Arizona republican., 1910-09-12
Governor Sloan Believes Re-
 pubIiCdns Will Elect 28 OUTLOOK IN THE SOUTH
Conservative Estimates and Democratic Concessions Give Republicans the Strongest Showing. Mon ster Meetings in Cochise

Governor Sloan returned yesterday
 from Douglas and Bisbee where on
 Friday and Saturday nights respect
 ively he addressed very large and en-
 thusiastlc audiences on the issues
 now before the people. During his
 trip he not only studied the Cochise
 county situation as thoroughly as he could, but had the pleasure of meet
 ing many who are believed to be well
 informed in respect of Gila and Pima counties, both democrats and republi- cans.
 In a short interview last night the governor authorized the statement that 1t is his conservative opinion that the republicans will elect not less than 2S of the delegates to the constitutional convention. There are reasons for hoping for the election of several more. In Cochise county the feeling among the republicans is that ! they will elect at least seven of their candidates out of the ten nominated The democrats are conceding the elec-
 ton of six. all of which goes to show
 that the battle is very close one | and will be hotly waged.
 The reports from Gila county to Chairman Sames and to other political | leaders are to the effect that the re- publicans will elect three of the five candidates in Gila county. This may | be a little rosy a prospect. but the governor said that a prominent demo- crat with whom he talked and whom | he would not name as he might not want to be quoted had conceded to | him the election of one or two re- publicans in Gila. A fine meeting was held in Globe Saturday night at which former Governor Geer of ore gon, Attorney General Wright. Albert Sames and others addressed some l. 500 people.
 Asked about the Pima county sit | nation the governor said that all re- | ports that he had seen or heard in | dicated that the republicans will carry the full ticket
 l The Douglas and Bisbee meetings,
 said the governor, were most gratify- ing to the republicans. They were
 largely attended and the enthusiasm
 denoted that the people were not merely present out of curiosity but
 were deeply concerned and willing to l listen to a fair presentation of the case. At Douglas Delegate ameron also spoke and at Bisbee the speakers
 were Joe Morrison, Ralph Cameron,
 District Attorney Williams and Gov | ernor Sloan.
 The governor said that in his speeches he made no effort to drive
 people or dictate the way they should vote but that he merely appealed to their sober business judgment, point ing out the gravity of the situation. l He called attention to the shortness of the campaign and the importance
 of the issue placed before the people in the proposed changing of the form I of government. Only two or three
 weeks has been given to it's discus
 sion. The territory is called upon to
 make a constitution that it is hoped
 will last for a thousand years at least. Even if statehood were not in I jeopardy, he did not believe six weeks nor even six months would be long enough for the mature delibera- | ton that should be given such mat | ter. It should be studied for at least a year and then before its adoption | the people should thoughtfully make up their minds on two things first, whether direct legislation is better than representative government, and. second. whether the conditions in Ari zona warranted the change.