Arizona republican., 1908-04-04

A STATEMENT BY MIR. ADAMS, To the Editor of The Republican, Sfr: Many attacks have been made upon my motives in opposing an instructed delegation to the national republican convention. l wish to say at the out set that ] want nothing for myself or anyone else. l am simply desirous of breaking up Q system which has demoralized the republican organiza- tion in Arizona for fifteen years and made republican success impossible.
 To illustrate, there were over six thousand registered republican voters who did not vote at our last territorial election. If there had been an organization to get out S1 per cent of the republican voters of Arizona Will liam F. Cooper would have been elect ed delegate to congress; if 75 per cent of the registered republican vote had been cast Robert F. Morrison would have been elected. and if 76 per cent of the Republican voters had turned out B. A. Fowler would have been cleo ted
 Under the present system there can be no organization. The federal office holders contribute nothing to party in- terest and little to the funds of the party. For instance. in the last terri torial campaign federal officehOlders who drew salaries to the amount of $200,000 in two years contributed S350 to the campaign fund. They refused to address political meetings, to sit on the platform with the speakers and even to attend the meetings. They told the party man agers that they owed nothing 10 the territorial republican party; that they held their positions by virtue of east ern or outside influence.
 1 am desirOus that the system shall be changed so that they will owe their places to the party organIzation and that democratic federal officials who are now going about the territory or ganizing instruction republican clubs will hold no office under republican rule.
 Arizona should have home rule. The republican national platform has a plank in it which promises us home rule. but it has been absolutely ig nored. and today no city, county or territorial committee is ever consult ed about any appointment. In conse- ANChNC NC nave q iON bA itHtONidAS anu non-residents, commonly called carpet baggers, filling good offices and draw ing fat salaries that should belong to the republicans of this territory.
 A delegation should be sent whose first duty is to secure home rule for Arizona This cannot be secured by an instructed delegation. but an unin- structed delegation could undoubtedly secure from all the presidential candi- dates through their managers q per sOnal pledge that the republicans of Arizona through their committees could select the men to fill the offices. With these conditions in effect this territory would go republican at the next cleo tion
 In my opposition to instructions the question of presidential preference does not enter. Personally I am for Taft but not in preference to remodeling of the system of which I complain. If we send an instructed delegation to Chicago We could not reach the Taft managers who will be too busy se- curing uninstructed delegates to waste time hearing the pleas of those al ready secured.
 I am not moved by antagonism to any man. Most of the officers who have been sent to us are good men but some have not been. For instance there was the notorious Tucker. It is the system which has stunted the re- publican party of Arizona of which I complain and which We can break up with a free and independent delegation. As to Governor Kibbey he is a good re- publican an old AriZonian and an ef-