| Show congressional visitors are opposed to jointure prescott arise oct 16 the congressional party divided today tawney colliers crown king mines and he act mady alpi in carriages through the mountains to the granite quarries and whippie barsachs bar rachs the pest Is being greatly enlarged and the work was inspected by the visitors the congressmen in the party today expressed themselves ae follows on statehood tor arizona representative adams of wisconsin 1 I voted once for jointure because I 1 knew no better I 1 know better now I 1 am Ari zonas captive and surrender completely iam I am against jointure representative goebel ot ohio arl zonas schools alone should entitle tier to become a state if nothing more but sh ha a great deal more she serve statehood now and until sire gets it she will find a aarm advocate and friend in me representative minor of wisconsin we are all with arizona and it the easterners could only visit this stale they would change their minds it would te a crime to link arizona to ew mexico although he latter is a great territory alo both are large enough representative tawney of minnesota were the members of congress to come here and see I 1 doubt it four fifths who anve voted for jointure mould do EO after the alit I 1 now know the conditions and my next vote will meet with Ari zonas approval appi oval representative madden of chicago the day will come a hen arizona will get fringle statehood it I 1 can held I 1 will I 1 am astonished at the wonders ot the territory agricultural interests mining civilization and educational facilities xo better schools or higher slate of civilization exist in the entire country representative davis of minnesota it senator Beveridg ea report on ari zon awas true the territory has chang ed wonderfully in a short time I 1 am from the west and will always vote alth the west and I 1 do pot want to see any more such big states as texas 1 believe arizona is now fit to become a tate representative maynard of virginia the only democrat in the party if it was not for family te home associations ciati ons and native love for dear old virginia I 1 would sell my ticket and stay in arizona and if I 1 ever move it will be lod this territory which will soon be a state representative marshall of south dakota 1 I believe it a wrong to both territories to even breathe the idea of jointure I 1 voted for it once but 1 have revised my ideas and I 1 am going home and preach the gospel of rich and great arizona to my colleagues no higher state of no better and no more patriotic people can be found in the united states than these |