Arizona republican., 1906-01-12
It's Quite Intact.

the front, notwithstanding the unsub- stantial claims of the joint statehood leaders that "the bottom has dropped out of the insurgent movement on the other hand substantial and defin- ite figures show that the 'fnsurrec- fion" has not yet reached high tide, though from its inception it was so high that the joint statists dared not subject themselves to its force.
 :; On Wednesday forty-five republi- cans had pledged themselves against the rule Yesterda- this number was increased to fifty-one with six more in sight, giving the insurgents clean majority. They furthermore believe that by the end of the week they will have a total republican support of six ty-five.
 So if the Bottom is falling out it is violating the law of gravitation by fall- ing upward.
 1t is true that no man can say that the opposition will ultimately succeed in the house but it has admittedly pro- gressed steadily toward success over what, at the outset. were supposed to {. be insuperable difficulties. But once the fifty-seven republican signatures are secured, the fight will be already won and in that event, it might be pre- dieted that the Hamilton bill in its pres ent shape would not be brought into the house at all. The committee on . m do1Ihf nrpflr separate the question rather than to have the bill torn in two on the floor of the house.
 We are gratified to observe the in- creasing show of strength in the face of the misrepresentations which the friends of the Hamilton bill have con- tinuallx been making. The republican : t'insurgents'' are backed by the con- stantly growing sentiment of the east erli newspapers in Arizona's favor in spite of these misrepresentation which are being more and more discounted. Speaking of misrepreesntations there appeared in the Associated Press dis patches a day or two ago, presumably at the instigation of the joint state hood leaders, tie statement that a combination was being formed be- tween the opposition to the statehood bill and the opposition to the Philip pine tariff bill. This, if it were true, would be a natural alignment and not an odious combination. The strength of the republican opposition to the Hamilton bill lies in the west and the main opposition to the Philippines bill naturally lies in those states whose products would be adversely affected by the passage of this measure. Sugar beets. for instance, grow chiefly in the states of the west and middle west. ;. The dispatches of yesterday describe a speech by MT. Adams of Wisconsin in opposition to the Philippine bill. MT Adams as a republican and a be- liever in protection would naturally desire the application of that doctrine for the benefit of his constituents. Mir. Adams is also one of the foremost champions of Arizona in the joint statehood fight. No one doubts that he would be opposing the Philippine bill. if there were no statehood bill and no one doubts that he would be on the side of justice in the statehood fight if the prosperity of his constitu- ents were not threatened by the Phil ippine bill. MT. Adams position on both measures is quite natural. He certainly cannot be reasonably accus- ed of having entered into an improper combination with himself.