Graham guardian., 1904-10-21
4, it the present bill is hopeless.
Yours sincerely,
EUGENE S IVES.

| Ilpu. IL o. Ives, eISOudlJ
Phoenix, Arizona.
The omnibus bill dead, killed
by republican desertion on motion
to place it on post. office bill; state
hood hiends disappointed at such
elton; republicans threaten in
next congress to make one state OF
New NJ, xico and Arizona. The
Legislature should now unanimous
ly memoralize the next congress
against such bill giving cogent
reason for opposition.
MARK A. SMITH.
This is the telegram with re-
spect to which there has been so
much newspaper comment this
campaign.
| showed it to the members Of
the council democrats and repub-
licans, and also to you, Mr. Sims
Ely, who were upon the floor of
the council chamber together with
Mr.. Vickers, the proprietor of the
arizona Republican, on the morn
ing that the joint resolution was
offered by Mr.. Bprson,
II was now plain that had
been right on the 4th of February.
and that Judge Kibby and other
members, and Mr.. Smith himself
had been wrong, and that there
was actual and imminent danger
that the republicans ut the next
conrress would pass a joint s'ate-
hood bill against the consent of
ARIZONA
| thercupon urged strongly that
il WAS the duty Of everyone OPP
posed to joint statehood 10 take
advantage of the peculiar condi-
tion Of affairs which prevailed in
the national congress during these
last days Of the session (arising
out of the stipulation between Mr..
Smith and Senator Quay) and 10.
let The enabling act providing for
joint statehood for erizona and
New Mexico pass, with tho all
powerful and all.saving proyiso
in il that it should not be effective
until the constitution Was adopted
by the vote Of the people of each
territory, voting separately, and
the purpose ofthe resolution which
Mr.. Burson introduced thai morn
ing was 10 advise Mr.. Smith 10
acuept the joint statehood bill
with such proviso in it that IL
should never be effective without
the consent Vt the people Of Ari-
znna.
The resolution passed the Conn
ell by ii strict party vote, aud was
totally misunderstood in the House
and failed Of passage in that body
If it had been adopted, and the
joint statehood bill with such pro
viso in it bad passed congress, we
would now be the custodiuus of
our own independence, and we
would not be on our knees beg
ging democratic senators to fiji
buster against republican iniquity
You, Mr., Ely, entirely agreed
with the view | took that morn
ing in the council cham Der. You
co.operated with mo in the pre-
paration of the resolution. While
doing so you were in frequent con
sultation with Mr.. Vickers, be-
tween whom aud myself, FIR per
soBal reasons, there was ~ com
munication You told me that the
Arizona Republican had received
the night before dispatch stating
in strong language that it was the
determined purpose of the admin
istration and the incoming republi-
can congress to pass a joint state
hood bill, against the consent of
Arizona, and that you in your
morning issue had mutilated the
dispatch, rather than expose in a
republican newspaper the true
purpose of the republican party.
You were unwilling that your re-
publican paper should show up
your party in its naked vicious
ness and disregard of the rights of
Arizona.
To my amazement, the next
morning, in double headed edi-
torial, you abused the resolution
and myself. 1t seemed almost
breach of faith on your part. On
meeting me you apologized, say.
ing that the personal hostility of
your paper to myself was such
that they could not forego the OPP
portunity to attack me which the
failure of the Lower House to uu-
derstand the resolution had Gre
ated.
1t will be observed that Mr..
Smith knew nothing of this reso-
luton, never suggested or coun-
seled it.
1t is true that in my letter of
the l4th-twelve days previous
| had suggested that, under GER
tain circumstances. be send me a
wire, "which would be non-eom-