Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-31
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The Phoenix Republican says that George U. Young. secretary of the territorial central committee. received the following dispatch from Senator Beveridge of Indiana:
 My heartiest good wishes for sue cess in the fight you are making for republican victory in Arizona"
 The Republican makes this tele- gram the basis for an editorial in which it is sought to give out the impression that Beyeridge in sending the message had committed himself in favor of the passage of the Arizona statehood bill at the short session or congress this winter, provided the people of the territory elect a repub- lican to congress. It is far-fetched reasoning to twist the telegram from Beveridge into any such meaning. And if the telegram did state in plain words that the Indiana senator would assist the Arizona statehood bill if Ralph Cameron was elected that would be no reason why the people of Arizona should turn against Mark Smith, the very man who fought and whipped Beveridge end his crowd in the battle to save Arizona from the curse of joint statehood. We do not believe that the people of Arizona will consent to lick the boots of Beveridge and fawn before hiru when they con slider the great wrong be perpetrated on this territory when he returned to Washington after making a trip through this territory five years ago.
 Beveridge was senC to the territory as the personal representative of Ari- zona while the omnibus statehood bill was pending in the senate after it had passed the lower house Of con gress. MT. Beveridge was in the ter ritory for about three days and wis tied Prescott, Phoenix, Tucson and Bisbee He travelled in a Pullman car and what he saw of Arizona was from the car window, yer. he reported that the industries of this territory were of an uncertain character. At Bis bee he said there vas some copper mining, but he then pointed to Tomb stone as an example Of the uncertain ty of the mining industry in the west. At that very time the Tombstone Consolidated company was inaugural Ing one of the greatest mining enter prises in the west. He compared Ari- zona to Nevada which at that time was at the very low ebb of its pros perity; he stated that the character of the citizenship of Arizona was not such as to warrant trusting them with a state government, notwithstanding the fact of the splendid territorial government which had been maintain ed here.
 It was this lying report of Bever- idge that caused the proposition to join Arizona and New Mexico into one state. To show how little Bever- idge found out about Arizona during his flying trip, it Is only necessary to compare his statement that "Ari- zona had reached the height of it's prosperity" with the fact that since his visit the taxable property and pop ulation of the territory has doubled since he was here five years ago.
 Beveridge, the enemy of Arizona, would no doubt like to have a man like Cameron in congress who would follow his will concerning this terri tory; had Beveridge had republican with no more qualification than Cam eron to represent the people of Ari- zona in congress during his fight against our people in trying to pass the. joint statehood biIi. Arizona would today be merged with New Mexico and self-government forever lost to our people.