Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-02
HOW BILL PASSED
 THE HOUSE
Excerpts from Speeches Made by ArizOnans
 Before Committee
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 igan, McCreary of Pennsylvania, Nc kinfey of California. Marshall of North Dakota, Minor of Wisconsin, Mondell of Wyoming. Mudd of Maryland. Mur phy of Missouri, Needham of Califor nia. Thomas of Ohio and wachter oi Maryland-S4.
 Leading up to the passage of the bill by the House last week, the Com mfttee on Territories with Chairman Hamilton at the head held several meetings at which Arizonians were given an opportunity to be heard.
 Some of the meetings were alive with interest and sharp passages be- tween members of the delegation and the committee.
 At these hearings Messrs. o'Niel, Rsgga. Shields, MorllsSon, Murphy, Hear, Chandler, Fowler, Doran, Camp bell, Goodrich and French were allow ed ten minutes each in which to pre- sent their case, and from the report of the committee We take the following extracts:
 Mir. O'Neii:--I understand that l am limited to about ten minutes l will try to cover the general situation as briefly as possible. l come here to- day not only to represent one section but every section of Arizona from Mohave County in one end of the Ter ritory to Cochise in the other, and from Yuma to Fl Paso. l will say that there is not foot of ground. not & county. not a mining camp, not lit 1A hAlS f,, Tar- ritory hardly that 1 have not visited. I have gone over the Territory from one end to the other, sometimes punch ing burro. sometimes travelling by foot, and sometimes horseback, and sometimes in Pullman car.
 l have met the people of the Ter ritory, and can say that know them. I have learned the aspirations and the ambitions of the cowboy at his camp in the night while the herd slept, and I have iearnei the feeling and the sen tinient of the prospector and miner while at his table eating frijoleS and sowbeliy, and I can speak as to the sentiment of those men, and can say that those men without exception are absolutely opposed to the joining of the two Territories. And I want to say that the manner in which you are going about this legislation is a crime The members of this com mittee are not to blame: it is the con tiitions that exist. The Representa- tives in this House, the members of this committee, are not true to their names as representatives of the peo- p!e. It was considered at the founda- 1e started out to be 6 free people. when free men had gained victory, that the House of Representatives would be legislative body and representa- tive body. Gentlemen, that is not true. come to Washington. I am not blind, nor are my fellow-members of this delegation blind. Do you know what we think of you? Why. We think you have gone back on all tradi. tions. You are false to the funda- mental principles of government. You arc not representative body; you are body that Is made up and con. nolled and dominated by, we might say, a species of rule made up by reason of party organization.
 The Chairman The committee will receive and place on file your views un the decadence of the House of Rep Iesentatives- ''''
 kr. ONeil. MT. Chairman. under stand. I do not desire to criticise-
 The Chairman. We were under the impression that perhaps you did
 MT. O'Neil. I find these conditions exist
 MT. Moon. am sorry to say that every word you say, in my opinion is the truth.
 The Chairman. would say in that connection that the Republican sids of the House does not consider that i; has contributed in anyway to that decadence of the House of Representa- ties.
 MT Moon You have been n powe, since it was done
 Mr O'Nel Whether the Republi cans or Democrats were in control the same condition of affairs would exist l am diverging I have no right tr come here and blame you. I say this that you have given us a hearing ana you have acted courteously toward us You must understand that we are al n1os1 fanatics-or at least I plead guilty to being almost a fanatic or this subject We thought aI first tha there was a spirit on the part of thii committee not to make this calm deliberate investigation; that ther' was desire on the part of certain mem bers of the committee to not ond, act as judge and jury. but to also tak' the part of prosecuting attorney il this matter.
 J. J. Riggs, ranchman from Cochis' county, is quoted in part:
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