to rem
der useless any public building that
will come rom either territory to the
commonwealth In the next place,
because of the size of the state to be,
| secured two agricultural colleges in
stead of one. The words of the act
leaves the present agricultural college
I.A ha a
, one at Tucson, Arizona. The state is
large enough, when created, to re
, quire every public building now pos
sessed by either territory, and 1t will
In addition have to build others. Then
how can there be anything worth con
sidering in this bugaboo which the
enemies of jointuIe are holding up
, to the view of the people of Arizona?
, The only change that will be made
as far as / can see, will be the NOV
ing of the capitai to Santa Fe, but in
place of IT arizona gets a complete
United States court, al to itself, at
Phoenix. The continual cry made by
the enemies of jointure in Arizona
5 that New MeXico's people will take
1 everything away from 1t in statehood
is pure nonsense
1 The moment the state is created
. the dividing line between the terri
tories will be forever blotted out foi
TALL practical purposes, save for the
election of congressman, and t. de
fine the Jurisdiction of the United
I states court. The great political par
e ties in the two territories will at once
n get together, the democrats in eaci
Y lerriOtry will organize as single
, party, and so will the republicans, sC
= that from that time forward the
- whole state will divide upon politica
lines and not upon territorial lines
. there will be no territory, as such, t
be considered; it will be from tha
Z moment forward the cate of Arizona
< which | sincerely hope. God will bless
X Let not Arizona think that she 4
3 marrying beneath her station, or tha
D she is giving mp all to New Mexico
There will be hearts in New MeXicl
e in which beats blood that comes dowl
j. from conquistadores that will acne L
e see the name of the territory wipe
n from the map. 1t is not a slight mat
% ter to the native people of New MeA
leo that their territory must lose it
name forever and adopt that of Ar
3 zona but the powers that be hav
S, willed it, and ''sE Mexico reluctant
n. acquiesced
N | know that If my friend Hughe
m publishes this Letter, nothing will o
N too hard for the press of Arizoni
l. which is opposing jointure, TO sa