Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-29
-IHREY NOT MISUNDERSTOOD

n an editorial something over a col
 .n in length the Phoenix Republican
 1fesses to show how Governor Kib-
 bey during his recent visit in Globe
 was misunderstood by the Silver
 Belt, which published an interview
 from the governor the morning after
 his arrival here. The editorial is os- |, tensibly a putative defense of the gov >ernor's position on national politics,
 but it conveys a rap at the executive that is too transparent to be misunder- stood.
 The governor during his visit here was quoted by the Silver Belt as say ing that Git would be Roosevelt, or man backed by the executive, or a democrat who would be the next presi. dent, and the Republican immediately goes into virtuous partisan convul- sion, declaring that Che (the Silver Belt reporter) made the governor utter libel against the republican party (im- possibleD, the entire country and the governors own reputation for sound judgment"
 'The governor may believe' con tinues the Republican, "that Mir. Roosevelt will be renominated, but we cannot conceive that Governor Kibbey would indorse the alternative of a can didate named by the president or that he could thus be led into a recognition of the doctrine that any president how ever wise and virtuous, should be per mitted to name his successor. If the governor holds that general belief, he has not a majority of Americans with him.
 Now the governor really did say, without stuttering. what he is reported to have said in the Silver Belt and to which our contemporary takes exccp- tion, and in declaring so, we believe that he expressed his honest opinion, which, by the way, seems to be the same opinion as held by the large ma jority of republicans throughout the country, who are hailing Taft as Roose- welt g successor. The Silver Belt also believes that the governor undoubtedly | wished to convey that it would be | man who would continue the policies | of the present administration, rather than man named by Roosevelt, in the literal sense. And as to the gov ernOr's reputation for sound judgment well, when the executive said it would be democrat as the other alternative, we believe that he displayed very sound which could only have been sounder had he eliminated the former one
 While it is not the province of the Silver Belt to defend Governor Kibbey in political way, duty which is so assumed by his erstwhile en- emy, our civic pride compels us to see that he does not suffer evil from his recent visit to Globe, and we also take this opportunity of correcting a state ment in the governors s interview which had him say that he believed Roosevelt would accept the nomination if it were { rendered him unanimously. The gov ernOr stated afterward that he believed the president would accept the nomina- ton more readily if it were not unan. mous.
 Although it is entirely irrelevant in 6 his connection, we would like to know I what sort of republication is that of he Republiean-whether it is that of Q Roosevelt, which Bryan declares is dem. i 'eracy, or that of Foraker, Fairbanks s md Cannon, the real genuine Standard )il life insurance and public be damned | ort. Our charity compels us to re- rain from venturing a guess.