Arizona republican., 1902-12-14
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, DEC. 14, 1902
Another Daniel Come to Judgment.


 The Review of Reviews is a very pretentious magazine. In addition tc q variety of literature of more or less value. that publication each month fa- vors it's readers with a good measure of profound editorial opinion. The edi- torial section of the December number is taken up largely with discussion of the claims of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico for statehood. A decree of exclusion is pronounced against each territory in turn. Yesterday we gave a quotation from a Delaware paper as an example of the stark ignorance which possesses the east concerning Arizona As further illustration. il is interesting to note the reasons ad- vanced' by the editor of the Review of Reviews for pronouncing against the statehood bill.
 Oklahoma, he admits. is a wonderful country as to population. wealth and fertility of soil. but he finds that the territory has very inartistic boundary lines. He prints a map to show that Oklahoma ought to be ashamed of it's shape. ITO admit Oklahoma now" sez e. with it's irregular and accidental boundaries. and it's area only half that of the neighbOring states of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas-would be a scandalously understandable thing for congress to do. With all party consider ations laid aside, and with patient, in telligent and honest study given to the question. congress could not possibly a- this time admit Oklahoma"
 "Furthermore," he adds, "the best people of Oklahoma know that this Is true and that the present statehood movement is one of boomers and poli- ticians for merely local and temporary ends" So Oklahoma is cast into outer darkness, where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth, for "the best people" are against it, and that settles it. Very possibly Senator Beveridge found in Arizona one or two of the "best people, whq agreed with him that Arizona citi- zens are not sufficiently refined, and in that case such testimony weighed more with him than everything else, doubtless There is never any appeal from the judgment of the best peo- ple," even when they exist only in ones imagination.
 The great magazina editor brackets Arizona and New Mexico together, and iof, far Ao under his microscope. He finds that, whereas the area of Oklahoma Is too small, each of the other territories Is too large. They are beastly big, don't you know.
 To prove that he is thoroughly fla miliar with his subject, he refers first to the Hast census"-the census of 1900. The worshipful awe with which many people in the east regard the Hast cen sus" always starts the tears of the emotional. If the Hast census" be nine years old, it is the oracle, just the same. Under no circumstances must consideration be given to the possibility of an increase of population or wealth since the Hast census" nor must the accuracy of that census be questioned. In the mind of the great editor, it is impossible to conceive of New Mexico having more than 195,OOO people, or Arizona more than 123,OOO.
 According to the last available sta tistics,'' he informs us, Arizona has 16.5OO pupils enrolled in common schools The last statistics available were gathered last spring, and they showed that there were 25,259 school children in the territory. But these figures do not happen to be in the Hast census" in the possession of Editor Shaw.
 All the facts available in the annual reports made to the secretary of the interior by Governor Murphy and Gov ernor Brodie, and the data laid before the house and senate committees on territories by Delegates Smith. Rodey and Flynn, are calmly ignored by the Review of Reviews" and sole reliance is had on the Hast census"
 The palace car window investigations made by Senator Beveridge and his as sociates on the subcommittee are com mended without qualification We are assured that
 ''The work of MT. Beveridge,s com mittee in the southwest last month was business-like and thorough, beyond all precedents.''
 We admit the absence of precedent. 1 With complete appreciation of the heavy responsibility resting upon him in deciding the great question for the