Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-10-13
HON. THOS. E. BAKER.

HON. THOS. e. BAKER.
Hon. Thos. f. Baker, of Mammoth
Pinal County, is a candidate for tht
Legislature from his county. Hon
Baker is one of the leading citizens O.
his County, is an able man in the Leg
islative halls. He was a leading mem
ber of the House in the Eighteenth
Legislature and was known as Il mem
ber that could always be depended up
on to be on the right side of every
question. He was always alert, al
ways able and always manly and fail
in his advocacy of Il measure or his
| opposition to one and he generally Won
his point lie has clean, honorable
record in our Territorial Legislature
that might be envied by any man.
| Pinal Republicans have done Il good
thing for their County in nominating
him again for the Legislature and the
people of that County Will do a busi-
ness-like thing when they elect a man
they know is able to represent and de-
fend their interests and the interest is
of the Territory in a most able man
ner Hon. Thos. E. Baker is one of
| the few men who should be sent back
, With Hon. Bakers running mate, J.
E. Arthur, we have no acquaintance.
but feel certain that Pinal Republi-
! cans made no mistake in him " hen
they nominated such men as Thos. E.
| Baker
There is a groan and howl from
the moss back element of the nation
about the difficulty in assimilatine''
Hawaii and other people who have
recently become a part of the popula-
ton of the United States. That groan
that howl. are the merest rot. Look
at the history of the United States
and the original thirteen colonies for
more than two hundred years past!
Has it not been a history of controll-
ing alien peoples. with tribes of In
dians form the very first? Is there
any assimilation now? Is any assimi-
lation necessary for the fullest free
development and growth of liberty in
this country? Is there or will there
ever be time when it will be nee
essary to assimilate Hawaiians, Phil
ippinos or Cubans as people with
the people of this country, to safely
and justly govern them and vastly
improve their political condition? AS
to political assimilation they will
come to that as rapidly as they feel
s1,-,. fssr.,l,
OF government and their intelligence
rises to the necessary level. They
will be no more difficult ia assimilate
politically than the hords of Europeans
that pour into our country and bring
with them nearly all the wild and
crozy notions of government that
their poor, miserable political condi-
ton has evolved within them. Even
such elements finally feel the noble
influences of our government as does
our own savage tribes to some eX-
tent Certainly Hawaii, the Philli-
pines. Porto Rico and Cuba can bring
US nothing worse than We already
have to contend with and there is no
necessity of assimilation further than
the ages and their development of
civilization on earth will bring about.
The natural development in that
direction is all that need be antici-
Mted as necessary.
In the office of County Attorney is |
another point where a considerab BILE |
control is eXerted over the disburse
ment of the money of the people. 1t |
is his duty to wise and pass upon a
certain class of bills and accounts and |
to his ability in that line of business
and to his integrity must the people |
trust But that is not the most i'm
porant point at which his office touches
the pockets of the people; he can keep
The costs in case in court down to a
figure or he can make it |
cost three or four times as much as
it should; he can allow criminals a
chance TO escape by drawing faulty !
indictments. may even allow them to
escape by SO doing, tthus adding to the
eAIjSIStS VI tHt pCOp4C, III W al lihS JUS
tice and relegating the county to
reput.' ton for criminality. public spec
ulation, fraud and inability of its Off
Gals that would damn it in the eyes of
any honest investor seeking place for
investment and home. 1t don't do to
I.ut a man into office that bears rep
utation of being irresponsible. Tom
Flanagan is the nominee offered by
Tire Republican party and he is a we'll
known young lawyer of this city,
whose character is above reproach; he
bears a splendid reputation for integ-
rity and ability as a lawyer and has
the entire confidence of his clients, and
Of the public for that matter. Tom
Elannigan is one of the citizens of the
county who has got TO where
ne cannot afford TO pursue any
course but that of strictest integrity;
he has the ability and commands the
.eSDac+ of tla DeOp,a Of t4ha cOI1ntV