Arizona republican., 1911-03-07
A Significant Disclosure.

If Senator Bailey is correct in his forecast of the future attitude of his democratic colleagues. at least ter of them will stand with him in opposi- ton fo any congressional endorse ment of the Arizona constitution In his telegram to Governor Colquitt of Texas. withdrawing his resignation as senator. MT Bailey gave the follow ing explanation:
 You know how unalterably I am opposed to those populistic heresies known as the initiative, referendum and recall. and l would not be willing to remain in the senate or in any branch of the public service if a ma iority of the party friends associated with me were willing to give their ap- proval to them.
 'I construed the vote of the demo- cratic senators in the senate this morning. on the resolution approving the constitution of Arizona, as giving their support to those vagaries and under that impression I promptly ten dered by resignation. The most con spicuous democrats who voted that way have given me their assurance that they did not intend their votes to be so construed, and have made through Senator Bacon statement in the open senate expressly declaring that they utterly disapprove them.
 Under these circumstances. and at their earnest request as well as at your own request, supplemented by many messages from my friends in Texas and some from other states, I have concluded to withdraw my resig nation. I am willing to work to the limit of my strength as long as I can serve the public and at the same time obey what I understand to be the commandment of democratic princi- pies. but no office could tempt me for one moment to compromise with policy which I am certain would, in the end, destroy the government es tablished by our fathers
 The ten democratic senators who advised Senator Bailey that he had misconstrued their action in the fili- buster to mean that they approved the Arizona constituti6n-the same senators who telegraphed to the gov ernor of Texas urging him not to accept Senator Bailey's resigna ton. were:
 Augustus Q. Bacon, of Georgia,
 Murphy j. Foster. of Louisiana.
 Lee S Overman of North Carolina,
 James P. Taliaferro. of Florida,
 Thomas J. Paynter of Kentucky.
 John H. Bankhead. O. Alabama.
 LeRoy Percy. of Mississippi.
 Joseph F. Johnston. of Alabama,
 Robert l.. Taylor. of Tennessee.
 Duncan U. Fletcher. of Florida.
 These senators, with Bailey as their leader. were the front phalanx of the democratic party in the late senate. They were the south" in the senate. They will he the leaders of their party in the new senate
 Senator Bacon. on behalf of these senators. took pains to make it clear that the position taken by them in the filibuster. which vss nominally in favor of the Arizona constitution. was not expressive of their real sentiments-that, on the contrary, they utterly disapkI the initia- tive and referendum and recall
 In view of the revelations thus made in connection with Senator Bail ey's offered resignation. it is well for the people of Arizona to beware of the sangune predictions that have been made by the little group of in surgent republicans in the senate.
 When we get statehood it will bc on conditions approved by President Taft. by the democratic senators from the south. and the regular republicans in the senate.