Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-09
POLITICAL TOnMYROT.

POLITICAL TomMYRoT.
 The following appeared a few days ago in the Washington Post, who em- ploys man to watch the hotel lobbies and interview whoever will agree tol talk: Arizona will send Mark Smith and Gov. Joseph H. KiSbey to the United States senate when 1t becomes q state" said L. S. Williams of Wil-I Hams, Ariz.. member oi the Arizona legislature, at the Raliegh. The peo- pIe of Arizona are confident that be fore the present session of congress ends our terrftory win be admitted to the union, and when that comes the new state will be called upon to elect two United States senators. There IS no man in the territory more popular than Mark Smith. although he was de feated in the last election by repub- lican, Ralph Cameron, because 1t was believed that a republican could do more to bring about statehood than a democrat, but when it comes to eiecting a man to the senate, Mark Smith will be the first to be chosen. That a democratic legislature would elect a republican .o the senate might seem improbable, but 1 firmly believe that Gov. Kibbey will be the other senator to be elected, because he Is personally one of the most popular men in the territory
 If Arizona has T rondness for one public man more than another, 1t is for Senator Foraker, and If the Ohio senator were to move to Arizona and go before the people as candidate for the United States senate he would be chosen before any other man, dem ocrat or republican. The people real 1ze and appreciate the fact that had it not been for Senator Foraker we might now be ;n the union along with New Mexico in joint statehood. and We are grateful 10 Foraker because he defeated that proposition. The Oicio senator could have anything in the gift of Arizona
 Should the democrats elect the first legislature after the admission of Ari- zona as a state 1t is very probable that Marcus A. Smith would be elect ed to the senate, along with some other of the many worthy democrats. To say that any legislature would choose one democrat and one rePubli- can Is almost equal to say that some one was going to buy his way into the senate from Arizona. of which there is little probability.
 As far as Governor Kibbey is con. cerned we hardly believe he would have a look in for a senatorship, even should the republicans control 1t Il is more than likely, with republican victory. the senatorship would go tC Hon. F. NJ. Murphy of Prescott and to Col. l.. ". Powell of Bisbee. These are the men who good many repub Hcans are figuring on. Murphy ha' always been power in his party anC Col. L. W. Powell demonstrated las year that he does not overlook an, tricks in the political game.
 Foraker would never be considered if he moved to the territory tomorrow He is a republican and the republican party of Arizona showed very plainl. last year that the Ohio senator has n' claims on that party because of hi friendship for Arizona
 The abolition of the ranger servic in Arizona which Is now threstene' is not the result of sudden determi nation of the members of the pres ent legislature; there has been strer uous opposition Q the rangers eve since the force was created. This or position has been continual in Mar copa county and n Pinal county an has been more or less general through out the territory It times In the las legislature the friends Of the ranger had a hard fight to save the organizs ton. in that legislature many of th republican members were opposin the rangers; now 1t seems that a the republicans are standing by tn rangers. but we take 1t that this a' ticn is accounted for more because tn bfiI abolishing the rangers was endor' ed by the democratic caucus than b. cause of any particular regard for tn interests of the territory or for the we fare of the ranger service. The rans CT service in Ariz1na, we believe,