Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-12
CLUBBING THE PEOPI

CLUBBING THE
 PEOPLE.
 When 1t was announced that Sen ator Beveridge had put into the sen ate statehood bill a provision re- quiring the submission of Arizona's constitution for approval to the pres ident and congress before the terri tory could finally be admitted into the union as a state this paper pre- dicted that this provision was for no ether purpose than to be used as a scare-erow in eoercing the people into voting for republicans That this was the real purpose of this provis- ion in the statehood bill is being dem onstrated every day by the repubh- can machine organ the Tucson Citi- zen. which is supposed to receive its political dope drect from Frank Hitchcock For instance. we find the following in the last issue of the Citizen;
 It is especially important that the Spanish-American citizens should register in order that they may yCte for delegates who will oppose the efforts of the democrats to con tnue in effect the present election law. republican senate and house kept that dishonest piece Of lesisia- tioa out of the statehood law. a democratic constitutional cnyent;on could be depended upon to perpetuate il by means of a provision n tine or ganic iaw, thus disfTaneisiRs q large and estimable number of tho people of Arizona and 'hazarding tae cause of statehood. For if PresideH, Iaft declared his determination ol vefuing any statehood law which dsfranchised the Spanish-American citizens, is it not likely that he. will be equally hostile 10 a constitution co--tainiiig such 8 nroyision2"
 Thus we have 1t throwI direct ly into the faces of the people that if they attempt 10 put the cleo tions of the future state on high pane of intelligence by iacorporat- :s.g an educational qualification oi voters provision in the constitution President Taft will put up the bars against the admission of the new state.
 Al. tAis ak about any desire t. dlsfranohise Spanish-Amercan ciii- gems is of the rankest kiad of ror There are very few Mex,eans who are citizens of Arizona and entitled to vote who could rot meet sae edu-, cationsi qea;isica.:sn test at 3,e poiis. The class that cannot meet the edpeali .rai lest required hx the .~r pissee i.v the A;izoaa leg isIature in 1909 compose the ignor- ant, purchasabie vote which has been bought regularly at every eiec- ton in Tucson and Pbocnix for many years. The bona fide Spanish American citizen is generally found 10 possess fairly good educa- ton. acquired in the public schools of Arizona and they are too smart to be hooked by such hait as is being offered by the Tucson citi- zen.
 Such articles as are being pub Iisbed by the' Citizen, of which the above is a sample. may be taken as evidence of the desperate lengths the republicans will go in trying to secure control of the new state of Arizona They are going to un. dertake to make the people believe that ualess the republicans are al lowed to write the constitution that all hope Of statehood will vanish.
 Of course this is all for the pur. pose of deceiyiEg the people of Ari zona and forcing them to submit to a constitution which will be die tated from the inner circles of the siandpat republican machine in Washington. There is not the least darger of the constitution of Ari zona being turned down and while it may be advisable Co omit some features from the constitution which