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Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03

The real secret of the dismal
howl from the democratic press
of Arizona over the terms of the
statehood law lies in the fact
that the United states insists up
on the territories coming in I'M
der GOOD GOVERNMENT con-
stitutions. Democracy does not
want good government-Dis-
patch.
The people of this country have
had a taste Of the kind OF govern
ment which has been provided by the
republican party during the last halt
century. Under the control OF the
republican party this country has be.
come trust-ridden under the opera,
ton Of the accursed protective tariff
system. The robber tariff has en-
abled a few men to own about every
thing there is in this country, in.
GLIDING Aldrich, Hale, Cannon and
other leaders of the republican party.
In Arizona the people have seen the
republicans tear away from them cleo
ton laws enacted for the purity OF
elections; they have witnessed the
strangulation of the educational quail
hcstion of voters so that ignorant,
purchaseable voters might be used
by whoever may choose to buy them
they have seen the direct primary
law stricken from the Arizona stat
utes and they have had forced upon
them a registration system which
opens the door 10 all kinds of fraud
in our coming statehood elections
And this Is the only evidence to sus
tain the slanderous statement that
democrats do not want good gov
ernment."
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03

If the Arizona constitutional con-
vention shall hold for sixty days. the
time for which members of the con-
vention may receive pay then Arizona
win not become a state until some
time during the year 1912, or four
years after the promise of IMMEDI-
ATE statehood for the territory was
given by the republican party and
nearly three years after the date FIX.
ed by the Cameron and Statehood"
crowd that fooled our people in 1908.
According to the proclamation OF
Governor Sloan the election for
choosing delegates to the constitu.
tional convention viii be held on Sep
TENDER 18th The delegates will
meet in convention on the fourth
Monday following the date of their
election. which will be October 10.
There is no limitation placed on the
length of the session OF the con
vention, further than the limitation of
the time for which delegates may
draw pay, which is sixty days. It is
not probable that the convention will
complete its work in less than sixty
days. Allowing sixty days for the
convention that would bring the cleo
ton for the adoption or rejection of
the constitution on February Q. 1911.
On the third Monday after this date.
or February 26. the returns of this
election would be canvassed in Phoe-
nix Should the result be favorable
to the constitution, a certified copy
Of that instrument could not possibly
reach the president for his considera-
ton earlier than March friday.
The Sixty-first congress will end on
March 3 saturday., so there would
be no chance for approving action by
that body. That would bring the
constitution before the Sixty-second
congress (beginning in December,
1911, for approval and in that case
Arizona could not elect officers and
complete the state government fab
ric earlier than 1872 The only
hope of getting the Arizona constitu-
ton before the short session of con-
gress next winter lies in more rapid
work by the constitutional conven-
ton than may reasonably be ex-
pected-
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
THE CRISIS THAT
coNFRoNTs THE COLONEL

The return to his country of Col
oneI Roosevelt from his spectacular
tour abroad happens to be at a most
critical time. but just how, if at all.
he can play any part in mitigating
its seventies does not appear
No sooner had President Taft been
invested with executive authority
than he called special session Of
congress to revise the tariff on inn
ported merchandise. 1t is of no
consequence what may have been
his desires and expectations in re-
gard to the revision. The outcome
Of it all was such widespread dis
satisfaction that the republican party,
of which the president was supposed
to be the head and front, has become
seriously disorganized.
But while the people and many Of
their industries were disturbed at the
situation, the president fired a rad
ical railroad bill into congress. and
months of wordy wrangling over its
rabid propositions have brought on
such conditions in the powerful rail
road interests. which angrily resent
what they consider unwarranted in
reference, that they have replied
with a general and most ominous con
traction of their vast business. They
have stopped all operations Of ex
pansion. they have countermanded al
orders for increased equipments. Thel
are discharging employees right and
left and they are creating conditions
.hat threaten ~''aospread trouble mex
; fall, and all the destructive finan
cial and industrial panics are pre-
cipitated upon the country in tn
fall season. when the handling o
the staple crops call for Iarg
a mounts of money and transports
a ton.
!. The financial panic of 1907-OS ha
: been charged upon the railroads i
/ retaliation for some Of Presiden
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
THE WRECK or THE MAINE
AND IT'S REMOVAL.

