The herald., 1893-01-27
ARIZONA'S STATEHOOD.
A CORRESPONDENCE OPINION ON
POLITICAL MATTERS.
He Assumes That the Territory Will Be
Admitted to the Union Soon.
The Probable Senators
Zullck and Smith.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 25.-It begins to
look now as though Arizona would be
admitted before March 4th. While the
territory is Democratic, and for that rea-
son such short sighted men as Senator
Platt would like to keep us out, the
more polite of the Republican senators
very readily see that they have every-
thing to gain and nothing to lose by ad-
mitting uH. If, they argue, we admit
Arizona before Cleveland gets in, we
can claim the credit of her admission
as being a Republican act, and thereby
strengthen our brethren in that terri
tory. On the contrary, il we deny her
admission now we will paralyze the
aforesaid brethren, as the Democrats
will only be too glad of the opportunity
to say to our said brethren tnat I'VE
did it, your party refused to do it."
| Both parties in this territory are in
| favor of immediate admission, and are
pledged, and believe in the free coinage
! OF silver. This helps us out again. SEN
stor Stewart, two years ago, intimated
to one of our citizens that he did not
care q tamale what our politics were
if we could convince him that our two
fret senators would be for silver he
would guarantee every ''silver senator"
in our favor.
We have held our constitutional con-
vention, and our constitution has been
ratified and adopted by over 9S per cent
of our people. The bill for our admis-
sion, under this constitution, passed the
house and was favorably reported
on by the senate committee on
territories early in the present
session. After the election, Senator
Platt (our hoodoo) had bilious attack,
brought on by the monotony of the re-
turns, and with view OF getting re-
lisved, had the bill for the admission OF
territories with Democratic symptoms
referred to a sub. committee for investi-
cation. He was chairman OF this sub
committee, and he WAS "agin" our ad-
mission, but he has had the riot act
read to him by some OF his brethren who
would II sSus S LAB nGfiities It than Plais 70,
the next 40 years, and they have de
msnded that the bill be reported back
to the senate, so we are liable to hear
something drop, out here, almost any
time.
Apropos of admission, our first sen.
ators will undoubtedly be Ex-Governor
@. Meyer Zulick and the Hon. Marcus
a. Smith, our present delegate in con-
, gress. The governor was our executive
under Cleveland's former administers
ton. Both men have done noble work
for the Democratic party and for state.
hood, and are excellently we'll equipped
) by training and experience to represent
us on the floor of the senate. That they
will be heard, when there, we are GER
tain of, as they are two of the best speak
ers in this or any other commonwealth
4 The earliest time in which the first
state legislature may convene is loo
days after the proclamation of the gov
ernor calling for an election of state
officers, so that the seventeenth terri.
I torial legislature will have met and con-
cluded its labors before the other meets
The territorial legislature meets the 18th
of next month at this place, and there
might an occasion arise that would JUS.
tify the present legislature to elect the
senators.
If we are admitted within the mex
two weeks, and the president should call
an extra session of congress, the people
would not want to wait four months
before United States senators could be
elected, and thereby lose the extra ses.
sion to us.
p. G. Norris of Coconino county will
be president of the council, and Frank
Baxter of Maricopa county is strongly
urged by his friends for speaker of the
assembly, The Legislature will hold fol
go days, and is Democratic in both
branches-a two-thirds Democratic ma.
jority on joint ballot. HAssAAMPA.