Arizona republican., 1910-08-27

the president and congress was not inserted asa bluff It was made an important feature of the law because of the prevalent distrust of radicalsm in this territory.
 The law makers at Washington have a lively recollection of the freak constitution adopted in Arizona and sent to Washington twenty years ago. That constitution made Arizona laughing stock in the nation.
 It has been exceedingly difficult to convince the national lawmakers that there has been any change in the thought out here. Indeed, they were only partly convinced at last. They said. in substance: we think you boosters for statehood are mistaken as to the character of your people. Our idea is that populism and social ism are the distinguishing features of your peoples ideas. Possibly we are mistaken We also think that it is too early to admit Arizona. To set tie the question in a practical way as to whether we are right or you are right, we will so phrase the enabling act that you will not be admitted unless you frame and adopt such a constitution as will meet our ap- proval."
 So much is conceded, we think, by every citizen of Arizona. for there has been no excuse for transformation on the subject
 The talk of defiance" of Wash ington does not undertake to dispute what we have here set forth. It is, rather, to the effect that If we can not get statehood in the form that we want it, we prefer to do with out it."
 Of course, it is scarcely worth while to argue with a citizen who is so fla naticat and short-sighted as to take this position. He has the liberty of saying by his ballot on the 18th of September whether he prefers to lose statehood in order to uphold certain theories that he entertains as to the sort of state government we ought to have.
 But the great mass of intelligent citizens do want statehood. They realize what it will mean to Arizona to be admitted into the Union. They know that there will be an enormous immigration into arizona if the ter ritory is admitted, and that land values will boom. They know that if such a constitution is framed as will defeat statehood, the territory will receive a black eye that it will carry for years, and that investors will shun the territory.
 They know, on the other hand, that under the republican plan a constitu- tion will be framed which will hon estly reflect the sentiments of the conservative citizenship of the terri tory, and which will assure the ad mission of the territory-and at the same time a constitution which can be amended at any time in the future by mere majority vote.
 These citizens know that there is no emergency confronting the terri tory that makes it at all advisable to throw away statehood merely in order to register a verdict in favor of sundry socialistic 'isms.'
 They know that if. after careful consideration, it is found advisable to experiment. with any of the so- called progressive" ideas in iegisla- tion, the people will have full power to put them in force.
 | They know that to try to settle every question relating to the future government of Arizona before there is any state of Arizona to govern, is to place the cart before the horse.
 For these reasons, all thoughtful citizens are in favor of making a cer- l tainty of statehood-first of all.
 Shall the People Refuse Ten Millions