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Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
WHAT WILL PASS.

Only the republican editors in Ari- zona who are under the direction of the republican machine and controlled by Frank Hitchcock are joining in the attempt to scare the pople of Arizona into voting the republican ticket. The editor of the Oasis at Nogales, who has expressed his op- position to the initiative and refer. endum principle of direct legislation and republican in the ranks of the leaders of that party is not alarmed at any danger of losing statehood be- cause of the incorporation of the in- itiative and referendum in the con stitution. Read the following from the Oasis. which quotes President Taft, who in his Oklahoma speech of. fered no opposition to the initiative and referendum as a principle of government:
 With the power of veto of the proposed state constitution of Arizona vested by the enabling act in the president and congress there is much speculation and there has been no little misrepresentation as to what powers placed in the fundamental law sent up to Washington would cause interposition of the veto. The Oasis believes the scope and intention of the enabling act may be interpreted hberaily. It holds that some of the Few principles of government that are growing in popular estimation may be incorporated in the funds- mental law of Arizona without any 6anger of rejection by President Tafi G congress-
 .As instanced in a recent editorial ih the Oasis. the people of nlinois. who are considerfng incorporation of the initiative, referendum and recalll Into their constitution, have shown . way to remove the inherent danger of those principles in var time. meet Ing the objections the Oasis had ad-
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
ATTORNEY
 TAFT.
-El Paso Time

Before his assumption of the du.
 ties of the presidency MT. Taft's qualifications were generally estimat. cd as distinctly judicial. He was re.
 garded as best adapted by tempera.
 ment and talent for the work of a
 judge and but for the fact that the
 function Of a national chief execu-
 tive is not radically inconsistent with
 that of a judge he would have been considered as committing a serious mistake when he put aside the op- portunity of becoming a supreme court justice for the chance of becom- ing president.
 But that it was serious mistake his course in the White House has amply demonstrated. Instead of meeting the expectations of the coun- try that he would be the first of all the president of the country, his ef- forts have been directed toward fur thering the partisan fortunes of a po- litical party. Unwilling to make the effort to lead that party from the mire in which it has fattened, he has resigned himself to remaining with it in the mire and devoting his energies and office to keeping others of its members from moving forward to more solid ground. It is, in short, neither as a judge nor as a presi- dent, that we have latterly known MT. Taft. but as an attorney; for from the day of the passage of the Payne tarif act, which he defended not because it was such an act as he thought it should have been, but because it was necessary for republi- can success that all republicans should stand by it, he has not ap- peared before. the public except in the role of attorney for the republi- can party. His letter to Mckinley, closely his letter to Gris- com, is but the latest of these ac- tivities. It win be exploited that the party campaigners, as it was intend ed to be, in their struggle to retain the offices. but, beyond the thick-and- thin republicans, it will have little effect The public soon learns what weight to give the pleadings and ar. Euments of partisan attorneys. and Tor some time 1t has been forced to realize that the nominal president of
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
PASSING OF PUBLIC GAMBLING.

The gambler is slowly but surely being pushed off the stage of action. It has been only a few years since gambling was legally recognized occupation in the western states and in every city and town the gambler pursued that business without any more disturbance than the butcher the baker or those engaged in any ot5er occupation or line of business.
 It is different now. One western state after another passed laws mak- ing gambling crime, and the faro, roulette, and operators of other per. centage games were driven out
 enaction Of anti-gambIing laws. Since
 Nevada was the last to join in the Arizona and New Mexico forbade gambling Nevada was the only state left in the Union where the gambler might pursue his calling. Now Ne vada has -.ssci It's door against this harmful evil. The Nevada law be- came effective on the first day of the present month and as a result all the gambling houses in that state have been closed. Good!
 The gamblers put up . strenuous ngAt h many of the states as they did h Arizona. but public. sentiment asainst the acknowledged svn anazly
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
VOTERS ARE DETERMINED AND UNALTERAalE

Aside from the presence Of Post master General Hitchcock there has been no one from the outside to in terfere in the matter of selecting citizens of Arizona who shall wrIte the constitution of the new state. Hitchcock has been piioted over the territory by federal oficeholders and heads of the republican machine and while he claims to be present simply to take his usual vacation in the ter ritory, still he has not been silent and on several occasions has spoken regarding the Arizona constitution and his remarks makes it plain that in connection with his vacation and diversion he is taking .
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
THE PEOPLE | WILL RULE.

