Arizona republican., 1904-03-24
The Discord of Brethren.

Only recently we gave warning of the impending war petweel the Wilson and the Smith forces: we dI1 not expect 10 see so sDoE the opening of hostilitics. Wilson wishes to be renominated for congress, and Smiths ambitions in that direction are equally strong. True, the territory as a political subdivision If the union may be obliterated before the end of the year, but it is wise to play for position. The democrat who establishes his leadership in the terri tory this year will have first call on the senatorship which may be allotted to this end of the state when Arizona and New Mexico are yoked together. MT Smith is coy, as usual, however. In- terviewed at Douglas a few days ago what might happen in Arizona polit cs this year He will not enter any fight for nomination to congress, Who Is to be the democratic candidate must be settled by the democrats of the terri tory. Should he be called on to once more carry the democratic banner in Arizona he will obey the demands of his party. but ne will not make any fight to secure any such preferment-
 He thinks the republican candidate will be Bob Morrison. and that the democrats will need a strong man to maks success certain"
 If DraScad to ,orr,a tba ssctropo ,,oa,," whom the democrats should nominate. Mir. Smith merely blushes. Incidental ly, the Hon. Mark has a good mental grip on the situation. There can be no doubt that if Bob Morrison were to make the race again the democrats would need several strong men.
 Smith is past master in diplomacy, and you never find him spying anything offensive of anybody; but look out for the newspapers that ably protect his interests. Not long ago the Tucson Citizen asserted that Delegate Wilson is a mere figurehead in congress, was being buncoed by Delegate Rodey, and ex- pressed it's sorrow that the territory was deprived of the talents of Mark Smith ia the house of representatives. The shot went home. Wilson is less diplomatic than Smith, and forgetting to consider the consequences of an open break with the most forceful and iu- fiuential editor of his party, he publish ed on Monday an open letter in which he made this allusion to O'Brien Moore of the Citizen:
 T desire to say that no letter was read a that or any other meeting written by anyone on the subject men, tioned by the Citizen. There was no reference to any such letter and no information that any such letter had ever been written. These are the straight facts, and 1t is plain to be seen that these false statements of facts are made for no other purpose than to stab me in the back by making an impress sion that I am doing nothing here. that I have no influence with anyone. It is done without warrant and without prOvocation and in a false sort of a way. Indeed, the editor of the Citizen Is less reliable than Rodey"
 After reading Wilson's able brief in which it was set forth that Wilson, and not Smith, got the democrats in Wash ington in line against joint statehood. and that Rodey had not been dealing out gold bricks to Wilson, the Citizer with studied sarcasm makes this la- csnic rejoiner:
 Mister Wilson, who has a right to represent Arizona at the federal capi- tai, writes to the Phoenix Enterprise insisting that he is doing something. He is. He is permitting person of the name of Rodey from New Mexico to make donkey of him, then belly aching about it."
 And there we must leave them. We venture no prediction as to the out come of the contest between Wilson and Smith. Wilson has the advantaSe of an alliance with MT. William Hearst. and when the Hearst money begins to circulate a little more freely a strong Wilson organization may be construct ed. But the tactical advantage is with Smith, because nearly all the captains and the warehouses are with Smith