Arizona republican., 1903-07-29
PHOENIX. ARIZONA, JULY 2s, 1903.
Statehood and the Dog Days in Los
 Angeles.

Mark Smith was at q convivial dem ocratic banquet in Los Angeles the other night. He made some humorous remarks concerning his native state and her Kentucky bourbon, and then in a serious vein said something about statehood and Senator Bard. He point ed out that Arizona and California are so nearly one, commercially and so- cially. that the interest of one is the interest of the other. and that the add ed prosperity which would come to Ar izona through statehood would vastly benefit California. Naturally he crit icised Californias junior senator for his enmity to this territory. Congress man McLachlan, republican, of the Los Angeles district, was a guest at the banquet, and following Smith he said; "The universal sentiment of this state (California) was in favor of admitting Arizona to statehood"
 The remarks of Smith and McLachlan have stirred the Los Angeles Times to another fine frenzy. For many months the Times had been very wobbly on the statehood question. defending Senator other hand trying in every way to re- gain it's lost standing in Arizona. Al ways in reality, however, Arizona statehood was a red rag to the Times bull. and the speeches of Smith and McLachlan caused the Los Angeles oil at bearance: for. next to its hostility to this territory's ambitions. the Times dearest pleasure is its hatred of Con- gressman McLachlan. So we find the Times taking on dreadful in a column roast of statehood. Smith and McLach- Ian. the roast being garnished with dessert sweets for Bard. Commenting upon McLachlan's statement that the universal ser timent of his state was with Arizona, the Times shrieks:
 ''The universal sentiment, mind you Senator Bard the legislature of Cali fOrnia. and a lot oi California republi- cans and democrats. not to speak of the Los Angeles Times. do not count in the alleged mind of McLachlan."
 In view of this frank admission of the Times as to it's position. what be- comes of its fearful assertion that the Republican has misrepresented IT. on the statehood question? In passing. it is worth while to remind our readers that Congressman McLachlan is cor rect. Practically, the universal senti- ment of California was, and is, for the admission oi Arizona into the union. The legislature was prevented from passing a joint resolution instructing the California senators to work for the omnibus bill only by the most frantic yielding of the party whip and the cheeky assurance that to pass such a resolution would offend President Roosevelt! In effect, the opposition to the omnibus bill was confined to Sem ator Bard and the Los Angeles Times, and a bunch of professional politicians. Having at last gone on record unequiv- ocaHy against the admission of Ari- zona, the Times evidently thinks it might as well let the tail go with the hide" and 1t thus states its platform
 Under the circumstances. 1t appears necessary for the Times to reaffirm that the statehood cry down in Arizona is little more than a democratic scheme to furnish jobs to a few score more or den. .ocratic politicians, and, in cidentally, to add a couple of demo- cratic senators 10 the democratic con- gressman regularly dispatched by Ari- zona 10 Washington. A few more dem- OcTatic votes in the electoral college might be useful. Mark Smith hopes to be one of those democratic senators Naturally, he is enraged at everything that stands in the path he has mapped out, and his hurt is not to be healed by even the deepest draughts of the fluid that once the matchiess hands ot Hebe bore. The territorial offices are in republican hands. The democrats want them. A number of republican newspapers and politicians are allow ing themselves to be used by the dem- ocrats in their struggle for this pie That is practically all there is to the Arizona statehood proposition"
 The Times is welcome to this plat form. IL has a right to take a stand in the face of the unanimous sentimen, of California and Arizona, if 1t chooses Our only concern Is to note with re- gret the ease with which an esteemed contemporary is thrown into an apo plectic rage by consideration of suct an unexciting subject. in this period of the dog star. But as to Senator Bard. while we cannot but admire the loyalty with which the Times stick: by that diminutive statesman-whilt we stop and wonder at the fervol wherewith the Times swears that Bart is one of the great men of California we must r1naat that Ariznna has nI