Arizona republican., 1901-05-01
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MAY 1, 1901.

Some time ago the Tucson Citizen. an able exponent of defnocratic fal-
 lacies. replied to an THE editorial published in SPLEEN The Republican anent OF THE Mir. Bryan and his C1TIZEN. false position and doc-
 trines. The reply was 80 devoid of logic. so king In reason- able argument, and so full of personal abuse that We took no notice. We are accustomed to the use of such weapons as gentlemen are wont to employ. and are always at disadvantage when compelled to fight against a foe whose only ammunition seems to be squirts of vitriol and stink-pots of abuse.
 Tn its issue of April 25. however, it criticises one of our editorials in a manly and vigorous fashion. To quote:
 The Phoenix Republican. by long odds the most able and the most in- fiuential of the newspapers engaged in supporting McKinleyism in Arizona.
 
 vassalage to independence and state hood. The Republican gives conspicu- ous notice to this declaration: "The Albuquerque Citizen Is making a wig orous campaign for statehood, hoping thereby to arouse the people of New Mexico to a realization of their loss in remaining in vassalage. All the re- maining territories should be wiped n lx. C., Arizona's action at the last election. New Mexico and Oklahoma climbed into the band wagon. while Arizona still preferred to walk"
 Here Is vassalage for you. Here is serfdom. Here Is the obedient bend of the knee that makes strong men tired. Here Is conveyed by the mouth-piece of Arizona republicanism and cool sug gestion that Oklahoma and New Mex leo should get Into the union. but that Arizona ought to be kept out. Why Is the fair sister of the sun to be pun ished? Because Marcus A. Smith. rather than N. O. Murphy was elected a delegate 10 congress. In the langu- age of the boys. wouldn't this jar you?" Think of it--think of 1t, will you. A state suspended because a ma Jority of It's people do not approve of N. O. Murphy, A hundred and a half thousand of people denied the right of self government because we don't love Murphy-Murphy. We can't have am- bassadors in the great council of states nor a vote in the peoples cham Der at Washington. because Murphy Oakes Murphy-was not asked by the more or less free people of Arizona 10 represent them in congress. Isn't this beautiful! Isn't this lovely! Isn't this just little too much for sensible men 10 ponder seriously?
 Slurs are not arguments and misrep- resentatlon Is not logic. We may whine
 as we please; we may SLURs curse and howl and NOT islander until Gabriel ARGUMENT. toots his horn; we may
 pile oath upon oath un- til another Babel pile Is formed reach- ing to the skies; we may villify and abuse and besmirch until another del- uge cleanses the world of man-and of sin-but all th.s kicking against the bricks cannot alter the stubborn fact that politics rules in the political world. and when the three remaining territories are finally privileged to wear star 1t will be because the pow CTS that rule at Washington are willing that they should. We may claim-and justly-that there should be no politics in the ques- ton of our right to statehood; that taxation without representation is wrong; that territory is a political eunuch and territoria.ism the msasliest form of vassalage; that our wealth. resources. population. intelligence. patriotism. and all the rest of it. en- titles us to admission into the sister hood of states-but In the face of all