Arizona republican., 1910-06-21
Albert J. Beverage.

w men, several IlOnlHS ago. lie re
publican assured the people of this
territory that they had loyal friend
in Senator Beveridge, some of our
good democratic friends indicated a
disinclination to accept our statement.
But the record stands completed wIln
the approval of the statehood hi yes
terday by the president OF the United
States-the bill is a law
The fact is, as we have had occa-
sion to say before, there can be no
doubt by any fair minded citizen of
Arizona that Senator Beveridge has
always had the welfare of this terri
tory sincerely at heart We had our
differences with him in the joint
statehood campaign. He had Joined
President Roosevelt in support of
proposition which most of us did not
approve; and being a bold and fear
less fighter, the great senator from
Indiana gave us "a run for our
money that made US know we had
been in a fight. But he fought
squarely and honorably for what he
thought was right. He and Presi-
dent Roosevelt looked at the joint
statehood proposition from the broad
standpoint of national craftsmanship;
we here looked at it from the stand
point of our own selfish interests. as
we had a right to do and as it
was our duty to do, and we won
They believed in all sincerity that not
only was it better for the nation to
make one state of the two territories,
but that it was better for the people
of the two territories. We of Arizona
did not agree with them. We could
not believe that it was better for the
nation, and we knew it was not better
for us, and we fought them. We won.
and every Arizona citizen of broad
mind was soon able to concede that
there had been two sides to the ques-
ton and that we had dealt with hon
orable antagonists who were our
friends.
The Republican has known from
the first that the pledge of the re-
publican national platform in favor OF
the admission of Arizona had no more
sincere advocate than Senator Bever-
idge AS chairman of the senate COM
mittee on territories it was not only
his right, but his solemn duty to re-
port a bill to the senate which
squared with his own sense of justice
to the people of Arizona and the peo-
pie of the United States
The bill he did report, the bill
signed yesterday, is a work of wise
craftsmanship. 1t was superior to all
other statehood bills of the past. Now
a law, it speaks for itself as a mea-
sure which undertakes throughout TO
safeguard the welfare of AriZona's
people. For all time Senator Bev-
eridge's name will be linked with this
legislation, and he has made history
of which he may well be proud. As
the senator well says. he has labored
for Arizona's people instead of for
those who sought to exploit them. He
has sought to safeguard the peoples
real welfare, not only for the present,
but for the future. There is but one
answer to his inquiry. May 1 not
20 hrf1 Nnxar,a-
Der in person to tell you what 1 feel?'
This answer is: No man in the United
States viii be more welcome.
The senator pays fine compli- |
ment to Arizona citizenship when he
says: Arizona will be among the first
on the rollcall of the states, and 1
know that Arizona's people will see to
it that she will be among the first to |
stand for noble ideals. If you stand |
for them / know that you will fight |
for them. / like a good clean fighter. |
and / have never seen cleaner or bet
ter fighters than you have proved to
be-"
Arizona has certainly made a pro-
found impression of her good citizen
ship at Washington, and we fully |
share the confidence of Senator Bev-
eridge that the state of Arizona will
be among the first to stand for high |
ideals
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