Arizona republican., 1906-10-13
A FINE COMBINATION.

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 Just think of it! L. c. Hughes, editor | of the Star, democrat with a history. ! Allen Teebrd. clerk of the district court at Nogales, supported by that disgruntled political failure. "Sittin' Bulr' Wilson, followed by Myron H. McCord, collector of customs at No gales, Fen s. Hndfeth, receiver of the United States land office at Phoenix, and O. D. M. Gaddis CAIphabet Cad l dis) postmaster at Kingnlan. forming and introducing the Roosevelt Repub- lican party of Arizona" so-called. With the exception of L. c. Hughes and possibly "Sittin BulT' Wilson, the parties mentioned are in a sense, being fed and clothed by the United States government. being federal appointees. | "Sittin' Bull" Wilson until recently held a position under federal appoin- tee, and it is reasonable to suppose that he is in hope of being further fav- Orably considered, not however, by the same party. We understood President Roosevelt was not going to interfere in the statehood campaign since it has been left to the voters of Arizona and New Mexico to determine whether they wished to be admitted as one state or not. Is he keeping his hands off? The above array of administration benefc- iaries and their present activity in support of the joint statehood cause when taken together with the letter of the president written to Mark A. Rodgers would seem to suggest a reas- enable doubt. It is just possible that the combination may succeed in get ting 100 or 200 republican votes in the territory for their candidate which may prove just enough to defeat the vT-... n possible that the president is encour- aging this gang of federal office hold CTS in their effort to defeat the repub- lican party in this territory. We are not inclined to believe anything of the ] sort, but if he is not in sympathy with 1 what they are doing. and they are lead ! ing the people to believe he is, through | designing agencies of various kinds, ! such as, if you please, the holders of repudiated bonds of New Mexico. it is ! fair to suppose, that when the facts are laid before the president as they undoubtedly will be, these political . parasites will be summarily disposed Of
 It would appear that the combination , has hired or secured at any rate pos sibly through the assistance of the ! said New Mexico bondholders, a couple ! of talking machines to go about Arizo- | na, scattering nOxiOus germs of dis . content and disloyalty to our terri tory, and rotten nonsense generally. in 1 the hope that sufficient minimizing people may be found to accept the same, to secure the defeat of the re- publican party, and, if you please, ob- tain for themselves a little prominence r that in some way they hope to capital Ze to the advantage or the bunch at . the expense of Arizona. As a talking machine Tom Fitch formerly had f something of a reputation, but the ma chine is completely out of date and . known to be absolutely unreliable. which doubtless accounts for it's use at the present time. as a first class ma chine, with any reliability attaching to T it could not be engaged to do such questionable work. Anyone acquaint- I ed with the AinswOrth talking machine knows it never did amount to much. | It is a wheezy, squeaky, senseless kind T of an instrument and only made use of as nothing else was available.
 We hear that both machines have been talking in the northern part of the territory and judging from reports have received due discredit. It ss pos sible that Messrs. Hughes, Teebird. "Sittin' BulI' Wilson ct al may decide to use them in some of the southern counties but the result will be the same wherever they go. It is rather too much to expect however. that the combination will hold together much longer as we understand the republi- | can political freebooters who are fol- 1 lowing Hughes are considerably un- | easy just now, and are hunting for some place to hide their shameful ] heads.
 This same gang of freebooters in all ! probability with money received from . New Mexico bond schemers, have en- i gagged a publishing company to send broadcast throughout the territory a ! lot of stuff ground out of the Ainsworth . senseless talking machine. They say : that John sets the type. Of course l John wants to help Mark beat Cooper | if possible Everyone knows that he | doesn't believe in joint statehood: that all money looks alike to him. From all : accounts his present job is about the toughest he ever tackled and that's . saying a good deal.
 If Arizona does not elect a reDubIf- can delegate to congress this fall it will not be because there are not re- publicans enough in the territory. If