Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-11

1t was last year in fighting Roosereit's joint statehood proposition. The re- cent declaration of the president that he favored separate statehood for Ari- zona was for no other purpose than to secure the six votes from Arizona in the republican national convention next year. Even admitting that Roose- welt wGs sincere indesiring separate statehood for Arizona our people owe him nothing, because he exhausted every political power of the national administration to force this territory and New Mexico into joint statehood. The following editorial from the Gra- ham Guardian strongly maintains the position that Arizona owes nothing to President Roosevelt"
 "A few months ago when President Roosevelt was striving to force Ari- zona forever into a union with New Merico. and, when he was using his great power previously to defeat the passage of the bill giving Arizona sin gle statehood, no one in our midst then dreamed that any bone fide ef- fort would ever again be made in Ari- zona to continue Roosevelt in office for another term, or that his re-nomi- nation would ever again be urged by any selfrespecting republican Pf the territory. On his return from a con ference with the president, GoSeSnor Kfbbey, in apologetic language, S111 nounces that Roosevelt will not ooQ- pose single statehood~l0.I Ine IuSure, but the governor attaches string eT- en to this announcement &li&h rem ders it far from welcome.
 why. we ask, should anyone in Arizona desire Roosevelt for another term. even though he were now nxed and definitely for AriZona's early cd mission? We know to what he has subjected US ir the past, upon this | important question. If the criminal
 attack of the highwaynan or foot
 pad should be boldly confronted by | the intended victim, and the effort at crime foiled after a struggle nigh unto death, should the thwarted crimi- nal be taken to our bosom, as worthy of our gratitude that he had failed in his nefarious purpose? This question gives its own answer. We commend | the straightforward language of Gov
 ernor Haskell of Oklahoma in his in aug7lral address at Guthrie recently, when among other things. he spoke as follows regarding Roosevelt and | Oklahoma:
 Tn its course through th. day the sun has lighted the pathway of mil | ion and a half of people, emerging l from the disorder and discontent of 2 bureaucratic government. restricted ! to the point of heIplessness and ne i glected to the limit of oppression, in ! to a state of liberty and selfgovern- i ment. We gre not assembled here to
 worship an official who conceded us our rights, particularly when we re
 fleet how long ago from every stand point of population wealth and intelli- gence. we were entitled to all the blessings and privileges of statehood
 and now to thank the public officers in
 very gracious terms who finally per 1 formed a long and uEjustly deferred duty would be in the nature of hug 1 ging the feet of a dilatory debtor who finally pays a just indebtedness
 "The people of Arizona, regardless
 of party. feel the weight of Governor
 Haskeil's words It has been known
 for many months that Roosevelt was
 a candidate for another term The
 mal<e-up of the man, his ungovern- able proclivities for eVerlastingly
 ''butting in" his overwhelming thirst
 for more than imperial power all con,
 tribute to render him entirely inczp-
 able of respecting any precedent. As
 the aggressive movement for q Roose
 welt delegation in republican ranks progresses in Arizona the Guardian
 will have something further to say
 It means an increased democratic vote
 in the territory"