The chief charm of direct legisla- tion-the initiative, referendum and recall-is that it makes boss rule i'm possible and graft tradition. That has been demonstrated by the practi- cal application of this theory of po- litical economy.
 Another of it's winning features is that it is a recognition of the inher- ent right of the citizen of a republic to an active part in the government.
 It is not an abstract proposition nor an untried theory, but has had practical demonstration and been proven a panacea for political ills and corrective for political errors as we'll as a safeguard for the com monwealth.
 There is no longer any doubt that the right or the people to rule under the initiative and referendum and re- call will be written in the constitu- ton Of both Arizona and New Mexico and since 1t is evident that the peo- pie will rule both conventions, 1t Is inconsequental whether the republi- cans or democrats shall nominally control, for the practical effect of the dominition of the peoples ideas Is to make both conventions non-partisan -Ei Paso Times.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

The republican papers are hedging on the threat that President Taft will disapproye the Arizona constitu- ton if it carries the initiative and referendum and are now claiming that the corporations want the initia- tive and referendum to. be used in initiating laws for their own benefit. What a mess the republicans have made of this campaign. Without making single promise to the peo- pie themselves they are devotins their every energy to befuddle the people on the straightforward issue raised by the democrats.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
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executive ability or initiative, but if !, he makes thoroughness his long suit he will not fall so far behind the giants of the business world Thor oughness Is a necessity
 The third quality this great man in question had was the faculty of application. He could stick to a job until he saw 1t through. If 1t was set of books he had to straighten out, no matter what long hours he put in on them, nor how many times he went over those columns of dull. uninteresting figures. he applied him self diligently to the task before him, and never quit until it was satisfac- torily finished. Many a man has failure" written to his name be- cause of this lack of the facults of application. He didn't stick long enough. It was too much of a grind. He couldn't put his whole heart. and soul into the work before him, no matter what it is and see it through.
 Success Is not easy to win. Down underneath the glitter and glory Of the finish is usually found some such prosalc, dull, colorless work as this. Those who succeed may seem to have accomplished success easily They may not speak of the hard, gray, years. But they were there. And those who want to go forward to a, like success should take for their ming anyway. these same prosy fel- ; constant companions, at the begin . lows, application, thoroughness. en- thusiasm.
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Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
OPTIMISTIC.

There is an evident feeling of opr- mism now prevailing throughout Ari- zona and business men are jubilant over the good prospects for in- creased trade and consequent pros perity during the approaching fall season of the present year. This spirit of optimism is not unfounded. Already many strangers are coming to the territory for the purpose of looking after opportunities for profit able investment and business in the new state. The unsettled valleys of many homeseekers and the land off cers of the territory are kept busy making out homestead entry papers.
 Our mineral industry was never more inviting than today. The enor- nous copper output of Arizona is coming from only few proven prop critics and there are others promising as much for the future which are now undes developmnt, requiring heavy outlays for smeiters, mills and all manner of reduction machinery.
 The splendid recent rains have put the cattle industry on easy street for another year and this industry brings heavy sums of money to the channels of trade annually. 1t is estimated that more than one million dollars was returned to Cochise eoun- ty for the shipments of the present year.
 New proposed railroad extensions are believed to be in sight for the near future, including a line of the Fl Paso and Southwestern to Tucson and Phoenix, the completion of the San Carlos cutoff line of the ArI- zona Eastern and probably the com pletion of that line into Douglas. All these lines will result in the open ing up of new districts, now isolated. adding much to the plume of industry and enterprises.
 The approval of Arizona's consti- tuition, probably next spring. thus completing our statehood program. will put new life into every industry and enterprise in the territory; fl will mean immigration to the new state, just as statehood has brought immigration to other newly admitted states; it will mean more cultivated farms. more developed mines, addi- tional manufacturing enterprises more new railroads and a new condl- tion of prosperity.
 The present optimistic feeling throughout the territory is fully war. rated. We will soon be able to sing the sweet song: Hard times come again no more.'
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
NOTHING TO SUPPORT REPUBLICAN HOWL.

The republican papers continue to boldly declare that President Taft
 will turn down any constitution framed in Arizona which includes
 the initiative and referendum, though they have nothing form Pres ident Taft or anyone else outside of the offices of the carpetbag editors of the territory, who continue to re- iterate the statement Presiden. Taft, when appealed to to say some thing which might help the republi- cans in the present campaign; some thing that could be used to head off the strong and growing sentiment in favor of popular government, as en- bodied in the initiative and referen- dunn principle, replied to the editor of the Tucson Citizen, simply refer ring to the speeches made by the president when he was in Arizona and New Mexico last year. In none of these speeches was to be found anything about the initiative or refer endum, for or against it. When Post master General Hitchcock reached Phoenix last week the direct ques- ton was put to him by a newspaper man of that city: will President Taft disapproye Arizona because of a provision for the initiative and Mir. Hitchcock stated that he did not know and could hot state what the president would do. and referred the questioner to the Taft speeches in Arizona. These speeches are familiar to our people and contain nothing which could be to mean that he was op- posed to the initiative and referen- dunn being provided for in the con stitution.
 What Taft said was directed against the. Oklahoma constitution, re- ierring to it e . collection of FOO IoDcal frsaks." oklahoma's consti- tuficn rnnlrns . l00-na~e book and
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

