Arizona republican., 1908-02-26

of the territory for an expression oi his views he gave out a statement i which may be summarized thus: 'l ! believe Taft will be Eominated, and
 I feel that he ought to be nominated From all l can hear, Arizona republi i cans are strongly for Taft. If this is so, they should instruct their dele gates for Taft, for it is only by mak- | ing their wishes known that they can exercise a direct voice in the delibera- ] tions of the convention; if the dele
 gates are not informed through some i expression of the Arizona convention as to the preferences of Arizona re- i publicans, the delegates will be left free to say they could not find out what their people wanted, and they i may in fact vote contrary to the
 wishes and interests of the party in
 the territory: that some southern states have brought themselves into con- tempt by sending delegates who had nothing but offices in mind, for which to trade their votes; that Arizona has raised herself to a high position in the esteem of the country, and she should maintain a proud and seif-respecting position by having her citizens assert their manhood and boldly and cOurag
 eously express a choice in the national convention
 This was his advice, merely, and in response to numerous requests, copies of the statement were sent to many republicans. That, it seems. was heinOus crime in the eyes of MT. Ad ans, and convicts the governor Of un- duly bossing the party. ] have yet 10 understand, however, how MT. Adams has acquired any better right to dic- tate.
 It is a fact that the proposal to send Judge Sloan as a delegate to the Chi cagO convention as the representative of the northern counties of he terri tory has come spontaneously from the republicans of Apache, :SaVajo. Co., conino, Mohave and Yavapai counties. as evidenced by scores Gf letters from representative republicans addressed to the governor; and the suggestion is warmly seconded from all sections of the territory with one or two excep- tions. Judge Sloan has not lifted a hand in the matter; neither has Judge Kent l understand that one or two Id W , tlS dL ltSNpll uOll llht lllt lutdt and that Charles Clark of the United Verde Copper company. at Jerome, son of Senator Clark, has made some boasts that he will defeat the move- ment. But with the exceptions noted. Judge Sloan Is the unanimous and en- thusiastic choice of the counties men, tioned.
 Of course. the notion of sending Judge Sloan as d delegate has the warm approval of Governor Kibbey. for many reasons. The judge has lived in the territory twenty-five years. Although never a politician, he has always been a loyal, clean repub- lican. He and Judge Kibbey were or the bench at the same time, and the governor is very fond Of him. The governor knows that Judge Sloan is one of the most upright men in public life, is a man of eminent ability, and at Chicago would at once take rank with the biggest men at the conven- tion. He is not emotional, is strictly logical in temperament, and would not be stampeded into any foolish po- sition. Nor would he barter away the interests of Arizona for offices for 1iS DOdNs even II liIdl we're poSSiDic But l think l should say for the in formation of NIT. Adams, and possibly some others, that neither Judge Taft nor, in my judgment. any other candi date so far mentioned for the nomin ation would stoop to trade offices fo Arizona's votes in the convention. Bu to return to Judge Sloan: he has beer on the bench of northern Arizona s long and has so established himsek in the affections of all honest people of those counties, that he is almost idolized by them. They of course are