The army engineers are correct In
their superstition that the public will
resent the blowing up of the Maine.
The Maine has been blown UP sufti-
ciently for all time. and the duty Of
the country towards this melancholy
wreck is now clear enough for twelve
years and more. The Maine must be
removed intact so far as this is
possible; a proper respect must be
shown for the remains of the men
who sank with her. and there must
be- a conclusive report on the nature
of the explosion that caused her de
struction.
When Congress voted a sum of
money for the work il was reasonably
supposed that the scandal was about
to be removed. and that visitors TO
Havana would be no longer shocked
by the sight of the Names masts
above the water as the only memorial
allowed to her sailors by their CRATE
full country. Now il seems that the
method of disposal is still an open
question. that there is not money
enough TO raise the ship, and that the
engineers hesitate to blow her up
for fear of public opinion. Never was
fear better justified. If enough money
was not voted then let more be voted.
Surely this is not a case for econ
omy.
If this work is not done at once
and done in the right way, there is
only one inference to be drawn. and
that IS that the authorities are afraid
to let the ligh of day fall upon the
shattered hull of the Maine
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
DEMOCRATIC HOPES CENTER
NOW IN OHIO.

If Governor Harmon should carry
things his way in Ohio the Demo
cratic party may well look to him
for the vigorous leadership that they
viii need in the presidential cam
paign two years hence.
Vigorous leadership means the re-
juvenation of the democrats. and it
means also that the republicans must
stiffen their backs and walk warily.
Half the calamitous mistakes Of the
republican party would have been
avoided had they been constantly
menaced by an opposition with q
leader. a program. and a purpose
1t is understood that II Mr.. Harmon
enters the presidential fight he vii
make his chief plank of the tariff
That is as it should be. The tariff il
the old war cry of the democracy and
nothing else viii so effectuaIly clos
the ranks. expell the pretenders. an,
give new heart to the party. II Mr.
Bryan had chosen the tariff instead
of running after all the strange god
in the political pantheon his futur'
might have been different.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
THE TRUE BEGINNING
OF THE AVIATION ERA.

II is commencement day for the
airship. Count Zeppelin's dirigible.
the Deutschland. goes soberly to work
this morning and will carry such pas
sengers as have paid their fares be-
tween Frienrichshafen and Dussel-
dorf. 1t will do so every day hence
forth and will thus prove its right
to exist by its own power to earn
money and to add to human comfort
and happiness.
The voyage of the Deutschland is
the real beginning of the aviation
age, and this can be said without de
traction from the splendid and spec
tacular achievements that have pre-
ceded it. Humanity demands TO be
served as well as amused. and it has
already passed the stage of open
eyed amazement. 1t is asking cut
bono. and Count Zeppelin hastens to
answer by offering an aviation ticket
from Friedrichshafen TO dusseldorf
with all the comforts of a parlor car.
The galsane old count deserFcs his
triumph. No one has fought with
more courage nor against so many
disasters that would have over
whelmed a feebler spirit. The other
aviatcrs of the day will have their
inches in the temple of aviation fame,
but to Count Zeppelin belongs the
laurels of having reduced the air
ship to a commercial basis. There
may seem nothing very romantic
about selling a ticket from one point
to another, but the ability 10 sell the
ticket to those in search of comfort
speed and novelty is the event of the
day in the conquest of the air.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03

Roosevelt's stringent attacks on the
railroads and other great eapitalistic
trusts. If We are threatened with an
other panic as the result of Mr..
Taft's onslaught on the railroads. the
country is going to be plunged in a
tremendous conflict in order to dis
cover whether it is ruled by the rail-
roads and other great allied corpor-
ations or by the people. which is the
theory upon which we have been pro-
ceeding.
It may be possible TO postpone that
desperate struggle for some time
longer. but 1t is evitable. and that
at some time not far away. II is
going to be a conflict so stern and
uncompromising that 1t will have the
effect of a .tremndous popular revo
luton and result in the seizure by
the government of ali railway con.
troll.
II Colonel Roosevelt be a great
statesman and patriot as some be
lieve. instead of a demagogic egotist
as others charge. now is the time for
him TO undertake and carry out a
policy of harmony.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
AN AMBITIOUS PRoeRAm.

