Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-11
MURPHY THINKS
 SENATE WILL AMEND
President Was Responsible tor its Passage through
 House

DOuglaS, ArtZ., fcD. lVs-tSpcOidi.t-
 Frank Murphy, president of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix rail road and head of all the Santa Fe lines in Arizona, passed through this city yesterday afternoon on his re- turn from Washington City, where he had been since last December work ing with other citizens of Arizona in an effort to defeat the joint statehood bill. MT. Murphy was accompanied by Robert Bentley. an iron manufac- turer, from Youngstown, Ohio, and they went to Tombstone last night, where they will remain today in look ing over the operations of the Tomb stone Consolidated Mining company, os which Mir Murphy is one of the Reading spirits.
 Had not President Roosevelt brought to bear the influence of his great office in having members of Congress go back on their pledged word to vote against the joint state hood bill, that measure would never have passed the House." said MT. Murphy q left Washington a week ago last Monday and at that time enough republican Senators had giv en .heir word to secure the adoption of the Foraker amendment, which was presented in the Senate today.
 Since leaving Washington I have received several letters from my brother. Oakes, and in the last he sent me a poll of sixteen republican Senators who were confidently ex- pected to vote for the Foraker amend ment. No one can tell definitely whether all of these Senators will vote as they have said they would or not until the roll call on the bill, but certainly the influence of the pres ident is not so powerful with Sena- tors as with the raw members of the House"
 It was suggested that Senator Pat terson, of Colorado. was now lining up with the republican administration Senators and might vote with them on the statehood bill. Commenting on this, Mir. Murphy declared that Patterson had not become a republi- can, but that he was a Roosevelt man." and that" said MT. Murphy, ''is the kind of man who is appre- -ciated at the White House now"
 The citizens of Arizona who have z journeyed to Washington at great sacrifice of time and money deserve the gratitude of the territory. They ? never ceased their Iabors in the House uRtil the final vote had been taken" said Mir. Murphy.
 When told that ex-Governor Mo Cord had been appointed as customs collector at NogaIes, MT. Murphy laughed heartily and said it was full explanation of the motives which toek that gentleman to Washington -as a joint statehood spieler.
 'Fhere are now only few of the Arizona boys in Washington" contin- aed MT Murphy, ''but they are watch ing Vfgilsntly every meVe in the statehood situation. My brother is there, and nothing could induce him 14o leave until the statehood bill has Fbeen finally disposed of. Nothing vslehnfte can be said as to when the vote will be taken in the Senate"
 Mir. Rodey, of New Mexico, is in Washington, doing all he can to se- cure the passage of the Hamilton bill in the Senate, and he has approached several of the friends of Arizona with suggestions of compromises and deals by which he would become a benefi- ciary along with any who would agree to play traitor to Arizona, but be it said to the credit of every man sent to Washington by the Arizona anti Joint statehood league, not one was ever willing to concede anything to anybody which would result in yok- ing this territory with New Mexico as a state. 2 Sf FEE
 General Manager Walter Douglas, who was in the city yesterday, joined Mr. Murphy at the depot and after salutation, with a twinkle in his eye, inquired after the welfare of Hon Jas. Tawney. The looks of Murphy showed plainly thcE MT. Tawney had proved a very severe and jarring dis appointment. ~sHJA