In Graham county the democrats nominated A. R. Peterson as a can didate for delegate to the constitu- tional convention. Mir. Peterson de clined because of his private duties and Hon. H. T. Webb has been sub stituted on the ticket to fill the va cancy. Mir. Webb is regarded as a man of splendid ability and his pres ence in the constitutional conven- tion will be cause for qualification. He has twice represented Graham county in the legislature with distin- guished ability. being speaker of the house in the twenty-third session.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

Speaking of the presence of Post master General Hitchcock, Cameron, Sames and others of the standpat re- publican machine in Yuma, the Sun of that city, is led to remark: "Of course none of the distinguished re tiled up in foreign countries, all the
 avenues of the nation will not be sufficient to meet the interest. As it s the country is running behind now every year; the immense foreign ex- penditure always keeping a feeling of uncertainty upon the minds of monied men-where is it going to snd' n'ss.1 1nsH
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

It is intimated by the republican or gan that some able speakers are to be brought into Cochise county by the republican managers. As the re- publican platform has declared for nothing in this county, CT raised any issue, it Is to be wondered what these imported spell binders propose to talk about.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

The Tucson Citizen is the most reckless newspaper in Arizona when it comes to making false campaign statements. The Citizens declares that the democratic platform in Co chise county was written by political bosses. with the purpose of defeating statehood. Such a statement Is too ridiculous to be dignified by the at testion of anyone acquainted with the
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

prominent part in the direction of the republican campaign which is being proposition to place the state govern ment of Arizona in the hands and under the everlasting control of the people by inserting in that consti- tuition the initiative and referendum.
 Mir. Hitchcock is a suave and pol ished gentleman and one who has had long training in political ma chimes. now being at the head Of the
 republican national committee, as well as at the head of the postoffice department in Presidents Taft's cab met That he was a friend of the Arizona statehood bill all must agree and should be grateful to him for his assistance but Arizona does not need his advice as to who shall be chosen to write our constitution or as to what shall or shall not be put Into this document That is a matter in which the people of Arizona alone have an interest and they are emf. nently qualified to perform the work now in hand.
 It has been pleasing to note that General Hitchcock has refused to join in the effort of the republican newspapers in Arizona to scare the people by the declaration that Pres ident Taft will refuse to approve a Constitution carrying an initiative and referendum provision. Hitchcock frankly admits that he does not know and cannot say what the president will de regarding the constitution of Arizona and New Mexico. Presi- dent Taft himself has refused to put his sanction on the scare-crow cam paign of the republicans of Arizona
 Whether or not the Arizona con stitution will contain the initiative and referendum and other popular modern principles of government which will take the legislative power from the political bosses and ma chimes and place it in the hands of the people will depend on who is elected to the convention next Mon day. If the democrats are successful at the polls the initiative and refer endum, a direct primary election system, to include the choosing of United States senators and one or two other progressive matters equal ly as popular will be written into the If the republicans win control of the convention these meas ures will be left out. This is the plain statement of the issues of the there is none other. It is for the voters to say now whether they will be pulled around by the nose by republicans who are fighting popular government in Arizona and giving as an excuse that Taft will no: permit Arizona to have this popular government which would be assured by the initiative and referendum.
 But neither the alarm of the plun- derbund press. the presence of Hitch cock or the presence of anyone else who may be imported from afar will swerve the people of this territory in their determination to have such a constitution as they desire.
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Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06
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creation of the democratic platform In this county and it is only mentioned to give to the people of this county a correct idea of the caliber of the Citizen and its abnormal capacity for falsehood.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

It Is safe to say that if the repub- lican voters Of Cochise county were boiled two-thirds of them would favor the democratic platform, as against the republican declaration. That is why there is such widespread alarm G:rong the federal office holders and machine republicans
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

contains all manner of purely legisla- tive enactments which have no place in a constitution. No one in Arizona is favoring such a constitution. tal so far as the democrats are con- cerned they want matters which be- long to the legislature to be left for the legislature, but they do want the fundamental principle of the in- itiative and referendum in the con stitution so that the people of the state, now and hereafter may hold absolute control of their lawmakers, having the power to say what laws shall be passed and what shall not be passed.
 Because the democrats contend for this popular plan of controlling legis- lation by the people. which has been endorsed by three or four republican |conventions. including Cochise, Santa Cruz and Gila, the plunderbund re- publican machine newspapers declare that if democrats control the conven- ton and put the initiative and ref |erendum into the constitution Taft will refuse to approve it and leave Arizona a territory.
 These papers persist in this silly talk, notwithstanding the fact that neither the president nor anyone for him has ever said anything of the kind.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

