Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1898-11-17
ADDRESS TO VOTERS.
Chairman Gin Writes of the Oppor
tunity of 1900.

To the Editor of the HERALD. Sir
The friends of statehood in Arizona
waged a splendid fight in the campaign
| just ended, and although defeated,
wish to call their attention to a few
potent facts and to urge upon every
voter who desires statehood for Ari-
| zona regardless of what his politica
affliation may be, to redouble his ef-
forts for that much desired boon and tC
| work INCREASINGLY from now till the
| close OF election day in 1900 for state
hood
The defeat of Col. Brodie has shown
within the next two years. Many
voters of all parties asserted that even
with Brodie's election we could not
secure statehood; that it was out of
the question until the silver question
was settled. The election of last Tues
day effectually settled the silver ques-
Ion as it has been agitated the last
two years, and eliminated it from
American politics. When such silver
states as Kansas, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington
and California repudiate the silver
candidates it shows that the question
of the free coinage OF silver by the
United States Independent of any other
nation is a dead issue. Arizona stands
alone with Colorado, and even in Col
orado the silver forces were reduced
to small majority.
Now let the voters look to the fu-
ture and strive for statehood. And
how can statehood ue secured? By
electing delegate to congress and a
legislature that is in harmony with
the nation.1 administration.
In the election of last Tuesday the
republicans gained ten United States
senators and lost none. Wyoming and
Washington which the democrats car
ried two years ago gave enormous re-
publican majorities, electing almost
the solid legislature in both states,
so tina. Clark and Wilson will succeed
themselves or be succeeded by repub-
licans. The democrats lost the SEN
ators in New York, New Jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, West Virginia, In
diana, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Ne
braska and California; and even in
Nevada that great apostle of silver. w.
NJ. Stewart, is confronted by an anti
Stewart legislature
After the 4th of next March the re-
publicans will have fifty-four mem
bers of the senate against thirty-six
democrats, populists, silver republi-
cans and Independents. Almost two
than any party has had in the senate
since 1872. What does it mean? 1t
means that with the most favorable
conditions for the silver forces at
every election from now till 1906 that
they cannot secure control of the sem
ate. This is not a random statement.
Any man who will take the Congress
sional Directory and look up the terms
of the senators from the different
states can very readily figure this out
for himself. Os there any man so
foolish as to believe that statehood
can be secured for Arizona if she con-
tinues in the democratic column while
the senate is thus in the hands of the
republicans? OF course she cannot.
McKinley's administration is prov
ing the most popular one since Lin
coins. He has successfully prose-
cuted foreign war; and when peace
is made the stars and stripes will float
over all the islands of the seas for
merly held by Spain. Mills and fac
tories that were idle under Cleveland
are at work, giving labor TO thousands
and hundreds of thousands of men.
Our exports exceeded our imports for
the fiscal year ending June 80 last by