Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-31
ARIZONA IN LINE FOR sECRE.
 TARY VIM. II. TAFT.
(From sundays Daily.)

That Judge F.. NJ. Sanford of this city, who is now touring the east, is one of the staunchcst members of the Boosters Club" cxtant, is made ap. parent by the good work he is doing in telling the people of the cfretc east, through the columns of the various eastern papers, what n really great country Arizona is, and how, by the end of the present year, this Territory expects to lead the world in the pro. duction of copper, being now in second place.
 Ever n politician, however, and hay. ing ideas of his own concerning what Arizona intends doing in the coming national campaign, Judge Sanford re. gently gave out n political interview Co representative of the Ohio State Journal. The State Journal article follows:
 Judge sanford's Political Views.
 "You can certainly count on Taft delegation from Arizona" said Judge F. M. Sanford of Prescott, who was at the Neil house last night.
 Judge Sanford, who has been prom. inent in public affairs in his Territory for years, knows tho southwest like a book. He is n staunch advocate of separate statehood, but in talking about that issue yesterday hc said the Roosevelt administration former op. position to it and Senator Foraker's advocncy of it had not sufIiccd either to win the Arizona Republicans away from the administration or to create n Forakcr boom. And this, despite di. rect and earnest efforts made in the interest of the Ohio senator. He said:
 "It is this way about politics in Ari. yonn. You know we rank second in the production of copper. By the end of the year we expect to have enough plants in operation 10 more than cover the deficiency of lO,oOO,oO0 pounds per annum to place us first as copper pro ducer.
 Different From New Mexico.
 "we have large stock valuation on our assessment rolls, consisting of sheep and cattle. Our laws are entirely diff. ferent from those of New Mexico, our wants are different, our educational system and method of taxation for schools are differcnt-in fact, our teachers are paid more per capital of pupils than anywhere in the United States.
 "When it camc to vote on the statehood question, last fall, 1t was nearly vote of 20 to l against joint statehood. While we feel very grate. ful to Senator Foraker for his able as- sistance to us during out troubles, we feel that he was vindicated at the polls, but out Republican voters out there are administration men and they feel that the administration has been imposed upon, or rather, misled. in its | dealing with the statehood question as applied to New Mexico and Arizona, and we believe that it is not the inten' | tion of the administration to force up' on us by an act of Congress the joint statehood of the two Territories. This was clearly illustrated about a month ago, when an attempt was made to create a boom for n Foraker delega. ton to the national Republican conven' tion, but the voice of the people was so strongly opposed to creating n dele. gation that would possibly not be in harmony with the administration, and in view of the fact that there has been m indication that the statehood ques. tion has been changed and that there was \ possibility that there would be m indication by expression of votes that joint statehood would not be forced upon them, that the deep'think' ing men would not suffer their names to be used to promote Foraker boom for delegates.
 "We hope soon to have the express ion which I have mentioned, and that being made you can certainly count on . Taft delegation from Arizona.
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