Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-21
THE DECISION HAS BEEN RENDERED.

THE DECISION HAS
 BEEN RENDERED.
 The joint-statehood advocates in Arizona, who number about twelve per cent of the population, and have their largest growth in Pima and MaricOpa counties, appear to be high. ly elated over the fact that there is to be a new governor appointed for Arizona during the month of August and his name will be known after a conference which is to be held at Oyster Bay immediately upon the ar, rival of Governor Curry of New Mex, ico who is en route home on the transport Logan due in San Fran cisco this week. This joirt-statehood story is to the effect that tn appoint ment of Lyman ]. Wakefield of Tue son to be Register of the Arizona Land Office, is only the beginning and that from governor to forest ranger the jointists are to be the fav, Orites in matters of political prefer. ment If this report is correct and it must be admitted it has some col bring of truth, the jointists in Ari zona will have accomplished their purpose. The price for the sale of their birthright will have been paid and like vultures they will gather around the carrion for which they are willing to trade the prosperity and happiness of the people of this territory, and hope of future poster ity.
 The leaders of the toindsts in Ari zona were in the movement for rev enue only and to curry favor with the appOintive powers at Washing, ton. They are insisting now that the agreed price shall be paid and with
 gasping mouth and hungry bellies they await the crumbs of patronage which may fall from the tables at Oyster Bay.
 1 Advocates of joint-statehood be tween Arizona and New Mexico are 1 in contempt in Arizona. They rep resent less than one-eighth of our
 voting population and more than one half of this number, unable to earn living at any other occupation, eX pect to become pensioners by appoint ment to some territorial position. When the Republican majority compromised with the Democrats in their last congress, and agreed that the people should be allowed to vote 1 separately upon the question of joint statehood, it was believed anr intend ed that in the event the people of Arizona refused to accept jonnt-state hood with New Mexico that the in. cident would be closed and the at tempt abandoned. The people of Ari zons and the people of the United States understood the proposition that way and any further attempt to force Arizona into joint-statehood with New Mexico would be an outrage on intelligent and patriotic American citizens heretofore unequaled in the annals of this country.
 When President Roosevelt fixed his signature to the joint-statehood bill carrying the provision that the peo pie of Arizona should have the right of referendum, the president became party to this agreement. The Re view is not yet ready to believe that President Roosevelt would b a party to the petty sehmes and subterfuges of the Beveridge type and caIibre
 The submission of the joint-statehood
 question to the people of Arizona, and it's overwhelming defeat, meant that
 congress and the president would
 abide by thta decision. It meant nothing else. It could mean nothing else.
 Arizona made a splendid fight fol its autonomy in the last congress If necessary it is prepared and ready to wage a better fight next time and our people can rest assured that the sympathy of the American people will
 be with us in the next conflict The people of the United States under stand the statehood question now. They desired Arizona to have the
 right to say whether our people want ed union with New Mexico, and now
 that the votes have been cast and the returns recorded, any attempt upon the part of a Republican congress and a Republican president to force this measure upon Arizona will arouse
 public indignation to sluch an extent that the -big stick" would not dare eonsummate the outrage.