Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
Words of Wisdom for the YaVapai
 Democracy.

We rejoice to know that our esteemed old friend, the Hon. D. J. Sullivan ot Yavapai county, is still able to perform his duty as navigator of the democratic ship in Arizona. Whenever the old tub begins to show signs of laundering on the rocks. Navigator Sullivan comes to the front with chart and compass and lays the true course. And thereby is illustrated the truism that the public often profits from the sufferings of the individual MT. Sullivan has, in it's itical-intermittent form, the incur able but rarely fatal malady, known as "cacoethes scribendi." When the fever comes upon him it is a sign that the democracy of Arizona-or at least the democracy of Yavapai county-is in trouble and needs his guidance, and he never fails to heed the sign.
 Nearly two years ago a return of the ailment enabled him to rescue his party from disaster. The campaign for dele gate was on, and the democracy was sorely pressed for an adequate reason
 
 election of J. F. Wilson to be a delegate to congress. But MT Sullivan took his pen in hand, and showed, through the columns of the Prescott Courier, that the election of Wilson would accom- plish two great things namely: the busting of the trusts, and the admission of Arizona as a state into this glorious and perpetual union. The people were convinced, the democracy was saved, and Wilson was sent to congress. And as everybody knows. he did succeed in busting the trusts and Arizona is now a state.
 It is not strange that, being a true prophet, MT. Sullivan has great honor even in his own county. Nor is it a cause for wonder that the Hearst man. agers turned to him in their extremity or that, perceiving their dilemma, MT. Sullivan was seized with a return of his old 'cacoethes scribendi." It was de- sirable that good and sufficient reason should be furnished to the democrats of Yavapai county for the election of delegation to Tucson favorable to the ambitions of that peerless but poverty stricken young leader, William Ran dolph Hearst. Mir. Sullivan was ready with the argument, and he promulgated the same in the Prescott Courier of Saturday. May 1.-the morning before the democratic primaries. And this is how MT. Sullivan proceeded to make secure the hold of MT. Hearst upon the democracy of Yavapai and how he routed the opponents of the champion of the common people:"
 The greatest calamity that has ever threatened and still threatens the peo- pie of Arizona is joint statehood with New Mexico. The man above an others Tn the United States, inside or outside of Arizona, who has made the greatest personal sacrifice to prevent this calamity. is Congressman Wm. F. Hearst"
 Reading this, the opposition to Hearst collapsed, and the Hearst forces triumphed with a whoop. And the facts were and are with MT. Sullivan how fortunate for the confiding demo- crats that they believed him! The record shows that of all the hundred and sixty odd democrats in the United States house of representatives, Will liam Randolph Hearst and E. J. Liver nash formerly a reporter or Hearst's San Francisco Examiner) won distinc- tion by not voting upon the measure, for or against it, and they failed to be paired against the bill and thus kill two votes for the scheme. As the hour for the voting approached, MT. Hearst and MT. Livernash left the hall and remained away until after the statehood business was over.
 Now, who will dare to measure the personal anguish that this action cost MT. Hearst and his employe, Congress- man LiVernash? Who would pretend to sound the depth of their regret that high strategy compelled them to fore go the pleasure of voting or pairing against the iniquitous bill, or making a few remarks against the same or at least taking leave to print in the Congressional Record some sound arr Sument why Arizona and New Mexico should not be joined together? Every body knows that, notwithstanding the fact that New Mexico had just elected Hearst delegation to the St. Louis convention and the same convention had adopted resolutions favoring the consolidation of the two territories, 1t was the intense desire of MT. Hearst to go on record against.the bill. But, as already indicated, he was compelled to deny himself this pleasure in order to carry out his campaign of sunern