Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-05-15


Attorney General p. 4. Clark re,o,s.
ed yesterday fromSa visit 10 wash.
inaton. ID. C., where he Represented
the Territorial Board Of Equalizatio.
IN the supreme court, in the case NJ
the Copper Queen Consolidated Min.
ine company Of Bisbce Va. the Board
Of Equalization, heard April "a. Col
Herring Of Tucson representa- IN.
Copper Queen company, and both hs
and Attorney General Clark made two.
hour addresses before the court on be.
half Of their clients. No decision hss
vet been rendered in the case.
Speaking Of conditions generally, In
toe east, the attorney general sail:
"Dnring my travels found the
grea. body Of the American people
heartily in sympathy with the admin.
istration Of President Roosevelt. There
IRE. Of course, local points Of differ.
ence TO be found hero and there; for
instance, the statehood question In Asi.
zona and New Mexico, but these points
do not de,ract 10 any extent from the
hiyh esteem in which the President 10
hell One thing can safely be said,
and that il that the people Of the en-.
tire country, including Arizona, arc
overwhelmingly in favor Of the poll.
cies Of President Roosevelt, and I be.
ieve tina, any man OF any political
machine tina, opposes him will be In
hopeless minority.
"The Taft boom has assumed form.
idabl. proportions all over the east.
The result in Ohio in problemstiesl, ~
the political machine seems 10 be in
the hands Of Tafs oppoAests. Tho
secretary is very strong in New York
and Pennsylvania, and II bis candi.
dscy were submitted TO a vote Of the
people Of Ohio he would win with IN
overwhelming majority. ] believe that
every state and Territory In the Unios
will BE- for Taft in the next national
convention.
although I had u very pleasant
visit with Prcsi lent Roosevelt and
with the heads Of the various depart.
mcnts in the capitol. ! did not have the
pleasure Of meeting with Secretary
Taft, on account Of his absence from
the city during my stay there.
business conditions in the east are
wonderfully prosperous in all industrie.
and there ~ q growing and friendly 10.
terest towards Arizona everywhere. The
good record made by the late Legisls.
ture of this Territory in passing whole.
some laws is exciting much favorable
comment all over the east, a. we'll -
tse effective why's in which our laws
are enforced. I met only one man
in Washington Who thought that 20
ciety was in a choatic condition here,
and that we had wide'open towns and
public gambling on the streets, but
when ! called his attention to siRn on
a saloon window in one Of the priu.
eipal streets Of the Capitol City, which
read LADY clerks employed hsss."
and told him that no women were 81.
lowed in saloons in Arizona, az ap.
peared amazed. We stepped on the In.
side to prove TO our mutual satisfae-
tion that women were actually en-.
ployed in aaloons in washingten, and
were greeted by three smiling and buzz.
on lassies behind the bar. Before va
parted my new acquaintance was con.
WINGED that after all there was some Lit.
tie civilization in Arizona.
81 met J. X. Campbell and Leon
kneipp in washingtona They arc at.
taehes OF the forest reserve and expect
to be ordered west ut an early date"
The attorney general conclu LED. by
saying that la visit 70 WasAineeas. =
this time had no political sisuiAcaues,
whatever, N ne west thvre IN biz o.
heial capacity, and not to seek polit.
zeal preferment in any way.