Arizona republican., 1896-02-06
STAND UP FOR ARIZONA.
PHGNIx. FEBRUARY 6. 1896.
DELEGATE MURPHY AS AN OB-
 HECTOR.

When you put an ambitious, half pint man into a two gallon pot, it is astonishing how many kinds of an idiot he can make of himself banging against the sides in vain endeaVor to fill the pot The Washington pa pers as a rule praise all congressman, good. bad and indifferent, and only conspicuous and assiduous assininity can provoke their adverse criticism.
 Our delegate after only two months of service has secured from the Wash ington Post half a column of editorial ridicule. The incident which obtained for our representative this distinction is related by The Post as follows, sub stantially: Representative Turner Of Georgia asked leave to print some facts and figures as part of his re- marks, when-to quote the exact Ian gIuage of The Post-ftup rose MT. Mur phy, his red moustache gleaming like a pumpkin on @ hillside" and object ed. Speaker Reed did not know MT. Murphy, and mistaking him for a member from the Empire state, said, AThe gentleman from Georgia asks leave to print his remarks, to which the gentleman from New York objects; leave is refused. ," Thereupon the dis comfted MT Turner of Georgia sat down, not knowing, as The Post sa- tirically adds, that 1t was not gen t1eman from NeF York, but only del egate from Arizona who had no right to object any more than he has to vote.'
 The role of 'tobjector" in the United States house of representatives is pos sibly a necessary one, but not usually a pleasant one to the member who fills it. It's duties are generally performed by some honest, but grabbed, old fel- low like Holman of Indiana, repre- sentifg a district where the United States government buildings are all erected and the mail routes all estalb- lished, and the rivers and harbors all improved, so that the congressman has no favors to ask of his fellow members. The "objector'' is a sort of volun tary watchdog of the public treasury, and uncompensated guardian. of the spigot holes of the congressional barrel, to prevent small wastes. If a member asks unanimous consent, to report a measure or introduce a bill, or print a speech, the watchdog rises and "ob- jects,' and under the rules one objec- tion is fatal. :.
 Since the retirement of Holman of Indiana, the place of "objector" has been vacant, and it seems our delegate with an ambition that does but little credit toehis heart and no credit at all to his head, has reached for the gad dropped by MT. Holman and endeav- ored to embark in the business of gee having the congressional team If the constitutional prerogatives of ter ritorial delegate included-as they do not-the right to make an objection, our delegate would still be very rlnwise to attempt the career of an ohjector Whether as a state or as territory, Arizona requires too many favors of congress to make it expedient for her sole representative in the house to an tagonize his fellows. It is safe to say that MT. Turner of Georgia and his friends will not be apt to favor any Arizona measure that MT Murphy may advocate A delegate who hopes to ac- complish anything for his constituents should not unnecessarily oppose those