Arizona republican., 1906-10-16

pure politics. for purity inevitably fol- lows where the mothers and wives and daughters of the land are found"
 Continuing, he said he had been hon ored in his nomination and he accepted it because he wanted the office. He Il said further that no force had been II used to make him take it. One thing he liked about himself is that he is a Il good loser and another is that he can | work better under pressure than where f there is less demand on him. He is | used to hard work and knows that he | must work for all he gets Nand work hard whether he gets anything or not | He told the story of the two frogs in | the milk, and said he believed he | would be like the optimistic frog, able | to kick the milk into a roll of butter | and climb on top of it. He said he | was happy for he was so proud of the | nomination he believed he would be a | winner even if he lost. But with all | his pride there came a feeling of re- sponsibility to not only do his best, | but to see that there is no stain left on the party whether he wins or loses. 1
 He said he hesitated to say anything | about statehood. but felt that he ought to say something. He admired a man who had the courage of his convictions and insisted that he had a right to | their expression. His opinion was | against jointure but he was open toi conviction. The trouble is. nobody has 1 presented any convincing argument, | and he is just as anxious as the other | side to make converts. He said joint | ure is not a party issue, but a mere ] business propsitiOn and entirely one 1 sided at that. This campaign is unique l in that there is only one issue and that
 is whether or not a delegate shall be ! elected who is in accord with the ad 1 ministration. Reverting to statehood, | he gave a partnership Illustration of two men going into business with equip ! ment paralleling that of the two terri I tories and showing that one had prac- Il tically everything and the other nOth- l ing needed in the partnership. And T then after this enterprise is carried out
 10 a profit taking point, Arizona is to I get A cents of the profit to New Mex l icO's 66 cents.
 THE ADMINISTRATION.
 They say we are flying in the face
 of the president and the administra- tion." said MT. Cooper. If that is sO
 and it was the definite policy of the
 administration to unite us, why did not the president veto the bill2 ''The policy
 of the president take it. he said. ''is
 the same that MT. Roosevelt has always pursued that of the square deal You
 needn't be afraid of sending me to T Washington for fear of offending the i president. He is too big a man to take oifense at your honest convictions" MT. Cooper spoke of the confusing | figures of the statehood people, nobody ' could get an argument for jointuTe out of them and for one he had to be shown. He told a story or two that il- T lustrated this point and greatly inter . acfa1 hiG a1F1fanpa @ dpGGriha6 fllIv T the meaning of 66 to 4. and illustrated that subject also by a funny story. MT. 1 Cooper next took up the record of the 1 present delegate, telling how, for six | teen years he had heard the statehood | talk. For two campaigns it was an nounced the democratic candidate 1 would surely get statehood and thus it i ran along until the time came when ! they could have got it and did not | want it and now they still want a dem l ocrat to go to keep from getting state ! hood. At this point MT. Cooper took l occasion to Say that if B. A. Fowler 1 had been elected two years ago, in ! his opinion the joiRture bill would
 never have passed congress. At the
 mention of MT. Fowler's name there
 was another demonstration. Continu- ] ing the speaker insisted that the story | that jOinture will again be seriously ' COnSlQereU IS only q DUH ana IT the i people at the coming election bury 1t i deeply enough it can never be dug up II again. MT. Cooper said he was ready Y to give all proper credit to the present .j delegate for his efforts but he desired
 that it be remembered that many other citizens went to Washington to help
 defeat the iniquitous project at their Y personal expense and he could not see
 where MT. Smith was entitled to spec ial credit for having done what he was elected to. his plain duty in the matter The next line of argument was in l proof of the speakers faith that sepa-
 rate statehood could not be long de-
 layed, the efforts of the present terri
 toriaI administration being in the di-
 rection of a local condition that would
 eventually make a recognition of Ari-
 zona's claims imperative. And in the
 meantime, he had no fear but that
 there would always be a Foraker on
 guard to protect the territory.
 Next he referred to the claims of the
 county candidates. then gave a short
 biography of his own life and closed
 with an appeal for votes, saying he
 promised if elected, to at least get a
 federal building. or do something to
 show what his time in Washington
 had been spent for, and in any event
 he could do no less than the present in cumbent, who has spent the best part
 of his life in going to congress-
 DEATH OF A CHILD-The four
 months-old baby daughter of Mr. and ] Mrs Tom Eden died yestardaz- morn