Graham guardian., 1911-06-16
JUNE Is, 1911.
THE MASK COMES OFF

The people of Arizona are awak-
ening to the fact that dear Ralph
has turned traitor in the fight for
statehood and has evidently gone
over to the enemy. body and soul.
He signed /, the minority report,
which, if it had been passed by the
House, would have denied statehood
to Arizona. Instead of using his
best efforts to secure statehood, he
has practically worked against it
and tried in every way as delegate
from Arizona to prevent the will of
the people of Arizona from being
carried out.
Dear Ralph, the great hustler,
who was going to turn the world
upside down rs soon as he reached
Washington and make Congress
agree to admit Arizona. has come
out in his true colors and is stand
ing pat with those interests that
have prevented the admission of
Arizona all these years.
If dear Ralph is not ashamed of
himself. the people of Arizona are,
for ever believing that he was on
the level in advocating statehood.
If there were any doubts in the
minds of the people of Arizona of
dear Ralph's desertion Of the cause
Of statehood. the following extracts
from the speech Of Hon. Henry D.
Flood, of Virginia, delivered in the
House of Representatives, Tuesday,
May 23d, will forever set those
doubts aside.
During an interruption in the
speech, the following discussion took
place:
Mr.. Ferris. One question fur
Their. ! notice the delegate from
Arizona has signed one of the mi
nority reports.
Mr.. Flood. of Virginia. | no.
ticed that, too. was astonished at
1t. can not see how man who
is here representing the Territory
Of Arizona, whose people are anx-
ious for statehood, could sign a
report and advocate resolution the
purpose Of which is to deny to those
people statehood. Applause
Mr.. Cameron, of Arizona. Mr..
Chairman
The Chairman. Will the gentle
man from Virginia yield to the gen.
tleman from Arizona?
Mr.. Flood, of Virginia. / will.
Mr.. Cameron. l think | fully
set forth, Mr.. Chairman. my posi-
ton in my remarks to this House,
and | am willing to stand by what
l said on the floor of this House.
My explanation will be in print to-
morrow and you can all read it.
Mr.. Flood, of Virginia. Oh,
Mr.. Chairman, the gentleman will
not be able to protect himself from
the wrath of the people of Arizona
by the excuse he gave here Satur-
day, because he admitted he knew
nothing of what the position of the
president of the United States was,
and therefore the people of Ari-
IONA will not be fooled by his state
ment that he signed the report to
please the president. With this ad-
mission went the only defense he
had for his position" Great APP
plause.
Further on in his speech, Mr..
Flood said:
Mr.. Chairman, speaking of Ari-
IONA brings to the minds of the old
er members in the service here the
name of Mark A. Smith. His abil-
ity and distinguished service in the
cause of his people won the respect
of everybody here. His many quail
tiles of heart bound as to him, and
] do not think 1t is saying too much
to say that it was due to his intelli.
gent and well-directed efforts that
the infamy of uniting these two i'm
menseTerritories as oneState was not
finally contaminated. Applause.
His many appeals on the floor
of this House for justice to Arizona
still sound in our ears. In all his
service he did not burden her with
one weight or hindrance. Not a
single opportunity to aid or to force
her progress did he permit to escape
his vipilant and ready action. ! am
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