Arizona republican., 1906-06-21
THE PRESIDENT MEANS BUSH
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The exact language used by Presi- dent Roosevelt in his reference to ad ministration interference in the state hood campaign is given in a special dispatch to the Santa Fe New Mexican. It was employed by the president when he was told by Delegate Bull" An drews of New Mexico and the plum dcred Enterprise Bank of Allegheny. Pa. that he had bet suit of clothes with Delegate Mcclure of Oklahoma that Arizona would beat Oklahoma into the Union. Says the New Mexican's correspondent:
 "The latter instantly said Dele gate Andrews will win the suit of clothing from Greater Aridzona. I feel sure that Delegate Andrews will win the suit Then the president said to Delegate Andrews: T will do all in my power to help you. want to clean up all the territories during my admins tration. They must come in"
 This transaction in clothes recalls a historic event in which other garments were at stake. Then. if We recall rightly. "They parted his garments. casting lots" the last act in the great est crime ever perpetrated.
 This. however. has nothing to do with what we have to say. We do not share in the slightest degree President Roosevelts absorbing interest in this bet between Mir. Bull" Andrews and 
 We dwell is the presidents announce ment that he is pulling for Bull An drews. casting lots" as it were. with him; "in on it." as we believe sporting gentlemen put it.
 "I want to clean up all the terri tories.' says he. Well. We do not want Co be "cleaned up" That was the very thing We were afraid of at the begin ming of the statehood muddle. but we now feel perfectly secure. They must come in," says the president, speaking of the territories. Well. now let the president watch closely, and he will see Arizona not come in by very large and robust majority which is already growing rapidly.
 'I want" says the president. He wanted a great many things of the present session of congress which he did not get. So many of them were de- med him, that by this time he ought to be pretty we'll used to wanting and being denied. His wants have been almost invariably met by bushels of Dead Sea apples.
 We are curious to know how the president can enforce his wants in this territory. There was a time when he had greater influence here. That was when we believed him to be sympa- thetic with our struggles; when we thought he was imbued with broad western notions; that was before he impugned our motives in opposing jointure and before he lent his backing To Beveridge. the chef maHgner O, Arizona
 Now we know of no one who would pe less influential in the present strug- gle than the president Senator Rev. eridge can bring practically as much support to jointure as the president can. The president in this statehood hght would cut no wider figure than speaker Cannon, Chairman Hamilton Of the house committee on territories or Powers of Maine.
 Referring again to the Santa Fe New Mexican that paper thinks it sees how the president will turn the tide of battle:
 President Roosevelt is desirous that the federal officials in New Mexico and Arizona give the question of joint statehood energetic and efficient sup- port The president means business"
 We do not know what pressure the president may contemplate applying to federal officials in the territory or how much of crushing force all of them will be able to resist. We know. how ever, that some of them would not give way and we know also that those who might surrender would be instantly shorn for all time of the last vestige of influence with the voters of Arizona They would be immediately converted into useless and harmless tools.
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