Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-02-24
r. M. MURPHPS
 INTERVIEW
As Reported in the
 Evening GueSSer.
Credits Him with Strange Sayings, The Situation Regarding SeleG
 tiOn of Delegates to Chicago.

Over the various projects in which he l is interested. He brings encouraging reports of the construction of rail roads and mining industrial develop ment.
 Hardly had he gotten the sands of the desert brushed from his shoes when our evening neighbor gave him lengthy interview, an account of which appeared in the Herald of last evening, and If the publication is cor rect repetition bodes all kinds of trouble for MT. Murphy, for it makes him say things we do not believe be will stand for, and yet it goes out as' his saying.
 The public had not before known that Frank Murphy was putting up the money with which the Santa Fe railroad company was building its branch roads in the territory, or that it was necessary for him to "rustle the wherewithal'' to keep up the good work
 It is quite evident the spirit of the interview was to get what Mr. Mur- phy had to say about the political situation concerning the selection of delegates to the national republican convention which is to convene in Chicago next June for the purpose of nominating a presidential candidate, and we cannot believe that Mir Mur- phy made the incorporate remarks at tributed to him by the interview, or showed the heat photographed in the article.
 That he is supporting w. c. Bash ford as an uninstructed delegate for the national convention is well known in every county in the territory. yet the counties go right along instruct ing their delegates to the territorial convention for an instructed Roose- welt delegation to the Chicago conveu- tion, and it is a conceded fact, so far as has come to the knowledge of the Journal Miner, that the territorial convention will be overwhelming in favor of an instructed Roosevelt dele7 gation from this territory.
 Arizona is not alone in showing its appreciation of Mr Roosevelt, as pres ident of the United States Many states-and the territories heard from l ho,-, ,I-o,I,- ,,1 ,,,.vr- ,,,g.ro s-sI instruct their delegations for Roose- welt first, last and all the time. Not because they believe there will be op- posing candidates before the national convention. but because they desire to emphatically endorse him and his administration, and are open and above board in expressing their conf dence in him for tbe next four years, and wish it distinctly understood that no manipulation of a convention tC defeat them in their choice will bc tolerated.
 We believe Yavapai county is the only county in the territory where there is any apparent opposition to President Roosevelt, manifesting a desire for a delegation from the terri tory not declaring emphatically for him, or in other words, cherishine the idea that there may be a chance tO nominate some other man for presi- dent.
 The same opposition was manifested in Maricopa county but, the people yof that county, almost as a unit, would not stand it.
 The public feeling was so strong in favor of Roosevelt that the anti caudi date withdrew from the field. Another one immediately sprung up, but so pronounced was the public expression of confidence in tho president, that the last opposing one pulled out of | the race.
 The Herald's interview makes Mir. Murphy say that unfair methods are being employed to defeat MT Bash ford, who should receive the united support of the party, and that he | Murphy would like to have all his friends bring about the political sue cess of Mr. Bashford in the present contest.
 Mir. Murphy has just returned from an extended business trip through the southern part of the territory. He has not given politics any attention, nor has he taken any part in the se- lection of delegates to the territorial convention. Yet he must stand respou- sible for the accusation.
 This savers very much of boss ism, ,' something We do not believe MT. Murphy cares to stand sponsor for.
 The Journal Miner has been and is now in favor of an instructed delega- tion from Arizona to the Chicago ma tional convention, and it believes the proper thing to do at this time is to send such a delegation.
 It is quite ap. aren't there will be no opposition in the convention to Mr Roosevelt, and an open and frank eX- pression from Arizona of confidence in him and of thanks for the interest he has taken in the terri tory and its welfare, will be manly, friendly and generous appreciation and acknowl- edgment of his friendship and per sonal good will.
 There should be no antifeeling or anti effort in this matter, for there is nothing to gain thereby, and the can didate for the coming Chicago con vention who stands for an instructed delegation should and will succeed, for he pledges himself to carry out the wishes of the people he represents and will not substitute shi own will for theirs and attempt to defeat their desires.
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