Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-06


 bers of the last congress with refer enee to railway affiliations it was hown that more than half the sena tors and large percentage of repre- sentatives were within the scope CA railway influence either directly og indirectly.
 "It would need but little if any strengthening Of the railway power in congress to insure safety, at least in the senate, against any such dras- tic measure as would be necessary in carrying out the scheme of federal railway control, The strong support heretofore accorded railway interests In all congressional matters affecting them is sufficient evidence on that point And whatever of additional strength might appear to be necessary could be obtained, no doubt, by meth ods of persuasion with which railway magnates are familiar.
 But an attempt 10 control forty-five ! state legislatures would be quite an- other matter. It would be obviously 1 impracticable. Some legislative bodies might be influenced, as they are now, but in order to make the fight against 1 state control effective it would be necessary to obtain control iu each of
 he forty-five legislatures.
 l President Roosevelt ev:Genriy be- lieves that his own personality would be sufficient factor in assuring the success of his plan. It is not neces- sary to consider that question. how ever for the reason that MT. Roose- welt will yacate the presidential chair before it would be possible to install so radical change of railway can troI as the one he proposes. Even such of his admirers as have unbound ed confidence in his potency would have misgivings about the successful consummation of the plan under the leadership of any of the present repub- lican applicants for Roosevelt's off cial shoes.
 Mir. Bryan is unquest;onably right in his conclusion on this momentous question. In the statement made at Chicago; in which the above extracted sentence appears, he said: We should preserve the dual character of our government, congress regulating the interstate business and allowing the states to regulate their internal matters, such as transportation, etc.
 And that sentiment is in keeping | founders of the republic and which is reflected in the constitutional amend. ment declaring that all rights of the several states are reserved except such as are specially delegated by the constitution to the federal govern ment"
 The contentious of those who op posed the Doran mine tax bill and asked for absolute power for the ter ritoriaI board of equalization in mat ters of taxation was a plea for cen , tralized power in Arizona in the hands of those appointed from Wash to prevent the assement of property in the sever counties by county as to prevent the assessment of property in the seveEal counties by county as sessors and local equalization boards by making their acts subject to the , approval of the governor and his ap pointees. ..-..-asl .-. The people of this country will make a great mistake when they con sent to the taking away of Jheil rights of self-government; the princi pie of self-government comes dowr
 from the patriots who struggled dur : ing the bloody days of the revolution against the centralized power of the mother country; it has served us wei in the past and it should be chung tC with determined tenacity.