Weekly journal-miner., 1910-06-29

gardless of party affiliations the peO
 ple of Kingman and Mohave county are jubilant over the passage of thu
 statehood bill and the prospects Ot
 the admission of Arizona into tn'
 sisterhood of states next year. Dele gate to Congress Ralph Cameron is
 being highly commended for his un
 tiring efforts in behalf of admission Republicans and Democrats alike agree that he accomplished more III his first Congressional term than Mark Smith in his twenty years in the National Capital.
 It will be remembered that Cam eron reduced Smiths Mohave county majority last campaign lower than ever before. Cameron is more popu- lar than ever here. In fact he is being prominently mentioned by his friends as one of the first Senators from the new State. In all prob | ability his claims to a Senaorial toga will be pushed by his constituents when the time for the election of Senators arrives, in view of his dis tinguished service in the cause of statehood.
 O. D. M. Gaddis, chairman of the Mohave county Republican Central committee, does not deny that he favors and strongly the election of MT. Cameron to the Senate. He goes further. and states that Cameron will make a good chase for it.
 It is the eoneensus of opinion anon the leaders of the two poht- ieal parties here that the Constitu- tional convention should be non-par- ti.an. A conservative constitution is also advocated. Freak legislation has no advocates in this subdivision of the Territory. Opinions differ as to the wisdom of eliminating the edu- catiOnal clause by the Senate, but everyone rejoiees that Territorial vassalage is now nearly a thing of the past and there is a feeling even among those who believe that Con gress had no right to nulhfy any of the Territorial laws to make the best of the situation now and select only the wisest and best citizenship for the Constitutional convention, with view of having the best eonstitu- tion in the entire United States framed for the new State of Ari- zona.
 In interviews tonight, Chairman Gaddis and E. F. Thompson, chair man of the county Democratic Cen tral committee, admitted that they favor a non-partisan Constitutional convention and agreed that both par ties should select their best and most conservative men for election as members.
 Chairman Gaddis, who has been a resident of Kingman since 1891, and who is one of its leading and most influential merchants, said:
 "Yes, the people of Mohave cOun- ty, without exception, seem to be well pleased that at last they have been granted statehood. I was for joint statenood, more than any other reason because I believed at that time jointure was the only form we might expect for long time. How ever, I am very agreeably surprised, assure you.
 By all means, each party should select their wisest, best and most conservative men to frame our con stitution. There is no room for pet ty politics in this game. Let us be sane in this and do politics later. l fully endorse the manner in which the Senate has handled the so-ealled educational clause, and believe all, regardless of politics, will be satis- fled with it when they become calm, for I know our people generally are very just. In my opinion it would be wrong to disfranehise those who have blazed the trails for us and made their homes here, but for those who come to us in future l do not object to their being required to be able to read our language before ob- taining suffrage.
 I believe the granting of statehood at this time is due to the untiring efforts of R. H. Cameron more than anything else and that the people of Arizona owe him much. For me, I favor MT. Cameron for one of our first Senators, and he will make a good chase for it. We all rejoice, thank God and our friends.
 Concluding, I may add that I do not believe that the prohibition ques- ! tion should be raised at the Consti-