Arizona republican., 1906-10-19

he felt II incumbent on him to repeat '
 the speech of MT. Smith, which he did |
 quite well notwithstanding his lack of time and opportunity for memo | rizing it. Where he deviated though | from the main text he threw in bit | of characteristic coloring, intimated that if he kept talking he was likely to :, get mad and finally announced that he i proposed to hire a hall one of these days, and turn himself loose regardless. ! He said the reason he did not give ! himself full swing at the present time
 was his regard for the other candidates. l
 Just what he meant could not be de- i termined, but he left the impression
 that he feared that if he kept talking he would defeat all the rest of the | ticket, except perhaps himself and 1 Candidate Smith. T The chairman introduced MT. Smith | by saying that nobody could love him | any more than he does now. Mir. ! Smith said it was a pleasure to serve such people as greeted him last night l that his heart had been touched and 1 all the usual complimentary things Mr. | Smith is so famous for saying on such | occasions Then he proceeded to discuss the ] statehood question, Jumping into tt l neck deep right from the introductory ! springboard. In one sentence he land | ed the audience in Washington D. C. | in the midst of the late parliamentary l fight where he saved the territory. ac- l Cording to his reasoning, from jointure l last session. For some reason how 1 ever. he failed to mention the efforts l of some two or three scores of other
 Arizonians who were busy at their own ! expense of time and money, keeping
 the enemy from eating him alive. Then ] Ha fa1 -f,,fs. ! asserting that there is still a deter
 mined purpose to unite Arizona and ! New Mexico. Later in the course of
 his remarks, he said that if he had not been on the ground last year, Arizona
 would have been lost, and that if he ! is not sent back again Arizona will be 1 lost anyhow.
 | Having thus confidently imparted the
 real purpose of his presence, that Of inducing people to vote for him, he be- ! gan very lengthy and a very able dis tcussion of the statehood question. He
 gave numerous reasons why Arizona ! and New Mexico ought not to be joined first for the good of the entire coun- try, secondly, why Arizona particular ly should refuse to enter into this part nership, and lastly why a lot of .poli- ticians in New Mexico are sitting up .. nights trying to accomplish this in- | iquitOus enterprise. Tn all this lengthy argument MT. Smith was eminently cor ! rectNOt a statement was made that has not appeared from time to tine. in the editorial columns of The Republican, and not one Of those statements that ] cannot be verified. It embraced the entire story of difference in valuations
 in tax rates. in schools. in territorial indebtedness, in surrender of control
 or self government to the New Mexican schemers. Every thinking man ought to endorse those views.
 But when he began to draw from this | statement of facts, alleged req sons
 why a long-suffering public should re-
 turn him to Washington, he fell
 through himself It was not an unex-
 pected-deneuement. of course, for both
 he and his apologists have been making
 the same kind of talk all over the
 territory. He said that if a republican
 were sent 70 Washington the democrat ic supporters of Arizona would fly the
 track He said further. that if a re-
 publican were elected he would not even be recognized by his own party
 unless he fell into the administration
 camp and betrayed his people. He did
 not conceive that the making of Arizo- ma a republican territory could m any
 way appeal to a republican administra-
 ton. But it was altogether likely, he
 thought that he could get what he
 went after, for he recalled once that he I did get a bill through the republican
 house Conly to be sandbagged by the
 senate. in accordance with the pre- arranged planO He next paid glow , ing tribute to MT. FOraIer and the so- called insurgeHt band of republicans and in a pitiful appeal to the voters
 said that if these men could defy tho
 party whip it seemed like the Arizo-
 ma voters could do no less than tC
 heed his plea and~vote for him.
 And then he spoiled whatever of 1ogi, ? had entered into his reasoning. by ar 1, open confession. He said that after all ! it was not a question O. politics. Th' z parties were on the same ground here r- There is no question but that of state 2 hood and on that issue the platforms , are identical It was only a question , of whether the people thought dem D Ocrat or republican could do the mos { with a republican congress If any mai |, thought MT. Cooper could get more fo l Arizona than he could. he hoped tha n man would vote for MT. Cooper. H Q didn't want to be elected unless h. n could accomplish results. He pleade, $ guilty to having ordinary personal am Q bition, but he was willing to sacrific h it all to MT. Cooper if that were bes V for Arizona. That was surely a fai $ proposition, and one that the voter - will undoubtedly take advantage 6i if It really left the matter right wher = it stood in the first place and all O 9 last nights fuss and feathers wa
 wasted energy.
 r Mr. Bulard was the next speaker .t and made very interesting tall V mentioning number of the count = candidates who, according to Wr. Bul il lard. are not so bad as they might bt $ even if they are democrats. He said IF few words about his own eandidac ;t and really got excited at one place l, and almost eloquent. He said he kney O the people had no confidence in hir
 six years ago, and that was why the - did not elect him. but he has bee