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William Loeb asks Territorial Delegate William H. Andrews to forward a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Max Frost, Secretary of the Immigration Bureau at Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-28
Max Frost notifies William H. Andrews that he has mailed copies of the New Mexican newspaper and has filed the appropriate documents with the State Department and other departments in the U.S. Treasury Building. Andrews can verify these statements for himself. Governor George Curry will arrive in Washington soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-27
W. A. Boyd informs Senator Andrews he has learned of rumors that General Land Office Special Agent Frederick C. Dezendorf and his understudy, Oscar D. Olmstead, have been informing the press on political matters. Boyd requests Andrews speak with Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield and General Land Office Commissioner Richard Achilles Ballinger about his concerns of the federal government outsiders meddling in the affairs of the New Mexico territory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-06
Postmaster Gaddis writes to Representative Andrews about F. W. Smith who is Postmaster in Williams and was a representative in the Republican Convention who unseated the delegation for statehood. Gaddis calls Smith “unworthy,” a “traitor,” and “an Oaks and Frank Murphy man,” and asks that Andrews see that Smith does not get reappointed by President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-10
Postmaster Gaddis is dismayed by a recently published interview with John Lorenzo Hubbell, a member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature. Gaddis expects it to be reprinted across Arizona and used by the opposition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-11
Charles F. Hoff informs Congressman William H. Andrews of a “scheme to defeat join statehood” of which he has recently learned, a plan that involves the registration of illegal voters in five Arizona counties. Hoff expects 5000 illegal votes to be cast and that the returning board will not hold them off.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-08
O. D. M. Gaddis expresses his strong support for the joint statehood of Arizona and New Mexico to William H. Andrews. He feels that the conventions in Bisbee were a sham and that federal officials and representatives of corporations are determined to interfere and make sure joint statehood does not go forward. He believes the joint statehood sentiment is growing and looks forward to the upcoming convention in Phoenix. Gaddis hopes President Roosevelt will come to the aid of the proponents of joint statehood. He is worried about ballot stuffing at the voting booths.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-10
Sebird B. Henderson considers the prospect of joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico as unlikely, but he hopes it will still occur. He also asks William H. Andrews to send him two dozen buttons, and to send one dozen to “Peater Haught” in Payson, Arizona.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-04
O. D. M. Gaddis describes the meeting of the committee considering joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. While many are sympathetic to the cause of statehood, some representatives at the meeting felt pressured to oppose statehood. Arizona Governor Joseph H. Kibbey got the mining corporations involved in the statehood issue. Near the end of the meeting another committee of Democrats and Republicans was appointed to consider statehood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-06
O. D. M. Gaddis spoke with Charles Henry Akers, editor of the Arizona Gazette, about the matter of joint statehood. Akers is eager to use his paper to support statehood, but fears a loss of advertising business might result. Gaddis asks if a sum of five thousand dollars can be raised for Akers to “start the ball rolling.” Gaddis argues that if they secure Akers’s support, their cause will have a leading daily and the only Republican paper in Phoenix, Arizona.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-06
Senator Smoot informs William H. Andrews that he has consulted with individuals who are in favor of joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, rather than no statehood at all. Smoot asks that Andrews inform him about the feeling in Arizona regarding joint statehood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-30