Arizona republican., 1907-08-21
PHOENIX, ARIZ, AUG. p, 1907.
WE FORGIVE AND FORGET.


Since it IS understood that a COM
pact was lately entered into for the
elimination OF Joint statehood and for
other purposes, interest in the subject
of iointure is much less acute than it
had hitherto been. Still a reminiscent
or retrospective view of il is not with
out a certain degree of interest.
We are minded Of this by an edi-
torial OF the Santa Fe New Mexican
under the title Arizona Should Help
New Mexico" The idea of the New
Mexican seems to be that that terri
tory has a chance at single statehood
while Arizona at present has none;
that Arizona managed to develop a
great deal of influence in the long ses-
sion of the last congress and that in
fluence might properly be exerted in
behalf OF New Mexico.
This suggestion seems to have come
to the New Mexican from the FL Paso
Herald which said among other things:
There IS no necessity for linking
these two territories up as one, no
more than there is in attending to
tie Texas and Louisiana together, and
neither territory can be blamed for
fighting 1t. Either is great enough to
be a single state. New Mexico has
lot of people who are opposed TO union,
but there are lot more who, like
Governor Curry, think joint statehood
is better than no statehood at all, and
who are willing to accept it that way
and trust to outvoting Arizona and
ruling the nav state. This might be
possible. but there would be cOntinu-
Gus political scraps beside which a
Kilkenny cat affair would be as peace
full as a pink tea and the condition
would soon be worse than what New
MeXivo now :acss. 1t is best that the
two territories remain as they are,
rather than become one amalgamated
state under such circumstances.
Now we may become reminiscent.
When the joint statehood iniquity was
first proposed the New Mexican was
among its ablest and most determined
opponents. But later when the For
aker amendment had given us promise
of immunity from the plague the New
Mexican reversed itself and urged the
people not to avail themselves of the
saving amendment but to accept
iointure.
Its reasons for this change Of attitude
were not very explicit but it Is evident
now that II is convinced that its first
position was the better, for commenting
on the Herald editorial il says:
The Herald is about correct in its
remarks as above. When the people
of New Mexico in the 1906 campaign
voted for Joint statehood thev did so
because at that time it looked as il
joint statehood only could be obtained
for many years to come and because
President Roosevelt so desired. They
gave majority of 1900 for the pur-
pose ont OF $4,000 votes polled This
was also done in order to show that
they were in earnest in demanding
statehood. They are patriotic and
loval and wanted self-government
Their actions and votes since 1850
prove this. Arizona can do no
better than get its friends to aid New
the SiXtieth congress. II so that ter
ritory will have more votes in the ma
tional legislative assembly to place it
in the sisterhood % states
OF the three reasons given above for
its detection onl- one is a valid one.
that is. that 1t was hoped that bv
form OF acQuiescence in the vii of the
powers that would be. single statehood
might ultimately be granted. 1t was
not good reason to support jointure
because no other kind of statehood
seemed possible. and, that President
Roosevelt desired iointure was no rea-
son at all.
However TIE contrition OF the New
Mexican seems genuine and so we
herewith pledge the support of Arizona
to anv movement looking to the adj
mission OF New Mexico as a single
state