Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-25
REPUBLICANS MAKING FOOLISH CtAiMS.

HODCDllcanS III AflZoud tiA<S } SoA s in years agone are pleading for sup port for their candidate for congress on the ground that it is better to have delegate in congress who Is in po- litical accord with the republican ad- ministration and the majority in con gress. But this claim is known to amount to nothing by the past expef> ience of the people of Arizona.
 Oakes Murphy was elected to con gross from this territory in 1894 on the promise that his election would re- suit in the admission of Arizona as state. It will be remembered that the republicans swept an enormous majority into congress that year. but | it will also be rememberej that not withstanding the fact that Mark Smith had passed statehood bill through | the previous congress. Mir. Murphy was not able to get similar bill out of the committee. controlled by his republican friends.
 1 people of Arizona will forget the re suits of sending republican to con gress. It was during the term of this republican that the bill was passed Iegalizing the fraudulent and void debts of Yavapai and Pima counties and compelling them to pay debts for which they had never received any consideration. Afterwards MT. Mur- phy stated that 1t was never his in tention that the funding act passed by him should iegalize the fraudulent debt of Pima county. thus showing that he had been bunkoed by his republican friends in congress into passing a Jaw which took from Pima nearly half a million dollars unjustly for a debt which the supreme court of the Unit ed States had declared to be void.
 On another occasion the people of Arizona got 1t in the neck to the ex- ltent of many thousand dollars by vot- ling for republicans. That was in 1888 when6a majority of republicans was lelected to the Arizona legislature Dur. ling the session of the legislature Lew. is Wolfey was appointed governor by Presidents Harrison, but his appoint, lment and confirmation did not come in time for him to reach the Arizona Icapital before the legal expiration of the legislative session. If the legisla. ture adjourned the democratic terri torial officials could not be busted to make positions for republican success. sors. Defying the plain statute the republican majority held the legisla. ture in session for nearly two weeks after it had legally expired and until Wolfey reached Phoenix and made his territorial appointments. What was known as the 'hoid-orer" laws were enacted which were afterwards declared to be void by the supreme court. By this bold and notorious act a dual government of the territory was maintained at the territorial institu. tions. mtailing. great expense to eAO sSfhAoVhJ anu SCiiouois NozipiiSdA ing matters.
 The people of Arizona have had a taste of republican majorfties in this Iterritory and though years have elaps. ed that taste yet remains to remind them of what happened.
 The democrats have reason to be proud of their record in giving the people an honest and economical gov. ernment. The republican howl about railroads and mining corporations not paying their just taxes is ridiculous tn the light of the fact that the railroad |taxing power in this territory has been in the hands of the territorial board tof equilization, appointed by republi- can governors for twenty years. II the railroads and mines have not paid their just proportion of taxes the fault lies with the repub.Ican boards of equal.zation.