Arizona republican., 1906-01-30
WRITE TO FORAKER
 ABOUT STATEHOOD
A Suggestion by Rev. ". c. Sargent
 of This City.

The Republican has received the fol- | lowing communication from Rev. w. | c. Sargent, formerly of Ohio, but who | has been residing in Phoenix for sev- eral months. He urges personal and | immediate action in the statehood mat | ter as follows; To the Editor of The Republican:
 Sir: Since becoming a resident of Arizona, and having read The Repub- 1 Iican in it's splendid effort for the in- tegrity of our territory as a political | organization, l have been deeply inn bued with the desire to do all in my power for the cause. Nearly all great battles have been won after apparent defeat of the victorious
 There is no reason why we should count the single statehood cause q fail- ure. Now is our opportune time. Prior to this juncture Of the proceedings we have had too many objects toward which to aim our guns of offense and defense. Now, the battle is brought to a definite citadel. Our efforts must now be directed to the senate and to few members of that honorable body. Our champion, Senator Foraker, is a remarkable man, one of the most fear i less and tenacious fighters on the floor I of the senate. He is always on the side of justice. I know him personally, and know that he is able to defeat the work of the self-glOrifying Beveridge and the dOmineering president. President Roosevelt's chief cause of prestige, which eventually brought him l to his high office, is due to the Rough Riders regiment, which came out of 1 the very lane he is now injuring, and 1 all, undoubtedly, because of his great personal friendship for Beveridge. At | least there is no justice in his demand ! for the alliance of New Mexico and 1 Arizona without referendum vote. It | savers of the sumptuary legislation so obnoxious in the past as to be driven | from the economy of civilized govern | ments.
 l A state is a limited area. peopled | with those who have a community of 1 interest, and ideally of homogeneous | nationality and pursuits. This we feel | to be as untrue of the territories of New Mexico and Arizona as of any two states of the Union that might be | suggested. In less than fifty years there will be a justified desire in Texas for a division into two states. It will 1 be righteous cry and will be heard | by congress. If the territories in i question are forced together now, they i will be restive until in the course of a few generations congress will divide | two states, because of the reasons cited i especially that of their simple unwield- , mess as one state.
 ] Now, don't take it for granted that Senator Foraker knows all the argu- ments. Perhaps he does; perhaps ne does not know of some argument that you, dear reader, may think of so write him personal letter.
 4 few years ago I visited Congress- on -zNT
 entertained at his home He said to me in the course of a personal con versatiOn: You people don't write us enough personal letters. We have to depend upon newspapers too much, but l While the newspaper is worthy ex- ponent of public sentiment, yet we like to receive personal letters. We really have iots of time to spare while here in congress, and you may be assured that every line of your letters will be either read by us or to us by our pri- Vate secretaries, whom we all main tain, so write, write.'
 Now, Foraker is just that kind of a man, only more so. Don't neglect him.
 He deserves 500 hundred letters from as many men all over the territory.
 Don't write long letters but write today, no matter how poorly the scrib-
 ble, it will be read to him, every line
 of it. It will fill the old war horse
 with fight, and when once his blood
 is up, something will give
 The man who dared to say to a
 president in the past, when
 ordered to do certain thing, no matter what now. while
 executive of the state of Ohio: Not
 while l am governor, MT. President''- that man is still superior to presiden-
 tial fear or flattery when righteous
 cause is at stake.
 Arizona in her present proportions
 will soon merit her own lustrous star in the nations flag. Let no man fake
 1t from her; let no citizens inactivity
 or disloyalty keep it from her. Again
 say, pour letters into Washington inn
 mediately to Foraker or 70 any sena-
 tor for that matter, but especially tc | FOraker.
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