Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-16
TERMS or srasoHIrTIoS.
roo MEAN ron ANYTHING.

In 4 puerile attempt 10 refs'e a few
well known facts to which the MORN
Ing Journal with a becoming regard
FOR the truth. called attention The 9th
er day. The Phoenix Republican.
which stands for the distinctly SUI
perior civilization Of Arizona" hands
~ q bunch OF abuse which could not
be properly described in language that
would 20 through the mails, and
hence the only way TO let our read
ers see what It's like is TO copy It in
f%0ll--and here u Il:
our esteemed friend, the Albuquer-
aue Journal, can not get over the anti
Joint statehood failure and seldom
misses q stroke at those who speak
disreFpectfully ~ the sacred memory
81 1ninture. II takes severely 60 task
the Philadelphia Inquirer. which APP
proves what the Journal describes az
.the antics 81 Arizona In defeating
Joint statehood. The things TO which
the Journal O especially excerpts II
the Inauirer's assumption that the
Arixonian objection "a the merger
was Arixonlan consciousness 81 It's su+
peflor civilization which would nnf-
urally suffer from Intimate contact
with New Mexican barbarian. The
Inquirer endorses this objection as
sound and the journal denominates
The Inquirer az a liar or what is worse
q foot
We dislike 10 assist IN a revival Of a
subject which Is dead. which President
Roosevelt Saws Is dead, which Assist
ant Postmaster General Hitchcock.
National Committeeman Sturges and
all others who are looking forward "a
the complexion Of Artxnna'a delegation
TO the next national convention have
agreed and dccreed should be dead.
but the Journal, 10 chaslising the
Inquirer. spitcfuiiy delivers a blow at
4 part Of the citizenship OF Arizona.
the cyclists. the pharisees, the
.,holier than the New Mexlcans."
Now that It IL brought 10 our at
tention IN this foreefui fashion we be-
lieve there was an expression Of ego
tism In this territory u day last Noe
vember. but the cyclists did not mean
to convey hat they we're better than
all the New Mexicans, but That the civ
liized, III pure IN heart, the loNabie
New MexlcanA were not IN the major
ity They feared that the uncivilized'
the Impure ga heart and the unioV-
able were 80 numerous that they
would swamp tho best citizenship ot
both territories In the event OF join
ture
Thin view has not been lacking II
confirmation out Of the lips ~ the
New Mexirans themselves, out u the
llpa ~ the Jaurai itself u Of its
ancient enemy. the Santa Re New
Mexican. Taking the testimony Of
these two unimpeachhble character
witnesses and putting Il together there
j. Ia an New Mexico only q civil
tied. purc and incorrupi man. GOV
ernnr curry Ills first move, what
ever Il may be. hat viii align him
with either ~ the factions there VII
certainly deprive him Of the distiuc-
lion both ~ these character witnesses
have permitted him briefly 90 enjoy.
WEI bet y dollar that both the
Journal and tho santa fe New Mex
lean have each an editorial IN soak
eonwigninE him 10 the Piuuderhund.
mo Chrmnrants and the coyotes. ~
the psychological moment - nF iht
other ~ these character witnesses WI
soak him.
Nearly an Of the foregoing m passNd
hv a. unworthy ~ notice. ana even
beneath contempt, bat NJ to the last
paraRraph-that seem to be comins
our q Wen take that bet. pro-
viaed the Republican vii giye us an
assurance property authenticated. that
the distinctly superior civilization ~
Arizona viii not outlaw ua for botilng
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