Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-15
A rHREADBsaE CRY.


 battle cry of the Cameron speakers has been repeated in every campaign against Mark smith for the past twelve years. and the voters in the following November have invariably registered their opinion of such mis representations by swing Mark Smith an increased majority.
 Elect Murphy and get statehood; elect Morrison and get statehood; elect stewart and get statehood; elect Cooper. Fowler. Cheyney and every republican standard bearer that has ever been nominated in Arizona, and statehood would sure follow. This same old threadbare story is now do ing duty on the roslrum with Gamer on. once during these years the re publicans of Arizona succeeded in alecting a republican delegate and this delegate never succeeded in get. ting a statehood oil out of the com mittee on territories. but, however succeeded in securing good important Iegislationr-for instance the Pima county railroad bonds, Chairman Wright so gleefully discussed in con nection with Mark Smith in Tucson
 It would seem to all self respecting citizens that silence ought to prevail in republican quarters, when that in. qultous bend measure is being consic cred. Il was passed by republican congres at the instigation of a repub- lican delegate. No wir justice let that infamy, which hangs over Pima and Santa Cruz counties like pail, sleep in the grave of obiliSion
 Now let us look at Mir. Cameron's contention that statehood will follow the election of a republican delegate Twelve years ago New Mexico changed politically, at the instigation of such traddle as was indulged in by Mir. Morrison, and elected a, repub lican delegate with the hope of secur, ing statehood and has continued to do so ever since, yot in the face of the fact that New Mexico has double the population of Arizona and repub iican delegate in congress, she has been unable to even get statehood oill out of the committee on terfiror ies Yet, in the face of such record, the republican speakers have the au- dacity to ask the democrats of Ari- zona to change then politics; to stul- tify themselves and their citizenship that another republican might secure an office The people of Arizona are not built on those lmes. They cannot be bulidozed or coaxed into this re- publican trap. They refuse to surren- der their manhood and political con victions for any man-and the drub- ping this office hunting federal brig ade will receive at their hands on No vember 9rd will be something more than a memory.
 Mark Smith never told 8 Pima county audience, O 4Iy other Arizona audience, that if they elected him he would get them statehood. That is misstatement to pat it mildly. He did tell them, however, that he would do his duty and pledged the support of every democratic member in both houses of congress ir favor of sepa- rate statehood for Arizona
 The assertion of Morrison that the committee of visitors from Arizona ! had secured the services of Senator Foraker. and through him defeated joint statehood. is F, conformity with many other misstatements made. Sen ator Foraller was helping Mark Smith to fight Arizona's battle in the senate eight years ago-in fact, he has ai- ways fought Mark Smiths Arizona battles in the senate, and that com mittee. while it did all committee could with rebellious republican con gress who was determined to strike Arizona from the map of the republic, yet it was as helpless as lot of chIl- dren running at large in the national capital. Frank Murphy, Robert Nor rison and every men.Der Of that dele gation were loud . their praises of Mark Smiths labocs, when they re turned from washinston-but our peo- pie must remember that they had no candidate in the se.i for congress a. tha. time.
 Arizona, will, no.vever. get sta,a. hood. She will get It. not because n