The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-04
HITCHCOCK FOR SENATE
May Represent New State 0
Arizona


VIII Postmaster General Frank H.
Hitchcock former chairman of the Re
publican National committee resign
in due time and seek election to the
United States Senate?
This interesting question is revived
by the return of Mr.. Hitchcock from
flying trip to Europe and the know
ledge that New Mexico and Arizona
very soon must prove to Congress
whether they are Republican or Dem
ocratic. Congress held of for
long time from passing the statehood
BILL but it was really the representa-
tions of Mr.. Hitchcock to the Repub-
lican leaders that the Territories were
"all right from the party point of
view, that induced the Senate finally
to approve the statehood bill. The
leaders not only doubted the Repub-
licanism OF at least Arizona but be-
lieved that even if the new states
should prove to be nominally Repub-
lican they would send radicals who
would be no better. than Democrats
to represent them in Congress.
The enabling legislation provides
that the constitution adopted by each
state shall not become effective until
it has been approved by both Con-
gress and the president. There is a
proviso, however, that If Congress
shall fail to approve the constitution
at its next regular session they shall
become operative Candidates. for
the United States Senate will then be
in order. Mr.. Hitchcock has some
investments in Arizona and he has
both personal and political reasons
for desiring that the state should be
prosperous and Republican. He is
the owner of a newspaper in Tucson.
of which James T Williams Jr., for
mer Washington newspaper cores
Ipondent and later civil service COM
missioner, Is the editor. Mr.. Hitch
cock apparently has not been enam-
ored of his present Office and his
friends expect him to pull out for
Arizona should the Republicans OBJ
ltain control of the constitutional con
vention.
| New Mexico is to hold an election
September for delegates to her con
stitutional convention and on Sept
II Arizona will elect delegates to her
convention. The campaign in each
territory, ii is announced will be
short and spirited. The Republican
national organization If it does what
Mr.. Hitchcock wants ii to do will send
into the territories some forcefu
speakers from the North to tell the
people that they ought to elect Repub
lican candidates for seats in the con
stitutional convention. Senator
Beveridge has tentatively promised
to make some speeches in Arizona
The impression seems to prevail thai
the political party that controls the
constitutional convention will probab
ly not relax its grip soon.
Each of the territories is fightinl
lground for the politician. The las
test in New Mexico that at the cleo
ton of delegate to Congress in 190i
gave the Republicans bare SSS PluT
ality, out of total of $3.50 votes
The statehood boomers have repre-
scented that since that election man,
northern Republicans have come int
! the territory and that a Republican
plurality of 2OOO or 5000 may safel,
be counted on this year. In Arlzoni
two years ago the total vote for dele
gate to Congress was 26,356. The Re
, lpublicans had plurality in that cleo
! ton of 70S. No claim that the Repul
: Leans are stronger in the territor
than they were at that time is made
! but the boomers told Congress tina
: la Republican plurality could be count
, ed on. It is pretty well understoo
! that the old-time leaders in the don
inant party rather expect to see tn
constitutional convention in each tel
ritory controlled by the Democrat
and expect to see Democratic SEM
tors and Representatives from the tw
states make their appearance her
at the capital within the next eigh
n cen months. Senator Aldrich pos
: lively refused to have anything to d
with statehood legislation because a
he said, IL meant the appearance {
four more democrats In the senate