Arizona republican., 1902-11-01

as an issue. Both parties were so strongly in favor of it that it seemed so reasonable that statehood could at this time be more certainly secured by putting the territory in accord with the United States senate and the ad- ministration, from which the gift must come.
 Latterly, though. Hon. Marcus A. Smith has been promulgating 6 doe trine that statehood lies only in dem ccTatic success in Arizona. The reDub- lican territorial committee, realizing that any theory, however ridiculous and absurd finds some believers, thought best to have the statehood situation thoroughly explained to the voters within the zone Of EIr Smith. This has already been done in the southern part of the territory, and Mir. Job is now doing it in this part
 Fe left no doubt last night of the fcIly Of MT Smiths proposition. Ad- hitting that it would be well to leave the political status Of the territories the same as it was when the omnibus statehood bill was framed and when the last session of congress was closed Mir Job pointed out the extreme proba- bility that the territory of Oklahoma would go democratic next Tuesday It has been doubted nowhere that the territory has been democratic from the lime Of it's organization, though it has been clcctinS Dennis Flynn. republi- can delegate But MT. Flynn has been elected by his own strong personality. and politics has been disregarded. At the last election his majority wa~ q little more than 4.G0O. But notwith- standing the election of Mir. Flynn the democrats elected seven Of the thir- teen members Of the council. the re- pCb,icars five and the populists one member
 But this year. said A-r. Job, the re- pUbiicans are without their tower of strength. MT Flynn is not the candi- date, but Mr. Mcguire, of untried strength. There are three other can Cidatcs for delegate, two of whom will receive a part of the support that was formerly assured to MT. Flynn Again, Mr. Job mentioned another fact that further assured der0cratic success in Oklahoma. Since the last election a large area of public land in that terri tory was thrown open to settlement. and the homes were distributed hy lot There were between six and seven thousand new homes established and printed lists of the successful homo seekers show that nine out O. ten of them come from the southern states. most of them from the states of Mis- souri. Texas and Arkansas. Thus the dcmccrCtic strength in Oklahoma. ai- ways overwhelming, has been furthe- increased
 II was hardly reasonable to imagine, said Mir. Job. that that territory would this year give republican majority. Suppose, he said. that Arizona should also go denocratic. There would then be in the omnibus bill two dcmocrat tic territories claUcring for statehood. Tn that case the omnibus bill would not be heard of after it came to vote On the tenth day of the next session. and the bright hope 0, statehood would go a,li.1melinC.
 Mr. Job referred to the letter of Sen ator Quay, said to have been received by various democrats of this territory advising that statehood would be made the r1cre certain by democratic sue cces. MT Job said that he had rot seen the letter, but would assume that such letter had been written by Sen Gtor Quay. It was first talked about soon after the adjournment of con- grczs, at a time when it was supposed that Mir. Flynn would be a candidate for delegate from Oklahoma. MT. Quay might at that time have supposed that the political complexion of New Mexico would remain unchanged, and that therefore it might be better that the politics Of this territory should not be changed in order that the sentiment of the senators might not be disturbed But since the writing of that letter. it had become apparent that there was to be a change in Oklahoma, and there fore the cause Of statehood could best be served by Offsetting it in Arizona
 The talk of MT. Job was plainly ap- parent. and if the sophistry Of Mir. Smith had made an impression at all it does not remain in Mesa now.
 Other speakers were Judge Kibbcy, who made an able address on territorial and local affairs. The other county candidates appeared also. The repub- licans will hold a meeting at Tempe to- night and Mir. Job will be there too. He will go from Tempe into the south eIn part of the territory.