Arizona republican., 1904-04-24

| HorH republican committee. He is at present state railroad commissioner of l New York. About two months ago if was understood that he had been ten Gered the position of secertary of Ari- Zona but from the beginning doubt was entertained regarding his acceptance las the salary of that position is small
 in comparison with that attached to 1 his present office ard Phoenix could i hardly offer hira a residence which would attract nm away from Bing-.
 hamton.
 | The matter Of the secretaryship was mentioned to him yesterday. He inti- mated that he had never given i; very 1 serious consideration and at any rate ! he said he decided that te had better remain in New York
 1 The journey of col. Dunn to Arizona
 this time was arranged hurriedly. He
 had been attending the legislature at Albany and arriving home one even- l ing, 1t occurred to him after dinner | that he had net visited the coast for some time. lie asked Mrs. Dunn if she
 would like to go west. She replied that
 she Eould very much enjoy the jour
 ney. Col Dunn asked her how soon
 she could get ready. Tn return she
 asked him when he desired to start
 Locking at his watch, he repl.ed Ut
 is now 8:ZC; the next train is S:f5'
 Within twenty-five minutes Col. and
 Mrs. Dunn were equipped for the
 trarscontinental journey and were on
 the way.
 ] This is by no means tho first visit Of
 Col. Dunn to the territory. He has for
 several years been heavily interested
 in,
 ty. He is perhaps the heaviest stock
 holder in the Victor Mining company
 and he is also a stockholder and has
 been one fer many years ia the Stcd-
 dard Copper company
 | But this is the first tine Co., Dunn
 has ever been in Phoenix. He was de-
 lighted with the climate of yesterday.
 He said that in the coarse of several years he had visited every part of the
 United States but he had never before
 found such a climate as that of the
 Salt river valley. In the company or MT. StoGdsrd Col l Dunn yesterday visited the capitol and called on GOverIcr Brodie and Secre-
 tary Nichols and took look at the
 ch2ir which runior was SO sure that
 he was going to occupy.
 Col. Dunn as is we'll known is c-ie
 of the foremost republican poIuciane
 Of the state of New York where the
 politician is brought as nearly to a state of perfection as possible His
 views theI efore On public affairs are oT
 greater interest than those of the aver age traveller. He was told that the Hearst sentiment in Phoenix amounted to something of a craze and he was
 asked regarding the dissemination of It in the east. Col. Dunn replied that Tn the beginning the Hearst movement was regarded by the large body of New
 York democrats as joke but later it
 came to be a serious thing and for a
 time there was doubt as to the end of 1t. NIT. Hearst is. very energetic man
 backed by great wealth and it was
 uncertain what he might accomplish.
 But whatever sentiment there was in i favor reached high tide about three
 weeks ego and began to subside so that now the eastern democrats are convinced that the danger is over. Col. Dunn said however that while he had little doubt that Parker would be the choice cf the st. Louis convention, stranger political things have happen ed than his defeat would be-
 On his way west. Col. Dunn said he had met democrats from Kentucky. i Tennessee and Alabama and they told him that the sentiment in their states was in favor or the choice of New York. There is a realization that a democratic candidate fer president cannot be elected without the vote of
 New York. The south therefore is in- clinod to defer 10 the wishes of that state.
 f,-
 | tiCn Of Hearst would be the greatest possible godsend ts the republican par ty- Then the election of MT. Roosevelt
 would be assured. 1T Judge Parker should be the nominee there would be a sort of an element of doubt in the states of New York. New Jersey and Connecticut, for they are at most times doubtful states. New Jersey and Con necticut taking their political ccmplex- ion from New York. Of the 4,OO0. coo population of Greater New York thera are 10O,0CO business men doing business in the city who live and vote in New Jersey and 1e0,0C0 more whose homes are in Connecticut and who vote there These men derive their political in- spira.ion from New York and they are of sufficient number to turn the scales in their own states.
 "The business men Of New York would oppose Hearst If he should be the candidate there would be no limit to the majority of Roosevelt. Hearst would not poll nearly so large a vote as Bryan did. Notwithstanding the fallaCies of Bryan not Q. word could be said against his personal character he was as clean a man ss his party couIJ have found The doctrines of Hearst are even more radical than those oe Bryan and he is without the advantage of a clean personal character
 Col. Dunn is an intimate friend cf United States Senator Platt and fer years has been one of his most trusted lieutenants. Col. Dunn was shown a political dispatch yesterday in which it was stated thar the senator was now without influence in his party; that he had been deposed from power and that his political life had been lived; that he was "all in" Regarding this dis patch, Col. Dunn said that nothing could have been farther from the truth. Said he: "Scnator Platt has more friends in New York today than he ever had before ;r I,i- life II;e. i.,