Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-25

% ING COMPANY. e By Eugene s. Ives, General < Manager. ( q Q q q @ ( @ q e 6 2 q Q @ e
 In the reelection of Thomas R. Bar, as United States Senator. Southern California and Los Angeles stand te lose between s5,O00, 900 and $i0.000. 0G0 a year, the entire iobbing ana wholesale trade of Arizona and New Mexico. that now comes here. being involved. How serious the situation is. may be gathered from the telegram printed above, that arrived in the city today, it being one of score of simi- lar requests that have reached Los Angeles since Saturday afternoon.
 As was stated in the Express ter days ago, the people of Arizona and of New Mexico, whose desires for state hood were defeated by Senator Bard. have decided to take up the is sue made by Senator Bard. and have begun to organize, to the end that MT. Bard shall not be returned a member of the upper house of congress. They profess to be convinced the result Is eO Ot Ahth cl Hlldl as NoChoNoA Bard's reelection will mean their be- ing cut off from the union of states for at least another six years.
 Los Angeles merchants who do busi- ness in Arizona and New Mexico de clare no one not personally acquaint- ed with the subject is in a position to realize how much statehood means to the territories affected Business men and others who have their all invested there insist the question is not one of sentiment but one that af fleets them in a most practical way. As under present conditions their property does not possess that sti,,,l- ity it would have were statehood fact of the present instead of a dream of the future, made so. they insisr. by the voice and vote of United States Senator Thomas R. Bard
 Eugene s. Ives, general manager of the King of Arizona Mining conpa- ny, is well known in Los Ang eles, where he maintains a summer resi- dence. He is a Democrat and pres:- dent of the Arizona senate, the King of Arizona Mining company Dc.ng one of the big producers of the territory. Senator Ives says he is not actuated in his opposition to Senator Bard by partisan politics. He insists Ari- zona's statehood is a question much too important for that and he claIIc to voice the sentiments of the cIt!-e territory in the stand he an.l other large interests have taken
 At present the jobbing trade of Arizona is worth a large sum annual ly and at least nine-tenths of it comes 10 Los Angeles In the event of Senator Bard's reelection those who have this business say they will take such a result to mean Southern California is opposed to them and they will take their trade to St. Louis and San Francisco, which cities have expended large sums to obtain it. The people of New Mexico are sai to have joined with Arizonans in Ii alliance. Such a threat if ca -d into execution will confine the jo,
 trade of Los Angeles to the di: z, south of Fresno.
 There is no doubt the telegrams from Ar.Zona, that have arrived si1ce Saturday, have resulted in checking the Bard Business Mems Club, that was to have been organized this week Several of the signers of the call for the club have requested their names withdrawn. and others who will not 10 so probably will not be present when the roll of the new organization is called the first time.
 It is insisted for these Arizonans that they have no desire to interfere in California politics. but they cannot be expected to turn the other cheek when they are neediessly opposed in a question that means so much to them as does the subject of statehood. and they desire it to be understood they have no candidate in opposition to Mir. Bard. Their one desire is to make known their sentiments toward the incumbent, in whom they recog- nize an enemy to their material wei fare.
 Echoing the sentiment in MT Ives communication, c. W. Lichtenberger of the Los Angeles Leather and Findings company says:
 What we have to say as to the qualifications of the next Senator from our state can be noted In a few WOruS. 11lS urm Itdiizes tudt thc opening of Arizona is the solution. and the only true solution. of the question that has vexed the iobbing in- terests of of this city since it's infancy. namely. limited territory. We stand ready and willing to support and man who is worthy in all that this word implies to fill so important q position as long as he stands for any and all mearures that will advance the in- terests of Arizona. be that interest statehood irrigation or what not.
 We will not support any man who doe~ m. stand ready at all times to champion the cause of Arizona i1 any way suggested by representative citizens of that territory. IL is our belief that her citizens are the ones to say what they need"