Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-09-26
FOOL POLITICS IN ARIZONA.
(from Wednesday 's Daily.r


 Arizona, with it's paramount issue of ysint statehood. do you suppose that 1t hes very forcibly occurred to the good people of the Territory, all of whom l am assured are, or should be, against joint statehood. and all of whom as. sume, are heartily in favor of single statehood. that they are carrying on ono of the most inconsistent and absurd se0paigns ever witnessed' Why is n Republican administration in Washing. tsn, and Republican congress % strongly in favor of binding Arizona Asd New Mexico in joint statehood' Why arc these two br,,chc. O. tho national government, both Republican opposed 10 Arizona comin, int, inc Uai0n as Q single sts,cs IL is he. cnsc the people of Arizona p'rs'st in practicing fool politics. by rturu,ng term after term Democin a, dele gate to congress, and which simply serves notice on a Republican con grcss and on "A Republican administra sson, that to admit Arizona to single statehood now would mean two moro Deaocratic United States senators, cad one more Democratic representa- tive in the national legislature. It is the belief of a very large majority ef the people of the United states. as vell as the belief of iarg" ma iori,y in congress. that there ass too many Democrats in congress noS and the people nre usually right --w.Ie home interests strongly demand the defeat of joint statehood, ;col Republican politics demand that 1t bc 1 rv,' .. beyond tho power of Democratic Ari. ssaa to longer bs misreprssentr' m Washington by such men as the prj ple of Arizona insist upon con.iuu' ng ia office, even if it becomes necessary to place her under the contycl of R". publican New Mexico. Why should this demand on the part of Repub. hcsn administration. and n Republican congress. bc made necessary. and who makes i, necesssry' There is but one answer. and that is, The People of Arizona, by their fool politics. make it necessary. Let the people of Ari. sona once get into line with the pres. eat administration. by elccting Re. publican delegate to congress this fall which Is as much their duty as dc. fsating joint statehood. and it will be unnecessary to longer fear such m in. eenpctible union as good Republican as . necessity. Keep on electing a Democratic delegate to congress. and ysu will keep yourselves in perpetual trouble, with joint statehood forced upon you. sooner or later. whether you want it or not. Another political in. congruity to bc found in Arizona is that with all of her large mining and Snancial interest so closely allied. with her larger stock raising and farm ng interests, with such high cduca. tional standard of all of her citizens, the majority of which belong to skilled labor. none of which have ever flour. ishcd under free trade Dcmocrati. Administration, and yet these same peo. pie continue 10 elect free trade, Bryanized, socialistic Democrat as their delegate, who believes in nothing. nd. vocates nothing, and stands for sothing that ever was or ever can be for the best interests of Arizona. But some people say that he Is against joint. statehood, and that he fought it tn congress. We'll. what if he didi What was he elected fori But didn ' nearly every Republican in Arizona &o the samei Was it not through Re. Psblican influences that Arizouans COW have the privilege of voting on tho question: Certainly it was. Do you believe that Mark Smith would have been against joint statehood had Ari. xona been Republcani l do not He @ for single statehood, is he not2 Would he be if Arizona were Repub. heanf l do not believe that he would be. The truth of the matter is that Mark smith, and all other Democrats, of Arizona, are against joint state. hood from political motives. pure and simple, because they hope for single statehood, and believe that Arizona will remain Democratic. While, on the other hand, the Republicans of Arizona, who arc against joint state hood, and all are except few dis. sppointeh and diSgruntled ones, are against it because they have the inter. ests of Arizona at heart, above all else, md regardless of their politics. Those who believe in Arizona, and who have her interests at heart nhoyc all