Arizona republican., 1911-10-23
Assertions of Would be
Statesman Made in Plaza
Speech Absolutely Refut-
ed by Proved Facts in the
Case.
OTHER POLITICAL
NOTES OF MOMENT
Recent Exposition of Rec
ord of Henry F, Ashurst
on Special Police Bill De-
stroys His Chances for
Success.

One is not surprised at reckless
and mendacious statements from Air.
Eugene Brady O'Nein who. despite
that well known proclivity is an as
pirant for a seat in the senate of the
United States. But it does seem a
little strange that even he would
allow his natural predictions to
overcome his judgment in a case
where a written record absolutely
refutes his statements
In his speech on the plaza Satur-
day night, O'Nein declared that while
he was i'm Washington making his
justly celebrated fight for statehood, -
the Arizona Republican. the Arizona
Democrat and the Phoenix Sun sent
a telegram to that city advising that
the initiative, the referendum and the
recall be eliminated from the Arizona
constitution, saying that these propO-
sitiOns were not wanted by the peo-
pie Of the territory
There may have been a few people
inclined TO believe that statement,
as inevitably some Of the audience
We're not personally acquainted with
the speaker and were therefore ignor-
ant of his habit of constructing facts
to suit his own purpose, and the only
telegram. sent by these three papers
10 Washington is herewith repro
duced. This message copied from the
original, is as follows:
Phoenix August 4. 1911.
''To Senators Bacon, Borah, Shively.
Owen, Kern, Gore, Chamberlain and
Colleagues:
AS editors of newspapers, demo-
cratic and republican. we believe We
honestly voice the desire of four
fifths Of the people of Arizona when
we implore the friends of Arizona in
the senate to secure statehood for US
at this session upon whatever terms
will be granted by a majority of
both houses and secure the approval
OF the president The vital and urg-
ent interests of Arizonans demand
immediate certainty as to our future
status and depend for enterprise and
prosperity upon early statehood. We
know the great majority of our peo-
pie are willing 10 trust our cause
with the best and final judgment Of
our friends in the senate and we beg
you to assure all of them.
(Signed)
y o. DUNBAR. Arizona Democrat.
SINS ELY, Arizona Republican.
SAM w SMALL. Phoenix Sun"
cratic candidate for United States
senator. could possibly distort that
telegram into a demand for the elm
ination Of any part of the constitu-
tion. is a little difficult to under
stand.
The telegram asked for immediate
statehood upon the best terms OBJ
tainable. and that is precisely what
we got. And Mr. O'NeilI is himself
advising the acceptance Of those
ierms.
1t is pretty well understood that
Mr. O'Nein. to use his own Ian
guage, is willing Ito say anything
to be elected" but that he would
take a chance on talking against a
printed record is hardly a tribute
either to his mental honesty or TO
his intelligence.
In the language Of a well known
Phoenix democrat the wide publicity
given the fact that while a member
of the legislature Henry F. Ashurst
voted for and worked for the bill
providing that railroads should have
the right to employ their own ''po-
lice officers" has probably cooked
Mr. Ashursts political goose"
"workingmen generally" this man
says, have always looked askance
upon this proposition that railway
corporations or any other corpora
ton should be granted The right TO
appoint anybody TO positions of this
kind. They believe in law and or
der but they think law and order
should be maintained by the properly
constituted authorities of the govern
ment They do not believe that any
corporation should be allowed to go
into the governing business to this
extent"
Since the story was published
nothing has been heard about the
matter from Mr.. Ashurst. But, ii is
pointed out, there is nothing strange
about that, since it is rather hard for
a man to deny the written record.
Various papers throughout the state
have attacked Brady O'Neilrs record
on the labor question. asserting that
he failed to keep his word to one
of the labor unions of this city with
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