Arizona republican., 1902-11-30
Taking the Proper Course.


 trade, always foremost in promoting local and territorial interests, has acted with it's usual promptness and wisdom in arranging for a meeting of citizens tomorrow to act on the suggestion that a committee be sent to Washington in the interest of statehood for Arizona. Immediate action is necessary and the board therefore fixed the meeting for the earliest practicable date. It is no wild goose chase upon which the pro- posed committee is to be sent; neither can it be a pleasure trip. The outlook is promising for success. but much hard work of d sensible character may be necessary.
 On Wednesday, of this week the sen ate subcommittee which recently wis ited the territories will render it's re- port to the committee on territories. Should this report be favorable to the admission of Oklahoma. Arizona and New Mexico. not q great deal of mis- sionary work will be required to pass the bill. The full committee on terri tories will meet on Friday to consider the report of the subcommittee, and it is not certain, of course. that an ad Verse report from the visiting commit lee would be adopted by the full com mittee The chances appear to be more than even that the omnibus bill will be reported faYorably. The Washington correspondent of he TI r sas City Star telegraphs:
 Gossip ab. ,u. pOssID statehood leg islation has been st.nul ted by dis patches from the west j-itimating that the committee on territories of the senate will favor the admission of Oklahoma and the rejection of Ari- Zona and New Mexico. Senator Quay was in Washington when the dis patches were made public. The Penn sylvania senator refused this morning to enter into a long discussion of the statehood question. He has made it clear. however, that no matter what the committee on territories may report, he shall insist upon the admission of the three territories as states.
 Tt is claimed by those who are urg- ing the admission of the three terri tories that President Roosevelt is sup porting their contention. These friends of statehood declare that with the ad- mission of the three territories ten certain votes in the electoral college will be gained by the republicans, if MT. Roosevelt is the nominee. New Mexico has shown that 1t is concerned only in the statehood question by re- electing Delegate Rodey by a vote If five to one. He is a republican. The vote was given to prove lie one issue which concerned New Mexico was that of statehood. If a republican congress should admit the territory there would be no doubt of its party alignment, it is asserted.
 Mcclure, republican, has been elect ed delegate by a small majority from Oklahoma, but the friends of President Roosevelt insist that he would carry the new state by an overwhelming ma jOrity provided the republicans should amit it to statehood. Arizona went democratic at the last election. l. is asserted, however, and with reason, that MT. Roosevelt could carry this state for president in 1904. If, as al- legged by the republican friends of state
 
 states would be given Mir. Roosevelt it would add six new republican sen ators and keep the senate certainly re- publican. no matter what changes might be made in the east for six years longer.
 Senator Quay is one of the shrewd- est republican politicians. He has proved himself the sincere political friend of MT. Roosevelt. His support of the statehood proposition is. there fore. not only due to personal but to political reasons, and if it carries with it the influence of the administration. the committee on territories will have an uphill fight to maintain itself in it's alleged decision to reject Arizona an2 New Mexico.
 Tt is known here that certain mem bers of the committee on territories are as determined to admit Arizona and New Mexico as Senator Beveridge is said to be to reject them. Even should the dispatches prove to be correct that the Indiana senator with a majority or the committee will submit a report favoring Oklahoma alone, other mem- bers of the committee will present a minority report. In any event the om nibus statehood bill will have to be amended and voted down before any such measure as that outlined as fa- vored by Senator Beveridge can be en- acted"
 It is true, as pointed out by the Star correspondent, and as suggested by the San Francisco Call in an editorial quoted elsewhere, that an adverse re- port by the full committee would fur nish no reason for giving up the fight. The views expressed are in line with Tine Republicans advices. Care shoulJ be taken that the committee to be sent to Washington shall be made up of men