Arizona republican., 1910-02-13
PHoENIX. ARIZONA, FEB. 1s, 1910.
Douglas Republicans and the KeIIys.


 We salute "the Kelly papers" For long time the "Kellys" have not only formulated democratic thought in southern Arizona, but quite as suc- cessfully have officiated in the role of counsel to the republicans of the same section. It is no small achieve ment for the democratic press to lead the republican party and some repub- lican papers.
 We are moved to this comment by reading the dispatch from Douglas, printed in yesterdays Republican, in which mention is made of a repub- Iican mass meeting at which resolu- tions were adopted in condemnation of the senate statehood bill. The resolutions. as our readers will recall, thus voiced the republican sentiment of Douglas:
 That we. the members of the re- publican club of Douglas. note with exceeding regret the humiliating quail fications which are sought by the sen ate committee on territories to be at tached to the statehood bill for Ari- zona. and We call upon our member of congress. Ralph Cameron. to use all n..-- ~sa dnfxa mt the so-called Dillingham; bill and have passed in it's place the Hamilton bill, which was unanimously passed by the house and grants statehood to Arizona unqualifiedly. in accordance with the sacred pledge of the republican na- tional platform"
 If one of the "Kellys" did not write this resolution they certainly had in- spired it. The republicans of Douglas have written themselves down as a bunch of prize easy marks" in the We take pleasure in assuring the re- publican club of Douglas that al- though they have permitted the "Kellys' to dictate to them. and al though sundry republicans and some republican papers in southern Arizona are foolishly following the lead of democratic politicians in this matter, the republicans of the territory are not with them. The republicans of this territory are not opposed to the senate statehood bill MT. Cameron will make the mistake of his life if he follows the Kelly advice. handed to him in the guise of resolutions from the republican club of Douglas
 The resolutions above quoted be- tray either lamentable ignorance of the text of the senate bill. or a dis dressing carelessness concerning the welfare of Arizona. In either case the earmarks of democratic domina- tion are patent.
 What are the ''humiliating qualifi- cations" in the senate bill which have aroused such indignation at Douglas ? Specifically. they are five:
 1. The constitution proposed for the state of Arizona is to be submitted to congress for approval
 g. It is proposed to create safe guards for the people in the disposal of the public lands granted to the state
 3. The infamous educational quali- fication" law enacted by the late leg islature is nullified and repudiated.
 | A residence of six months in the territory instead of twelve months permits citizens to vote.
 5. The primary election law en- acted by the late legislatures law which in it's practical operation would perpetuate machine rule in politics is nullified,
 These provisions are in no sense out of harmony with the sacred pledge of the republican national plat form" to which the resolution so feel ingly refers.
 The republican club of Douglas has permitted itself to be buncoed into the belief that the project to submit the proposed constitution to congress is revolutionary. Yet the history of the several states shows that this rule precisely has prevailed from the foun- dation of the government with few eX- captions.
 Do the republicans of Douglas ob- ject to safeguarding the grants of