Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-27
STRAIGHT TALK
 FROM OASIS MAN.

Allen T. Bird, publisher of the Nogales Oasis, and incidentally can didate for delegate to Congress on the Republican ticket, submits the fol- lowing as the true, bona fide position of the Republican leaders toward Ari- zona, and her admission to single statehood. MT. Bird rises to remark:
 Had Arizona Republican leaders who are in touch with eastern Repub- lican leaders been frank in giving to the people of the territory the real cause of the eastern opposition to separate statehool for Arizona. and had eastern senators and representa- tives been as frank in their declara- tions of opposition as they are always in private conversation with Arizon- ans, the muddle over the situation in which the question is placed would have been avoided. In conversation with Arizonans Senator Beveridge, De pew aud others who can be named, have Invariably asserted that if Ari- zana wants separate statehood she will behave herself" (which is the Republican equivalent for the eastern Democratic shibboleth if sane and sane,"O by electing Republican dele gate. The Oasis has never approved of any course of policy that has ten dency to deceive the people. The entire course of Arizona Republican leaders in this statehood matter has been one of deception of the people. The matter is no better as now placed. The Arizona delegation to Chicago succeeded in eliminating from the Ma tional Republican platform a proposed endorsement of joint statehood bill; but they couldn't secure a resolution endorsing the separate statehood de sire of the people of Arizona. The result is that the entire statehood proposition is left open to the Republi- can majority in Congress to go ahead and do as it pleases. That means the joint statehood bill or no state hood at all, unless Arizona has the political perspicacity and sagscity to become safe and sane" It is to be hoped that the Republican leaders of Arizona will have a like perspicacity and sagacity to frankly tell the peo- pie of Arizona what they are up against. There has been too much sshuffling and concealment of the actu- al situation. The great states of the east whose most important interests are imperilled by the prominence of socialistic and financial heresies among Western Democrats will not concede any more United States Sen ators of that stripe. Consequently they will not grant Arizona separate state hood. Let Republicans plainly in form the people of Arizona of the situation"
 After all. it is the same old story, often told on the stump in Arizona: :: Vote the Republican ticket and get statehood"
 But somehow. the old Arizona pio- neer has "hankering" after the Dmocratic party. He believes the Democratic party to be a true friend of this territory and with each sue ceeding declaration of the Democrats in favor of single statehood for this territory this confidence is renewed.
 The people of Arizona know full well that so long as the Republican party is in power they are up agains: it, but no amount of intimidation, threats or promises. will swerve them from their heartfelt convictions and an expression of these beliefs al the polls.
 Give us something new. The state hood bait has long since slipped the hook.