The Girl on Tripple x and Brave Hearts" are two great western dra- mas.-Real live ones at the Royal Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-06

What Taft said was directed against the Oklahoma constitution, re- ferring to it e . collection of FOO logical frsaks." oklahoma's consti- tutIcn malrss . 4o0-pass book and
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-14
NO BIDS TO LIGHT PIC0
STREETS FANCY LAMPS
Second Advertisement Fails to
Bring Results

West Pico street, from Main street
to Vermont avenue, for which more
than a hundred ornamental electroliers
have been ordered, Is not assured or
being a we'll lighted district for the
light corporations have ignored the ad-
Vertisement of the board of public
works for bids for current to light
these electroliers. Yesterday was the
day on which the bids were to be
opened for the second time since the
measure to light Pico street was
passed, but there were no bids to open.
More than $4,000 was expended in
purchasing the ornamental poles FOR
Pico street, and bids for electric cur
rent for the lights were advertised for
May 27 was the date fixed for opening
any bids received, but on that date
there were no bids in the office of the
board of public works. A second ad-
vertisement was authorized, which ter
minated as did the original advertise
ment.
The electroliers are still in the pro-
cess of manufacture at the LleWellYn
iron works The property owners and
residents along Pico street, who were
assessed to purchase the ornamental
poles, are in doubt as to whether
lights will shine from the ornamental
noles. A. A Hubbard of the board OF
public works, can assign no reason
for the light corporations reluctance
to bid to supply the current necessary
to maintain the lights
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-14
News of the Courts
LUCKY BALDWIN ESTATE
VALUED At S10,S30,801.62
Inventory, Called Conservative,
Shows Realty Holdings Com
prise Most of Wealth

According to the official inventory
of the estate of the late E. j. (Lucky)
Baldwin filed yesterday in the pro
bate court, it's value is $10,930, 8Ol. 62.
All the property, real and personal, Is
included in this appraisement. me
estimate includes 1851 parcels of realty
and 256S parcels Of personal property,
nearly all in California.
The inventory seems conservative
An instance is the value put on the
thoroughbreds of the late millionaire
turfmans stables. These horses are
listed at from S25 to $50 each. The
value Of the personal property listed
is placed at $31S, 1861, and it includes
machinery, farm implements, furni-
ture, groceries, hotel furniture ana
fixtures at Tallac, Cal; wines of the
Santa Anita winery, cattle, sheep'
grain, etc.
The real estate, which is located in
Los Angeles county, San Francisco,
San Bernardino, FL Dorado, Tallac and
GhiaiIoIua, is valued at SiU,oIL,Vzo.pI
The bulk of the realty is in Los An
geles county, city and town, the hold
ings being at Arcadia, Monrovia, El
Monte, Los Angeles. The ranch prop
critics include the Protrero Grande,
Protrero Chico, Protrero de Felipe
Lugo, Rancho Francisquito, Santa
Anita, Rancho La Puente.
Johnstone Jones, j. A. f'dirchild and
Guy b. Barham, the appraisers, de-
voted a year to the work of the fixing
of the value of the estate. They were
appointed May %, 1909 Their report
covers several hundred typewriter
pages and marks the first step toward
closing up the affairs of the estate
preliminary to it's distribution.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-14
Municipal Affairs
CITY PRINTING AWARD
TO NEWS IS VETOED
San Pedro Paper Not in General
Circulation, Says Letter
to City Council

Mayor Alexander has vetoed the res
olutlon recently passed by the council,
awarding the San Pedro Publishing
company, publishers of the San Pedro
Daily News, the contract for printing
all ordinances, notices and resolutions
of the city of Los Angeles for period
of one year, expressing the belief that
the paper to which the contract was
awarded would not come within the re-
quirements of the law in being paper
of general circulation
He sent the following letter to the
council:
June II, 1910.
To the Honorable, the City Coun-
Gil.
Gentlemen:
| return herewith resolution
passed by your honorable body on
May II, 1910, awarding to the San
Pedro Publishing company, the pub
lisners OF the San Pedro Daily
News, the contract for printing all
ordinances, notices and resolutions
of the city for the period of one
year, without my approval, for the
following reason;
The validity of the ordinances of
the city depend upon their proper
publication, and the question has
been raised as to whether the San
Pedro Daily News is a paper of
general circulation within the mean
ing of the law.
The expense of publication Of the
ordinances of this city is a very
large one, and undoubtedly, the
city should publish its ordinances
in the paper giving the lowest price.
But the validity of our ordinances
is a vital question, and the paper
which prints and publishes those
ordinances should be required to
legally establish it's standing with
in the meaning of the law. Until
the San Pedro Publishing company
establishes such standing, 1 be-
lieve 1t would be a grave mistake
to award to 1t the publishing of
our city's acts.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. ALEXANDER,
MayOr.