Arizona republican., 1910-11-29

union, stronger and more repre-
 sentative government was formed b,
 the adoption of the constitution O the United States.
 He referred to the trial of the di
 rect legislative system for its life
 now pending in the United State | supreme court He believed that tn,
 enabling act contemplated that direc ! legislation was not in conformity t'
 a republican form of government H,
 believed that was the view of Presi dent Taft and he asked: Are al the members of congress who voted for the enabling act and the president
 who signed 1t. likely to reverse them
 selves because 2O0,0OO people in Ari-
 Zona want to enter upon this exper- ' iment?"
 Judge Wells said he realized as Inc 1 had done throughout the campaign 1 that the republicans were on the un- | popular side of the question but the l republicans were for statehood, and | turning to the majority he said Gentlemen. the responsibility is or | you''
 In conclusion he said that at the last he would recoIlect with pride l that Tn the Year of Our Lord, 1910 in the constitutional convention call ed to form a constitution which would give statehood to Arizona I voted to maintain the sovereignty of the greatest representative government on earth"
 Webster q Back Number.
 Mir. Cobb replied in a set speech of some length which he said he had prepared in reply to the speeches of Messrs Kingan and Doe at the time the bill was before the committee of the whole. He would make it ap- plicable also to the remarks of Judge Wells. He recalled that all of the gentlemen had prefaced their remarks with the statement that they did not expect to convert the majority. Why then had they consumed so much time and got so much into the record that might be used as an argument against statehood
 Regarding the definition of "repub- lican" government by Webster. MT. Cobb said that the great lexicograph- CT died before the need had come for a revision of that definition.
 Some of the remarks of Mir. Cobb were intended to be so applicable to the speech of Judge Wells that his colleague. MT. Webb arose. his face bathed in the crimson hue of shame and he said that he could keep silence no longer. He must confess himself an accessory after the fact. He knew that MT. Cobb had not as he had said. prepared that speech three weeks ago but had concocted it since the disappearance of Judge Wells written speech from his desk.
 Trail of the Lost Speech.
 MT. Parsons also had a speech in pickle and he delivered it forcibly and well and his reference to some of the remarks of Judge Wells were so apt, that the gentleman from Yav- apai arose and asked. Will the gen tleman from Cochise yield for a question:"
 MT Parsons-"I yield to the gen tleman from Yavapai."
 Judge Wells--"Now, honor bright. what did you do with that speech of mine?
 MT. Parsons replying to the state ments of the republican speakers that the question of the initiative and the was before the United States supreme court with the prob- ability of an adverse decision. took the ground that the matter was not one for judicial determination and that the highest court had so held. l He quoted from a decision and re- rerred to several others. but it turned l put that all of chem related to con- yressional contests in which the con- | -estants had relied upon some inno- 1 ration in the manner of the elections. |
 Of course the supreme court had held | hat the matters thus presented were | 'or congressional action rather than | Or judicial determination for it has | always been an established rule that l deliberative body is to be the judge | )f the qualifications of it's members. |
 MT. Parsons closed with a defiance | ,f congress and the president. Ari .ona, he said. was not in the attitude If mendicant but was proudly de- | erms as seemed best to it's citizens. |
 How to Make Rabbit Pie.
 Mir. Cooper who had previously | poken at length on the question said hat he would now have very little ! o say. He would observe that he lad seen great many recipes for he construction of a rabbit pie but III of them involved the presence of he rabbit. So. he said. if we are O have state with all its friIls. We must first get statehood.
 After a few ether scattering re-