Arizona republican., 1902-11-03
Flynn Answers Smith.

Flynn Answers Smith.
 Admitting for the moment that Mark Smith is as great a man as he would have the people of Arizona believe. it must be conceded that Dennis Flynn, the delegate from Oklahoma. cuts some figure in Washington, also. Congress men and senators are in the habit of speaking of MT. Flynn as the most influential delegate ever sent to congress by any territory. Mir. Hymns earnestness in behalf of state hood is certainly equal to the zeal of Mir. Smith, and being a republican, he Is in better position than Mir. Smith to judge what effect a democratic vic tory in Arizona would have on the re- publican majority in the United States senate. Moreover, MT. Flynn has shown by his actions that Arizona has in him a loyal friend. There was no time last winter that MT. Flynn could not have obtained statehood at once for Okla homa by cutting loose from Arizona and New Mexico. He was pleaded with over and over again to "go it alone" and was promised that all opposition to Oklahoma would be withdrawn in that event. But he had given his pledge to Governor Murphy and to Mark Smith that he would stand by Arizona to the last, and let Oklahoma go down to de- feat rather than desert his friends in Arizona. Is it not wise, then, to heed MT. Hymns opinions at this time?
 MT. Flynn, MT. Smith and MT. Rodey are working together to obtain state hood for the three territories. They have implicit confidence in the loyalty of each other to the cause, and for ob- vious reasons neither would, unless greatly provoked, obtrude himself upon the political field of the other. MT. Flynn has so far felt that it would not be proper for him to express for publi- cation his views on the contest in Ari- zona, but The Republican violates no confidence in stating that it has the highest authority for saying that Mir Flynn earnestly desires the election of Mir. Morrison.
 And certainly we may quote MT. Press without overstepping the bounds of privacy. On the afternoon of Octo- Der 29, this dispatch was sent out from Washington to the papers taking the afternoon service:
 ''The result of the balloting in the three territories, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico, is awaited with much interest by politicians in Washington because of the effect the outcome will have upon the statehood project. Dele gate Dennis Flynn when in Washing ton a few days ago declared that demo- cratic victories in the territories at this election would seriously handicap the
  gramme to get the statehood bill through the senate in December. The bill was "held up" in the senate be- cause most of the republican leaders there are convinced that the admission of these territories will strengthen the democratic party sooner or later"
 By a remarkable coincidence neither of the democratic afternoon naners published in Phoenix and Tucson pub lished this dispatch.
 It was hardly necessary, however, for MT. Flynn to go on record, even to this extent. It is obvious to every sane per son that democratic victories in Ari- zona and Oklahoma would seriously handicap the advocates of statehood in their programme to get the statehood bill through the senate in December"
 The Republican looks upon the suc- cess of the omnibus statehood bill as of | infinitely more importance than the political fortunes of MT. Morrison or MT. Wilson. We consider that it would | be crime to mislead our readers. Sen l ators of the United States who are | members of the very committee which | will decide the fate of thestatehood bill, | in private communications to this paper