The Arizona Republican thus notes
the ambitious program of J. T. vii
Iiams. who recently arrived in Ari
iona and purchased the Tucson Cit'-
zen:
special dispatches from oyste
Bay credit Mr.. James T. Williams
with an ambitious personal program
We are informed that Mr.. Williams
hopes to marry Miss Ethel Roosevelt
and to be elected "a United State
senator from New Mexico" Our
fluctuations to Mr.. Williams in re
spect of his matrimonial hopes are
cordially extended. and We beg &c
acknowledge that his press agent is a
crackeriack on the political side Of
these representations.
Mr.. Williams lately acquired con
troll Of the Tucson Citizen. He is from
Louisiana, we believe. Altogether h
has been in Arizona several weeks but
we had not understood that he had
stopped in New Mexico long enoug'
to warrant him in looking forwar
with confidence 10 a senatorship from
that future state. With some intcres
We shall await bulletins from New
Mexico. in order that we may be en-
J lfghtened as to the state OF publ
opinion over there relative to the ser
atorship business. We had suspected
THAT the people Of our sister territory
like the people of Arizona. are so stut
bornIy contentious for the principl
of home rule" that they would lool
with disfavor on the candidacy Of YER
recent arrivals for the best politics
jobs. but perhaps We have been mis-
. taken"
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
ALAeAMA's RETURNING
SANITY.

Alabamss primary has done more
than give setback TO statewide pro
hi5ition 1t has called halt on the
anti-corporation folly which has ragged
there. as well as in some of the other
Southern states and in a few of those
of the West in recent years. The mar
who has carried the state for the
democratic nomination for governor,
Emmett O'Neas. is local option ad-
vocate. He has overwhelmingly beat
en- Mallory. the statewide liquor ex
clusionist oNeal stands also for faii
treatment for the railways and the
other corporations
Nine states have statewide prohlbi
ton. Three of these-Maine. Ksnsa.
and North Dakota are Northern states
The others-North Carolina, Georgia
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee ans
oklahoma-are Southern states. A,s
bama is one of the states which be
came dry" on January 1. 1909. Afte
an experience Of a little over yea
that state has turned against the ez
cIusionists. and intends to let tn
counties and the big towns deal wit
the liquor issue Independently
the coming election public sentimen
lis expected to express itself concerts
Iy on this question. with the resul
that the old sane method of HON
rule for the various communities
the state win be adopted anew. II
believed that Mississippi and Mort
Carolina, both Of which also bega
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03

the statewide experiment at the be
ginning of 1909. win return to local
option at an early day. In Tonnes
see. which shut out the liquor traffic.
in theory. on July 1. 1909, the expert
ment is likewise a failure.
The most important result of the
Alabama primary however. is the de-
feat of the general scheme Of fanati-
cism and prescription for which Gov.
Conner has stood. At the head of the
demagogues of his state. Conner has
hampered the big corporations there,
has inflicted millions Of dollars OF
damage on the people of the state
and has given aid and comfort to the
agitators and fanatics who have had a
free hand in running the affairs OF
several of the Southern common
wealth in recent times. The issue OF
liberalism and sanity has gone so
far in Alabama that it enters into the
primaries for the selection of all
sorts of officials. from members OF
the Legislature and governor up to
members of the senate and the
house of representatives Apparently
the liberals are making a clean sweep
of the state.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03

