Arizona republican., 1908-07-04
FORMAL APPEARANCE
 OF HEARST INFANT
The Independence League, Though Yet in Its Swaddling Clothes, Has Ventured to Invade the Wildness of the Frontier.

The Independence League, other
 wise known as Hearst's political party, much advertised and featurel
 as one of the attractions that would De offered for the entertainment of
 the festive voter the coming fall, has formally entered the political
 arena of Arizona. J. L. EigholZ of
 Los Angeles arrived here yesterday
 as one crying in the wilderness, her
 aiding the tidings of better day
 when mankind may receive political
 salvation through the medium of
 the League, providing of course that
 mankind is willing and the league can do all it advertises.
 Mir. Eigholz is a member of the
 California state executive committee
 and secretary of the Independence
 League of Southern California which
 has for its field of special endeav0r
 the seventh and eighth congressional
 districts, lying south of San Luis Obispo county. Mir. Eigholz is tread
 ing on new ground, being the first
 missionary of this cult to brave the
 Philistine hosts of republicanism and
 democracy that have hitherto ruled
 the land in these territorial con-
 fines. Hugh J. McIsaac, an apostle
 of the new faith and the national committeeman from California, has
 been reported as a-fIefd in the south
 west but he has thus far kept on the yon side of the Colorado and hitherward is a patch of virgin ground. MT Eigholz says that from this time forward it is to be titled with vigor.
 He called at The Republican office last night and chatted very pleas antly for a little while. one cannot hear him talk without being con- vinced that he thinks himself that he has the right medicine to offer, all though it is a case in which the doctors have disagreed nightly and it is quite possible. and The Repub- lican believes it even probable, that the new medicine is only com pounding of old ingredients in a new way and offered under a new label Mir. Eigholz is here and for the time being at least he is a news item and very proper to talk about.
 He says it is not his purpose at | this time to call a meeting in Phoe- | nix as he will only be here a day or so and leaves for Prescott on | Monday. He is merely holding con ferences with familiar spirits and | sowing a little seed which he hopes | in this fertile climate will bear abun- | dant fruit before the fall campaign | opens. He says the chief purpose of 1 the league is to labor for represen- tatives in the state, territorial and | national legislatures, where it's ideas 1. of reform can be made effective If | interest is sufficient Tor the placing of local tickets in the field here or elsewhere, so much the better for the league, but the main idea now is 10 secure a territorial committee or 5anization, that can begin the wieId-
 ing of an influence, for the League | gospel If local tickets are nominat- II ed later it will be Joy petition nec- Il essarily, for it is new party and ;an gain a hearing In no other way. Il Nevertheless the way is satisfactory Or the League for it does not be- ieve in conventions, but in direct at the primaries; and -also n the initiative and referendum and he recall.
 MT. Eigholz at some length gave | he diagnosis of the case these reme- lies are designed to relieve He Il aid he believed the old parties are | 10th controlled by the same vested | interests which enjoy special priv leges which are reasons for the eX- stence of the parties. He says there Il re both progressive and reactfonary epublicans and progressive and re- ctionary democrats and consequently | he alignment of the parties is not | rue to principle. Instead of stand Il ng for certain principles they sup 'ort the men who chance to lead !. heir respective tickets. To illustrate is point he said that now only our days prior to the Denver con [, ention, there is not a democrat in [ -rizona who can name the principles !, nd measures the platform will de- lare for. .
 The visitor was sounded a little | n the Hearst barrel, which is al . 'avs an interesting thing to talk 5 boat. He said there is none, mean i lg presumably that there is none |. vailalle, for it is not recorded that |. lr. Hearst has lost his barrel Con nuing, he said the league did not {. ropose h pay a nickel for anything j xcept the education of the people i nd for car wing the fight right down :, n fbe naOr1a 2