Arizona republican., 1902-11-12
Flynn on the Outlook.

Delegate Hymns many friends in Arizona will learn with regret that he takes a Respondent view of statehood prospects, on account of the failure Of Oklahoma to roll up big republican majority. Dispatches from Guthrie to the Kansas City Journal and St. Louis Globe-Democrat quote MT. Flynn as saying:
 "The present election in Oklahoma was the closest in the history of the country, when area and the number of votes cast are taken into consideration. Over 90.00O votes were cast. and it will take the official count to decide the re- suit.
 But whether Mcclure or Cross is declared elected as delegate to con- Eress, there should be no contest. as this would destroy the usefulness of whoever wins. and would negative all chances to get legislation for the terri tory. I was urged to contest Callahan in 1896. when it was absolutely known that hundreds of illegal votes had been cast against me. but refused. as l knew a contest would destroy my usefulness. even if I should win.
 ''I do not believe now. no matter who is declared elected. that l can get state hood this winter, no matter how hard l work. and I shall work as hard as 1 can. Congress will be timid, even if Mcclure is successful. as his majority will be small and the senate. which IS always conservative about admitting territories to statehood. will seize upon any preteXt to delay the statehood bill New Mexico. where the people are a unit for statehood. having been a ter ritOry for fifty-five years, elected Rodey by 5000, and he struck the keynote when he said that. if Oklahoma did not emphatically declare for the statehood bill. there was no hope for it's immedi- ate passage.
 ''The people of Oklahoma fully under stood the significance of the present election. and their votes would seem to mean that statehood is not wanted. Cross stood for indefinite statehood and Mcclure stood for immediate state hood. The later should have had an immense majority if statehood was de- sir ed. I regret that the school land lessees were deceived and. inferentially voted against statehood. The bill pro vided more liberally for them than any future bill will, and absolutely protect ed them. After March I will be d private citizen. and. while always their friend. will not be in a position to do for them what I could as a member of congress.
 "The republican party in the recent election. for the first time in many years, not only had the loyal support of the entire party. but had the aggres- sive support of the federal and terri tOrial officials. MT. Mcclure made @ brilliant campaign. He did everything a candidate could do. and, if it should turn out that he is defeated. while the loss to him will be a personal one, the real loss will be to the territory
 It was. of course, a great disappont- ment to MT. Flynn that the democrats of his territory should have so little in telligence as to register vote which might well be construed as a protest against the admission of Oklahoma into the union, and he may be forgiven for speaking somewhat bitterly of the result. But we are confident that he will relax none of his efforts to get the 1 omnibus bill throug-- the senate in De | cember. He will regain his natural 1 hopefulness as soon as he is into the l fight once more, and we confidently ex- | pect him frankly to revise his opinion | of the situation within short time.