tory last year. There is not the
least danger of the Arizona Consti-
tuition being a freak" but II should
be prepared along the lines of pro-
gressiveness and reforms so preva-
lent in the minds of the people of
this country.
The Constitution of Arizona must
provide for a republican form of
government and must not violate the
principles embodied In the decIara-
ton of independence; it should not
be encountered with matters which
may be provided BY legislation In the
future; it should provide a govern
ment which shall at all times be un-
der the easy control of the people;
it should provide for the election Of
United States senators by the peo-
pie Of the new state whenever such
action will not be in violation of the
United States constitution. II
should provide for an income
tax to the end that part
Of the fruits of unusual prosperity
may go to the support of government;
it should provide that in all cleo
tions in the state candidates, parties
and committees shall publish before
election is held a statement show
ing every dollar expended in the
campaign and how and from whom 1t
was secured. Whatever the constitu-
ton may or may not contain it
should carry a provision for an easy
method of amendment which may be
demanded by the initiative OF the
people of the state. OF such pro
visions of which our republican
friends seem to be alarmed then they
may as well get ready to combat
these principles now as later on.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
WE MUST BE OUR
OWN JUDGES.

The press dispatches tell us that
President Taft said to Delegate Cam
erou. upon the eve of his departure
from Washington. that all he asked
of the two territories was that the
citizens do their utmost 10 secure
a sane and reasonable constitution.
President Taft has said as much
before upon the occasion OF his visit
10 Arizona. While the statehood Dill
was pending before congress Presi-
dent Taft proved himself true
friend to Arizona and the declara-
lions Of the republican party Non the
statehood question. We believe Pres
ident Taft is patriotic and means
MS well when he advises the framing
and adoption of a sane and reason
able constitution, but Arizonans will
proceed with the making of their
constitution without giving much
thought as TO the approval or dis
approval of the document by any
third party. Once admitted to state
hood Arizonans must rely upon them
selves. It will be just as weA TO be
gin now. If we are capable of max
ing our own laws, after we are ad-
mitted to statehood, We are certainly
capable OF making our own constitu'
ton. Arizona's constitution will be
the work of true and loyal Arizonans
IL will be a result of an honest eff
fort to provide for that form of
state government which majority OF
the people desire. When that Gas
been accomplished. and a majority
has voted in favor Of Its adoption
we will have the satisfaction, al
least. of having been honest with
ourselves. The people of the United
States viii resent any attempt OF
the president or congress TO dictate
the constitution of Arizona so long
as it Is drawn in conformity with the
Constitution of the United States and
the principles of the Declaration OF
Independence.
So let us proceed with the business
Of making our own constitution in
our owa way free of fear or favor
at the hand of the president or con
gress. Let Arizona come marching
into the union with head erect con
scious of a duty honestly fulfilled
rather than seek 10 frame stat'
document TO please any outsider
Arizona's constitution is matte
10 be decided upon by Arizcnan
without any outside interference
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03

Here is the platform the average
democratic candidate for congress
will present to the people: Lower
duties on the necessities of life. An
income tax, that a large part of the
burden of the cost Of government
may fall upon those best able to
bear it. Reciprocity with Canada
and our best customers. Repeal OF
Section 2 of the Aldrich act that
forces tariff wars and retaliation.
Election OF senators by direct vote.
Old time democratic economy in pub
lie expenditures. Restoration Of pop
ular government in the house Of rep
resentatives.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
MORE NEW
STATES POSSIBLE.

It has been assumed that with the
admission of Arizona and New Mex
leo into the Union the possibility Of
forming new states within the limits
Of the United States proper is ex-
hsusted. Practically this assumption
is correct. Theoretically it is false
According to the conditions under
which Texas was admitted to the
Union it is possible to form five
states out Of its territory.
The joint resolution for the annex
alton Of Texas provided that new
states. of convenient size not ex
ceeding four il number, in addition
TO said state of Texas. and having
sufficient population may hereafter
BY the consent of said state, b
formed out Of the territory thereof
which shall be entitled TO admission
under the provisions Of the fedora
constitution"
With the consent of Texas, then
four additional states may be created
They will not of course. becaus'
Texas is too wise TO surrender tn
prestige that will attach to that spIen
did empire when once 1t is settled s.
that its population shall be commen
surate with its size.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
eminent .

