Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-10
WILL JUSTICE
 BE DONE ARIZONA?

WILL JUSTICE
 BE DONE ARIZONA?
 he people of Arizona will watch with peculiar interest the proceec. ings of the republican national con yention at Chicago next week. They will be anxious to see whether the republicans will go on record as be- ing willing to concede the same treat ment to Arizona as has been given to every other territory in the entire history of statehood making; they will be anxious to see if statehood for this territory is to become one of my policies for which Secretary Taft will stand pledged as the repub- lican candidate for president. Ac- cording to Governor Curry. President Roosevelt has promised that New Mexico shall be admitted as state at the session of congress to be held next winter If this promise is to be kept regarding New Mexico, then Ari- zona must be slated for the same fay- or.
 The democratic national convention at Denver may be depended upon to declare for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as separate states; this has been done at every national democratic convention for twelve years. Eight years ago the republicans at Philadelphia also de- clared for the early admission of the then remaining territories. Four years ago the republicans were silent as to statehood and since then the republican administration tried to force joint statehood upon Arizona and New Mexico, after Oklahoma had  been admitted as a single state.
 Mark Smith, who is just from Washington, now seems to oe conf dent that Arizona will be admitted as a separate state by the sixty-first congress It is likely that MT. Smith is making no mistake in this predic ton. He has never been optimistic on the question of statehood for the territory and in the past when others were quite certain that statehood was near he has always maintained a doubt as to the willingness of the re publicans to keep their promise oi granting to our people the boon ol selE-government. Mark Smith knows the friends and enemies of Arizona ir congress as no other man knows them and his prediction that Arizona will be allowed to emerge from ths territorial wilderness during the nex session of congress will greatly en courage our people who have SO lont been denied their rights of statehood
 The admission. of Arizona as sep arate state wiii be nothing more tha1 simple justice to a people Eho hay' come here from almost every state il the union for the purpose of develop ing the resources of which promise 10 become one of the richest states il the union. The citizenship of Arizoni is composed of courageous and pro gressive people. who are worthy o being given the same citizc ship priv fleses here as they enjoyed in tn states of Ohio, Illinois, New York, II diana. Texas. Missouri and the othe states from which they came. Tn ponuIat;on and wealth and intell
 
 gence of Arizona today is equal | that of large majority of the oi territories at the time of their at mission to the union Arizona ha schools and churches equal to an state in the union. Every child C school age in the territory is provi' ed with a common school and the hie schools of our cities are the equal ( any to be found in the eountr' whether it be east or west. north 4 south. Our present territorial, coul ty and municipal governments are
 naraptee of our qualifications to a
 ume the responsibility of state go
 .rument. In the history ot Arizon