Bisbee daily review., 1907-02-02
REPUBLICAN, COUNCIL REvERsEs ITSELF.

Mondays action of the legislative council concerning the California in cident involving the right of the state to provide schools for Japanese and other Mongolian3 and exclude them from schools provided for white child ren Is attracting considerable atten- ton throughout tre territory. It is not surprising that the action of the council should provoke discussion; 1t was remarkable action in more ways than one. The council On Sat urday passed concurrent resolution sent over from the house without dissenting vote and yesterday the re- publican majority brought about re- consideration of the resolution and laid 1t on the table by a strict party vote. The resolution was one express ing sympathy with the state of Cali fornia in its contention now for the right to manage it's public school sys- tem without interference from the federal government. Taking public expression as an index of public sen timent. and we have Arizona practi- cally unit in the hope that neither President Roosevelt nor the federal congress will be conceded the right to interfere with the state manage ment of the public schools of Califor nia or any other state in the union and there was much surprise that the republican members of the legisIa- tive council should withdraw an ex- pression Of sympathy with the con tentions of the golden state in this matter on Monday after 1t had been unanimously expressed on Saturday. F The action of the republicans in the council leaves no doubt that the majority in the council has retained political advisor and it is quite probable that before the republicans of Arizona get through with the polit- ical record made yesterday there win be much regret that the republican councilmen followed the advice Of the man behind" whoever he may be. The resolution was a proper one in every word and sentence and one which was timely now to show to the state of California that the people of Arizona have not forgotten the great service rendered to Arizona by the representatives of California in the recent attempt to force Arizona and New Mexico into a state without the consent of our people. California republicans did not hesitate to fight for the cause of Arizona in the face of the fact that they were opposing the desires of President Roosevelt and the republican majority in con gress and Arizona should not faiter in her loyalty to California without regard to the feelings of the presi- dent or his political advisers and de- lenders in congress.
 The people of Arizona are already on record in the matter of their dis approval of the majority in congress and Of their disapproval of the presi- dent Eighty-hye per cent of the vot- CTS of this territory had no hesitaucy about turning down the presidential desires in the matter of joint state hood and they should not hesitate to disapprove the presidential desire in the matter of forcing the white o1iId- ren of California to attend the sans
 'choois with Japanese IT President Roosevelt may do this then we can aot see where the federal power could be stopped in arr tier of regula- ltion of local aff airs
 The principle Of home rule has ever been popular in Arizona; it is love of the right of self-government that has impeiIed us in our fight for statehood during the past twenty years ard which caused us to rebel at the prop