Arizona republican., 1902-11-10
The Attitude of the Senators.

The Washington correspondent of the conclusion that the present attitude of the republican senators who are . leave Chicago for Arizona this evening is one of hostility to the admission of this territory into the union. On Fri day night he telegraphed his paper IS follows:
 ''The trip of the senate committee on territories is believed here to contain no favorable omen for the admission of Arizona and its sister territories, un- less it's members are converted by their tour. It is feared by those we'll in formed that the expedition starts hos tile to admission. The fact that Arizona chose a democrat delegate is believed to have affected seriously the chances of the admission bill. Its only hope now, it is said, is in the division of the question so as to leave out Arizona.
 'The most potent argument in the senate is the political one. It is not the one which is talked, but it is the one which has moved the influential senators. They do not want to admit any territory which is likely to send a S- The republican majority is a safe one at present. but it is not considered wise to trust too much to it's remaining so.
 Senator Hanna, and it is believed Senator Beveridge, chairman of the territorial committee. are not in favor of the territorial bill as passed by the house, and the committee which goes west will be on the lookout for reasons for refusing to recommend the bill rather than for reasons in favor of it's passage.
 "The president is in favor of admis- sion, and as a rule Senator Beveridge is to be classed as in favor of anything the president wants, but in this mat ter he seems to have taken an antag- onistic position and unless he is con- vinced by the president he can do much to defeat admission.
 December 10 has been agreed on for consideration by the senate committee of the territorial bill, and the figh: which is to determine it's fate will be had before Christmas. Both sides aIF gathering ammunition. The senate sub committee will meet in Chicago on Monday and start west from there"
 Not one of the senators mentioned
 
 zona, and it is wholly unfair to them to assume that they are coming here with opinions already formed. To as- sume that this is their attitude is to believe that they are stopping to take part in a cruel farce-it is to assume that they are not men of honor For it would be exceedingly dishonorable to make pretended tour of investigation if they had previously formed an opin- ion and reached a determination to re- port adversly as to Arizona. The Re publican happens to know that these senators are high-minded gentlemen.
 There is, however, an uncomfortable quantity of truth in the correspondent statement that Arizona's chances have been lessened by the election of dem ocratic delegate. The people of Ari- zona never did a more foolish thing than when they elected J. F. Wilson to cOngress-although it was by a slender majority. They were never more un- wise than when they listened to Mark Smiths advice to elect Wilson. It was represented that the Oklahoma cleo tion was going by default; that the democrats were going on hunting parties" and would give the repubIi- cans clear field, and that the republi- cans should do the same for the demo- crats in Arizona. Perhaps a large num- Der of republicans in this territory were silly enough to believe this; we do not know, except as to a few. But the indifference" of the Oklahoma democrats is shown by the election re- turns. The republican candidate Me Guire, is elected, if elected at all, by scant 300 votes out of SO,OOO, and the democratic candidate threatens con test!
 The Republican was never more in earnest nor speaking with higher au- thority than when it urged the repub- licans of this territory to stand by the republican candidate notwithstanding the Quay letter" and democratic sophistries.
 Why Such 1odeSty?