The fight for Arizona statehood
lasted for a quarter of century and
twenty three years of the fighting
was done before Ralph Cameron was
ever thought of as candidate for
congress Cameron, by accident. was
in congress when the bill passed and
he is entitled TO the credit of earn
estIy doing what he could to assist
the measure. but the attempt Of re-
publican newspapers to have the peo-
pie OF Arizona believe that Cameron
is entitled to all the credit for state
hood is daraphoolery of the rankest
type.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03
FREAK"
CONSTITUTION.

The republican editors in Arizona
are having much to say about a
freak" constitution. taking their cue.
no doubt, from the remarks of Pres
jdert Taft when he visited the terri
Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-03

The eve OF the congressional cam
paigns Is at hand. II looks as II the
republican party proper would boldly
attempt to blum the American people
on these propositions: That Aldrich-
ism Is a good thing for the country.
That Uncle Joe" belongs to the
That the Payne-Aidrich tariff bill
was the best tariff bill ever passed
and is a God-send TO the consumers.
That the expenditure of more than
double the sum used by Cleveland to
run the government is really neces-
sary for party solidarity
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-06-10

season. A general merchandise store
Is already doing good business un-
der the name of the Sellers Mer-
camille Company and other men Will
soon find openings tor business there.
1t is situated near the greatest body
of the Blackfoot North Side Project
to be opened for settlement this sea-
son and is destined to be an import
ant trading center.
Pingree is townsite twenty miles
out on the new railroad and is also
situated in the midst of large agri-
cultural district just being converted
into farms. The townsite will be
placed on the market within a few
days from the publication of this
edition, and large number of lots
will be eagerly purchased. A hotel
costing $35, 100000 is just being COM
pleted, besides some good business
houses for mercantile purposes. They
are perfect in all their appointments,
town water system has been put in,
some pavements laid, and the new
town will begin life with modern con-
veniences as well as with wealth
OF new and fertile lands.
Rockford is a townsite ten miles
out from Blackfoot, and for want of
engineers to survey, and workmen
to carry out the plans of the promot-
ers, it is in evidence only in the fer
tility of its soil, but demand for ship
ping facilities to move crops from
this locality forces attention to the
place, and opportunity awaits the
plucky men and women who elect
to become it's founders. 1t is named
in honor of men from Rockford, ILL.,,
who have invested heavily in the
canal system that made the tract
what it is, and made the new rail-
road a necessity.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-06-10
TOWNS ALONG THE ABERDEEN
BRANCH

The Blackfoot and Aberdeen rail-
road is new branch just being COM
pleted to connect Aberdeen with
Blackfoot by means of 2S miles OF
new road, utilizing eight miles of the
Salmon River or Mackay branch ex-
tending out of Blackfoot.
Aberdeen lies forty miles south
west of Blackfoot on the tract of
Carey land reclaimed by the Ameri-
can Falls Canal & Power Company.
The canal is over sixty miles long,
and with it's branches and laterals
amounts to hundreds of miles, 1t
has been fifteen years in continuous
and bears the distinc-
ton of being the first Carey project
ever undertaken.
Aberdeen is town of a few hun
dred people, has eighteen or twenty
business houses, cement walks,
schools, churches and telephones and
IS only about two years old. Four
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-06-10

years ago it was sage plain without
a house or any improvements except
the stakes of the surveyors, and such
is the prospect held out to the home
seeker that without extensive adver-
Using or effort to interest people, men
came and looked and then came
came again with their friends until
in this quiet way little modern town
has sprung up in the midst of a plain
dotted far and near with homes and
farms and steam plows and young or
chards
The people own the land and the
canals, have their canal association,
the potato growers association and
their warehouse company, all gov
erned by their own officers on the
popular representative plan.
Another town just being laid out
on the tract and on the line of the
new railroad is Springfield, about
thirty miles from Blackfoot. 1t is
on level plain overlooking fine bot
tom lands and an artificial lake stock
ed with fish, place which has be-
come famous for duck shooting in