Arizona republican., 1910-12-21
ALL BELIEVE GOV. SLOAN
But for Various Reasons Divided as to the Advan- tage of Sending Commit tee to Talk With Presi- dent and Congressmen.

The democrats of Phoenix are not agreed as to the course to be pursued in the present unfortunate situation with reference to statehood. There is. of course. the radical, populistic element which believes that the course should not be changed. though it is plain now that destruction IS at the other end of it. They are the ones who engineered the making of the constitution and they assert that it is the duty of the people to vindicate their work, however fatal the vindica- ton may be for Arizona.
 But the democrats who are earnestly for statehood and who are not disposed to vindicate anybody, are divided as 10 what is best to be dore now. Some think that the suggestion of Governor Sloan should be acted upon and that a committee of reputable democrats, chosen without regard to opinion. should be sent to Washington to inter- view the president and members of congress regarding their attitude tow ard the constitution. While no sensi- ble man doubts that the president and congress is dead set against it. as the governor made known on his return. it is believed that this information. brought back by democrats, will go farther toward removing the scales from the eyes of those who have been deluded by the populistic element in and out of the convention.
 Reporters for The Republican yes terday interviewed several well known busiuasS mon all of then, ,,-irb o sip gle exception. democrats That one has never actively identified himself with either party. but is supposed 10 be fa- Vorable to the constitution
 In these interviews the merits of the constitution were not touched upon by the reporters as that matter is no long CT before Arizonians; only the ques- tion of sending a committee to Wash ington was discussed. Several curious things were disclosed in the interviews. Of the seven men whose views appear below, two volunteered no opinion of the constitution itself, though one of them is supposed to favor it; one was unqnalifiedly in favor of it and four were vigorously opposed to it. It hap pened that the man who most strongly 
 who would want such constitution if 1t were obtainable and the man who is believed to be friendly to it favored sending the committee to Washington. lThree who are unqualifiedly opposed to the constitution were against sending the committee for reasons which will appear below. The other two favored the committee plan.
 The first business man approached was c. D. Doris of the Doris Hey man Furniture company. Mir Doris is for the constitution; he voted for the democratic candidates for delegates be- cause they stood for the initiative and referendum. He is also in favor of the recall and he said that unless these things could be in a constitution of Arizona he would prefer to remain in territory. But as things had turned out and as the state of Arizona would not be prevented from amending it's lconstitution so as to include these pro- visions, he believed that the first duty was to secure statehood and he would therefore favor the sending of a com mittee to Washington to make sure that the constitution as it now stands would or would not bar statehood. Mir Doris said that he himself had | full faith in the statement of Governor Sloan, but he said that there were many voters who did not know the gov ernor and who would require confirma- | ton of the statement he had made It was important that the voters should know and be convinced of the effect of the present constitution on the committee.
 D. H. Burtis was opposed to the committee plan and was opposed to the constitution which he said was vii cious especially as to the employers liability article which placed ruinous risk on every employer. But" said
 MT. Burtis, I'm against sending a com
 mittee back to Washington to verify
 the statements of Governor Sloan. I have known him for twenty-five years
 and when Dick Sloan makes a state
 ment know it to be true. I don't need
 any proof of the correctness of it. To send a committee back to Washington
 would be a reflection upon him. I be-
 lieve it would be a reflection on the good judgment of the people of Ari- zona think when the proper time
 comes they will attend to the consti- | tuition"
 | President Emil Gang of the Nation
 al Bank of Arizona was opposed to the committee plan on the ground that he