Arizona republican., 1910-01-17
It. tn. s.v.rids.- Hamilton Bill.

It.. the Bsveridge- Hamilton Bill.
 The Associated Press dispatch from Washington in yesterdays Republi- can contained the most significant news in relation to statehood that has been printed since the publication of the republican platform of 1908 pledg- ing the support of the party to i'm mediate admission"
 President Tafts conference on Sat urday with three of the leading re- publican members of the senate com mittee on territories. in which he ad- vised the adoption of his plan of pro- viding for separate elections to ratify ficers is final proof-if any were needed-that MT. Taft is in deep earnest in his espousal of the state hood cause. But of course no proof was needed on that point. MT. Taft is man of his word, and there has never been a question in any intelli- gent mind in Arizona concerning his attitude since he expressed himself to the multitude which gathered to hear him in Phoenix on the 18th of last October The carrying out of the legislative program of the party" which the president is exerting pres sure upon all factions in congress to make their motto. would render the admission of the territories a cer- tainty, and it is clear that Mir. Taft does not propose to let the party for$ get its duty.
 But the significant feature of the news to which we have referred is the statement that Senator Bever- idge. chairman of the committee on territories. will introduce a statehood bill There has been much speculation as to the attitude of the distinguished senator from Indiana, and some i'm patience with his silence. But. to do him justice. he has never given anybody reason to believe that he was opposed to fulfilling the party pledge made at Chicago. At the short ses- sion of last winter he did not try to secure statehood legislation, and at least two reasons therfor were ob- vious: The pledges made in the platform at Chicago bound the incom ing administration and the incoming congress, and were not to be con- sidered as any logical part of the leg islative program of last winter; and. in the brief period of the closing congress there was not time to give statehood a right of way. From time to time there have been intimations
  own good time. prepare and push a i statehood bill
 It was not to be expected that he | would be content to be a merely pas sive supporter of the statehood meas ] ure, or that he would let legislation | of ,,,,b bietoricaI i,,,rortapca ba ap acted without assuming his share of the responsibility. When passed. the bill will be the Hamilton Beveridge | bill, and not simply the Hamilton bill In other words, 1t will be a repetition of the history of the tariff bill. when the Payne bill became the Payne-Ald rich bill. This does not imply that the Hamilton bill astt stands is dis tasteful to Senator Beveridge; it inn plies that the young senator at the head of the senate committee on ter ritories will, shirk none of his duty. cfHdtOl DcNclfubc very ndluf dilt l wishes his name to be associated in history with the creation of two great states of the union. Moreover, having given close study to terri torial conditions. and being a man of original ideas. it would be strange in deed if he did not propose to make the enabling act carry marks of his own individuality.
 There was a time. during the joint statehood campaign. when Senator Beveridge's name was not one where wItn to Invoke the Sunday school spirit in Arizona But the honesty and sincerity of the brilliant senator from Indiana were never doubted. and he won the respect of Arizona for making such a courageous fight to ho los |