Arizona republican., 1908-10-26
ELECTION OF CAMERON
He Says Will Bring State hood Promptly and He is Pleased to Find That Many Arizona Democrats Are of the Same Opinion.

MT F. NJ. Murphy arrived in the city yesterday morning from the south after an absence of several months On his recent return to
 Prescott from New York he went to
 the coast, where he remained until last week, when he went on a tour
 of inspection of the properties of the Development Company of America in
 the southern part of the territory. Mir Murphy, being asked his Opin- ion regarding the national political situation, said: The advices I am receiving from friends in the east satisfy me. beyond a possible doubt that Judge Taft will be elected by
 an overwhelming majority after which
 we may expect a great improvement in business. Judge Taft's election
 means much to Arizona and to this
 valley in particular A national re- publican victory and Ralph Gamer on's election pean the prompt ad
 mission of the territory to statehood. By rights. the election of Mir. Cam eron should be made unanimous. The democrats this year can afford to
 vote for Cameron; they cannot af- l ford to vote against him.
 Just why any man should feel called upon to sacrifice not only the ! interests of the territory but his own 1 individual interests as well. in order ! to keep Mark Smith in office, is
 more than I can understand. Farm CTS, miners and business men gener- ally as a rule. find it necessary to employ all their strength and brains ! in their endeavors to get ahead in the world and it seems stpnge, in deed, that when an opportunity is offered them to cast their ballots
 where they will Tighten their bur dens, better their changes, help their neighbors and in every possible, con- ceivable way. strengthen their posi- tion. they should not take advantage of it.
 "I am surprised to find so many people scattered throughout the ter
 ritory who have been influenced to believe that Mark Smith saved Ari-
 zona from being swallowed up by New Mexico, when as a matter of
 fact, it was the work of the citizens
 of the territory as a whole that saved Arizona and there are not less
 than 100 men in the territory who actually did more to prevent
 joint statehood than did Mark Smith.
 But when I make this statement I
 do not mean to say that Mark Smith
 did not do all he. could. But he did
 not and could not reach the repub- lican senators who saved Arizona.
 They were influenced to make fight for us as a result of represen-
 tations and evidence presented to | ,f
 If Mir. Smith were in earnest
 about wanting to see Arizona prompt ly admitted, under the most favorable circumstances possible he would not
 be seriously contending for reelection
 to congress this fall. And. am pleased to say, from my observa-
 tions on my recent trip through the
 territory. that I found many demo- crats who are going to vote for Ralph Cameron, not from any dislike to Mir. Smith, but because they want to see Arizona made a state without any further delay. Some of them say they want the pleasure of voting for Mir Smith for United States senator before they die, an opportunity, they have come to believe, will never be theirs if they continue to vote their chances of admission away by ever lastingly returning him to congress" Speaking of the operations on the properties of the Development Com pany of America, MT. Murphy said that he found work progressing sat l isfactorily at Tombstone He and
 his associates were very much pleas ed with some recent discoveries made 1 ITO odd feet below the old water level, l furnishing additional evidence in sup ! port of the predictions made by F.. B. ' Gage, w. F. Staunton and many min | ing engineers connected with the property Tombstone. Mir. Murphy said. in his judgment was destined to become one of the great mining camps of the territory.
 | From Tombstone, MT. Murphy went | to Silverbell where the properties of | the Imperial Copper company are To- i cated and he visited the company's smelter at SascO. In the party were Mrs. Murphy, Mir. Gage, Mir. Staun- | ton and Don Gelasio Caetani. a min | ing engineer of wide experience. who made a careful inspection of the