Arizona republican., 1905-02-20
THE COUNTY OF ARIZONA
Beveridge Digs Up Some Early Terri
 ritOrial History.

In the course of his late address in | the senate on the joint statehood bill | Senator Beveridge devoted some space | to an account of the separation of the | county of Arizona from New Mexico. He | introduced some history with which
 most persons in Arizona now are not ! familiar and he put forth Charles D. 1 POsten called "The Father of Arizona
 as the man who secured the separation. Said Senator Beveridge Congress
 ional Record, Feb. 1O) The question of establishing a separate territory in Ar l iZona was in the first place mixed up with the slavery question which en- ] tered into almost all discussions Of
 every kind for a quarter of a century | preceding the civil war It was thought at first by those who were in control in congress and who represented the slave power that here was a possible method of making a new slave state. | That is why it was first proposed to separate the territory by a north and south line and so we find that the first l bill for such a separation dividing 1t
 on an east and west line instead of
 north and south line was introduced into this body by Jefferson Davis. The | proposition fell of it's own weight. It fell from sheer lack of merit
 Later on when the political complex ion changed and during the civil war it was suggested to some, not to all, ! that here was a method of holding this territory for the union more easily.
 That is the general outline of it's his tory. Let us come down to the specif1- cations The immediate separation was planned by some gentlemen in Arizona | who came to Washington for the pur- pose of creating new offices which they might fill as appears in the debate, for Senator Trumbull called attention to it and I will read his language in a moment.
 The plans were carefully laid. They also had a representative at the con- federate congress. To those whom such a consideration would influence
 they advanced the argument that here
 was a method of better holding this | territory for the union. To others whom other considerations would more
 influence they offered other arguments.
 systematic plan was advanced and carried out by a systematic lobby dur ing the midst of the great civil war when nobody was thinking of anything | except defeat or victory. It was pro- posed in the house to certain members | of congress whose terms were then ex- piring and who wanted new official positions that a cabal might be form ed for putting through this bill for 1 creating new offices. These reasons of
 which I speak were carefully concealed from such senators as Senator Wade
 of Ohio and from President Lincoln to whom the other argument was ad- vanCed that this was a method of moro easily holding the territory in the union.
 This in brief is the history of the transaction. This is why this language was employed about continuing that
 government for the present. This has
 not escaped the historians notice for we have here the whole description of just how this act which excites the
 senator's (Mr. Bard) curiosity was
 passed. One of the conspirators to se-
 curing this new government and ere
 ating this new set of offices so that he
 and others might fill them, kept
 journal. That journal set out the de-