Arizona republican., 1910-09-09

pleased to have a continuation of the
 territorial form of government.
 The Southern Pacific, like the Santa
 Fe. has always been opposed to state
 hood for Arizona It is an irritating
 situation for that company, to be sure
 that it must pay taxes on a valuation
 of s15.O00 a mile while the Santa Fe
 pays on a valuation of but s5,OOO 8
 mile, but there are other considera-
 tions which weigh heavily in favor
 of the territorial form of govern
 ment, in the judgment of the South
 ern Pacific company. For one thing
 the territory has absolutely no power
 to regulate railroads. The state will
 have that power The Southern Pa
 cific, like the Santa Fe, is quite well
 satisfied that a revolutionary consti-
 tuition, such as is proposed by the
 democrats and socialists, will defeat
 statehood at Washington As we have
 pointed out before, MT Ives is serving
 both his corporate and his personal interests by adocating revolutionary doctrines. If statehood is lost, he has served his employers. If we get state hood. through a conservative consti- tuition written by republicans, MT Ives, as a candidate for the United States senate, will go to the people and say: "I tried to get these 1sms' for you, but failed. arr one of you. Please elect me" While Mir Ives has no confidence that such a constitution as he advocates would be accepted at Washington, he does know that it would serve the interests of his em- ployers to have in force the system of direct legislation" which he ad- vocates. Even if he fails Co get these doctrines into the constitution now. he has sown the seed which will ripen into harvest for his employers later on, after we have become a state ana to the constitution are in order.
 The Copper Queen interests do not want statehood at all. But. if state hood must come, the Copper Queen interests. like the Southern Pacific, want to have a constitution which will enable special interests" the means of direct legis- lation. to control legislation in the state.
 The shrewd attorneys of these cor porations are excellent judges of hu- man nature They know that it is impossible to maintain among the people a continued interest in public fairs They know that. following m excitement, such as now pervades the territory, there is a reaction. They know that, ordinarily, the voters ake little interest in what is going ] ,n They have noted that in oregon i avs have been passed by F per ,cnt. of he voters.
 They are confident that the "initia- i lie and referendum" furnishes to hem a means of controlling the state. 1 md for this reason they propose, if | We are to become a state. that they ! Ihall have the machinery whereby the | elected officers of the state can be l when occasion requires. | md whereby, when thepeople are not | legislation desired by cor ,orate interests can be enacted by ] petition and general election.
 This is the whole situation in a nut hell. And one of the strangest features f the whole business is. that in .Iaricopa county-a county which is n a helpless minority as against the ounties which are regularly con rolled by these great corporations ve find men of ordinarily good intel igence who have been so carried way by the hysteria of the day that hey would vote to place Maricopa ounty helplessly in the clutches of hese shrewd corporation attorneys.