Arizona republican., 1910-12-21

believed that 1t was useless. T have not believed" he said, that Arizona would be admitted. 1 thought there might be a chance until the making of the con- stitution got started, but I've not thought so since. Congress has never been friendly to the admission of Ari- zona and would look for any excuse not to do it. The constitution with all the 'isms' that have been put into it furnishes the excuse. I don't doubt the word of Governor Sloan, but don't believe. if a commOttee should go to Washington and come back with the same kind of a statement and the constitution should be defeated. that congress would now approve the best constitution that could be made"
 F.. s. Wakelin of the Wakelin Gro cer company believed that it would be wise to send the committee in order that voters might know precisely what the president would do with the present constitution if it should be presented to him. If in the opinion of MT. Wake lin, the president is going to disap- prove the constitution, there is no use proceeding any further in that direc- ton.
 A. F.. Ruffin formerly an active dem- ocratic politician in the northern part of the territory and now a business man about to locate in Phoenix, was seen. Mir Ruffin was for some years a resident of Coconino county. He was defeated for the territorial assem- bIy by John H. Page and he had the
 f., the democratic territorial convention at Tucson six years ago against a reso- lution to endorse William R. Hearst for the presidency Mir Ruffin was edu- ceted for the bar and graduated from the Cincinnati law school, the same institution from which Governor Sloan and President Taft were graduated, though at a later period.
 He is against the present populistic and sociallstic constitution and at first was against the sending of a commit tee to Washington. on the ground that it was an unnecessary thing tO do aft CT the statement the governor had made Said MT. Ruffin: Every man who knows Governor sloan knows that he can be relied upon. The widest thing I've heard is the charge that the governor is trying to defeat statehood when know that he has more at stake in this matter than any other citizen of the territory. Those who know him don't want his word confirmed. I don't want any committee but perhaps, if the report of a democratic committee would be more convincing t0 such voters as do not know the governor. such a committee ought to be sent. but I think that his word is sufficient"
 When a reporter hailed Dave Gold berg and announced that he wanted to talk politics with him minute, MT. Goldberg threw up his hands and turned for flight When the real ques- tion was put. as to the advisability of sending a delegation of democrats to Washington. he answered right off the bat. Don't do it. send a delegation of good citizens, whatever their politics. What we want is statehood and the trouble with the whole business from the first has been politics. Politics nev- CT should have entered into tho cam paign, the convention or the consider atiOn of the question now. What We want is the opinion of good citizens as to how to get statehood. Yes, favor sending a delegation and l don't care what the politics of the delegates are, so long as they are reliable and repre- sentative men. Whats more, I'll help pay their expenses"
 F. Hackett. one of the city's best known business men and one of its most active and progressive citizens has unwittingly been drawn into a number of public affairs since he flashed across the horizon as a demo- crat who knew how to be elected to the city council. MT. Hackett never shirks his duty but he is seeking no publicity except in the line of duty. When asked concerning the prOpriety of sending a delegation back n Wash ington. he said at first that he did not care to be interviewed. He had seen other citizens quoted in the Phoenix papers and had made up his mind that this was one subject on which it would not be necessary for him to break into print He said that he did not like the constitution but it had been made by men representing an element in the democratic party. He aocords in the belief that it's adoption means the death of statehood and when asked point blank if he wa sin favor of sending a delegation to Washington. he said he would have to answer that he was. providing they would send George Hunt. Morris Goldwater or others of the representative and dependable members of the convention to Wash ington to investigate for themselves. He believed they might be convinced of the untimeliness of the sort of a constitution they have made, even if they are not convinced of its error.