Arizona republican., 1904-05-30

rumor was given an impetus at tht time of the Tucson convention, bu that there had been no definite state ment by him or any one else authoriZet to speak for him. He replied that ht would accept the office only for any good that he might do for the territory
 in the capacity of delegate. The of flee he said had never been a profitable
 one to him while his private law prac- tice had been remuncrative, and con- sulting only his own affairs he would choose to continue his practice without interruption.
 He said though that the territory was menaced by the joint statehood bill
 and Ee did not know that il would be possible to avert a calamity, but he
 believed that he could do more to de- feat the bill than any new or
 unsEilled man could do It was not
 presumed that he could take part in
 the deliberation upon the measure as delegate if the bill should be dispc csed of at the next session which would come to an end before he or any other delegate-elect could take lis seat It was possible though that the opposition among the democrats of the senate could prevent favorable action in the coming short session in which case the fight would be Immediately renew ed in the next congress.
 In the course of his late visit to Washington Mir. Smith said he had seen nearly every republican, senator and all of them but enc expressed bis purpose to vote for the bill That ons was Senator Alger of Michigan tha business partner of Mir. F. NJ Murphy and MT. F. E. Gage. But the fight MT. Smith said was not a political con test ard while the democratic members of the senate are nov solidly arrayed against the bill, it was doubtful If fhis solidity could be maintained in the face of prolonged fight. The dang,r to the territory lies in the fact that there is strong eastern opp sition to any stronger western representation in the senate. The eastern democratic members could nc doubt be counted upon to continue the fight aga 'nst the bill for time, but eventually a nres- sure would be brought to bear and the interests of their owr states, or some of their own constituents, would be threatened. In that case their views of the purposed injustice to Arizona might undergo a change A flIbuster. however, determined could not be Kept up forever.
 Only a consideration of his rossible ability to prevent or obstruot the pas sage of the bill would induce him to accept the democratic nomination for delegate. Mir. Smith said that he had received kind letters from democrats from all parts of the territory. Tn this connection a Prescott paper the other day printed an interview with Delegate Wilson in which he denied the truth Of a dispatch published some time a go in the St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat in which he was made to say that he would not again be a candidate for delegate.
 Mir. Smiths reception by the demo- cratic leaders of Phoenix must have been very gratifying 10 him. but it must have been what he had expected after the turn things took at the late territorial convention. They gathered about him to see who could do him the greatest honor. Among them were some democrats who fought him bitterly in the famous Smith Wilson campa gn.
 But MT. Smith preferred to talk of fish rather than of politics. His ob- jective point in the north is Oak Creek where the trout season is about to be- sin. In fact it will be officially opened tomorrow. Jean Allison has establish cd a camp on the creek and MT Sm tn will be met at Flagstaf by Henry H-b- ben and they will together move upon the camp and occupy it until they cease to receive encouragement from the trout or until the eXigenoies of the political situation oompel the removal Of MT. Smith to some more thick.y populated section of the territory.