Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
WHAT POLITICIANS
AND NEWSPAPERS
THINK Of It?
PRESIDENTS STATEMENT
WAKES UP INTEREST
Marx Smith of Arizona Says He
Is Going Right Back to Wash
ington to Get a Single State
hood Bill Through.

since the presidents announcement
Of his abandonment of his position as
to joint statehood the newspapers Of
Arizona nave been crowded with COM
ment on the situation and the outlook,
while the announcement has caused
much outside OF the terri
tories. The letter to Governor Kibbey
will undoubtedly call forth much
more of comment and conjecture
which will be of interest as showing
the effect Of the letter on sentiment In
Arizona. The following article is from
the Tucson Citizen (Democratic):
+. Z. Ellinwood, chief attorney for
the Copper Queen Mining company,
with offices in Risbee, arrived in nc
son Yesterday. and win be here for
several DAYS i'm attendance upon the
district court. Mr.. Ellinwood Is one
of the leading democrats of the terri
tory and a strong opponent of joint
IRE.
1T was with great JOY hat / cad
the statement of the president, in
which he said that i%ointure in the flu
ture was a dead issue as far as he
was concerned" said Mr.. Ellinwood
this morning to a Citizen reporter.
Il have always been an opponent of
iointure," he continued, "and II the
matter is ever brought VI in the fu-
ture, which / very much doubt. / viii
fight against IL Just as bitterly as !
have in he past.
From what | can understand, the
inintists in various parts of the ter
ritory are pretty much discouraged
over this public statement Of the
urosirent % thew have Ill alo~P been
figuring that some action favorable to
them would be taken at the next ses-
sion of congress. / believe that the
president is honest and sincere In his
statement that iointure is dead. and
trust that we will never hear of the
proposition again in this territory"
c. f. Ainsworth, frequently styled
leader of the jOintists in Arizona
seems somewhat Disguised n very
much grieved at President Roosevelt
putting the kibosh on his particular
pet scheme. Ainsworth Is a Tucson
visitor today and in speaking of the
matter said.
until / get something further. I
know nothing ! can say about Secre-
tary Garfield's alleged announcement
that no effort will be made by the adj
ministrati0n to unite ArtzcGn n New
Mexico as one state.
'The only reason | can give for the
action of the administration" eontin-
ued Ainsworth, lis that the admins
tration Is temporarily abandoning the
statehood fight in order to get the Ari-
ona delegation to the next national
republican convention"
Ainsworth expects before long to re-
ceive word direct from Washington,
d. C., that will probably shed more
light on the sudden determination OF.
the administration to appease the
wrath of Arizona republicans.
Delegate Mark Smith intends to
again bring up single statehood for
Arizona before congress next winter.
Speaking in Los Angeles several
days before Secretary of the Interior
Garfield's promise that President
Roosevelt would make no further eff
fort Ia join Arizona and New Mexico
as one state, Mr.. Smith discussed the
situation as follows:
81 shall take another try at state
hood for Arizona at the next session
Of congress II matters in Washington
seem right for the move after / ave
been there awhile and looked over the
ground
Delegate smith intimated that the
whole question hinges on how busy
the "big stick" In the hands 81 Presl-
dent Roosevelt seems to be on other
matters. whether or not he viii make
the try for statehood again at the
coming session.
II know | can depend on the Cali
fornia delegation" continued smith,
Those fellows all stood by me be-
fore and they viii do 1t again. But
there is Beveridge and Speaker Can
and-and-the big stick In the
hands Of the president, u ! don't
know whether we can get II through
this time or not" The hairs in Dele
gate smiths iron-gray mustache bris-
lied out straight when he spoke OF
Speaker Cannon and the big stick.
and there was "A steady light in his
eyes.
why. I'd like 10 be able 10 TAX
the entire population Of Arizona 10
Washington and parade IL before the
capitol. and let hose fellows see
whether the character OF the p0pula-
ton Of my territory Is such that state
hood IS Impractical or whatever they
are pleased to cali It. Look at Tue
san-the best little city in the west.
The same kind OF people. dressed the
same, Just as intelligent. just as full
Of business. and just as polite as the
people Of any other city In the United 7
States. What's the matter with the
character Of the big. brainy men who
are converting Arizona from wilder
Ness and n desert into a paradise. u
making her rock-ribbed hills Yield q
treasure to enrich the whole
They were pretty well organized
in Wsshlnrton-those fellows who op-
posed statehood for Arizona-aud
sprung that diabolical joint statehood
ringer in on me ~ the last session,
sen on Delegate smith. They are
a iut Of politicians. who can't see any
hing but politics"