Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-31
DOES NOT LIKE
THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

the uHDftdied MARTY Wnic0 would
have followed il the announcement
had come in other circumstances"
Why should the circumstances alter
the good news? Is it because Frank
Murphy. brother Cakes and Mark
Smith had no hand in bringing about
the announcement We take It that
/ this must be the reason. II these men
had occupied the place and taken the
part that Governor kibbey. Judge
Kent and Secretary Nichols did in
bringing about the announcement OF
the president, what a hilarious time
of 1t the Arizona Republican would
have had. Il would have been more
| than 'unbridled." A song of thanks
would have gone forth from the
cuckoo that wonld have been heard
! from here TO Prescott, and incense
would have been burned, the fumes
of which would have filed the corpo-
ration sanctums throughout this
I broad territory -Phoenix Gazette
] u ie ,.e.4 the aaasraA Of This amer TO
butt into the republican row now go
ing on between the republican papers
in Phoenix. but the above remarks
IRON the Gazette shouls az. he al
lowed 10 80 unchalienged as it seeks
to falsify The history of the long state
hood hght in Arizona When the Ga
zette states that Frank Murphy and
Mark Smith had nothing TO do with
bringing about the conversion Of
President Roosevelt to the idea of
single statehood for Arizona, it says
something which everybody knows is
not true: not only the people of Ari-
IONA know how both these men
fought the joint statehood bill. which
was so vigorously supported by the
presidential big stick but all the
congressman ana senators in Wash
ington who were engaged in the fight
over the ubiquitous measure know
that Mark Smith and Frank Murphy
were more prominent in the desperate
struggle to save Arizona from joint
ure with New Mexico than any 9TH
ers; other patriotic Arizonans rem
dered good service in the battle OF
last year it is true. but Mark Smith
and Frank Murphy were the recog-
nized leaders in the memorable bat
tie.
All the people in Arizona and all
the congressman and senators of the
fifty,ninth congress know thar the
fight made By the determined citizens
Of this territory. under the leadership
of such men as Mark Smith and
Frank Murphy. killed the Roosevelt
ian scheme of joint statehood which
would have made political peoas of
Arizonans. When President Roose-
yelt had been licked out of his joint
statehood boots he began to give out
new statehood DOPE and not before;
first came the statement that he had
abandoned the jointure measure and
then mat he would support bin for
single statehood for New Mexico and
last that he would give his influence
in support of separate statehood for
Arizona and New Mexico.
We suppose from reading of the
above extract from the Gazette that
the claim Is to be energeticaIIy ex-
plotted through this territory that
Governor Kibbey, Judge Kent and
Secretary Nichols are alone TO be
thanked for bringing Roosevelt into
line Tor Arizona's statehood conten-
-r1ons. II MS De 7aTTeInp1e Iris AT
tempt will make those responsible for
it ridiculous.
The people Of Arizona who fought
the joint statehood to a finish, dem
ocrats and republicans, converted
President Roosevelt to separate state
hood for Arizona by licking him out
of his joint statehood boots.
II Kibbey converted the president
and brought him around to the side
of Arizona, why was not Kibbey au-
thorized to give out the announce
ment, as was Governor Curry of New
Mexico
/ Governor Curry was with the PEG
pie q Arizona in the fight against
joint Statehood. but the last time he
was quoted on the statehood question
was to The eject that it would not
be wise for arizona 70 push her fight