Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-05
Wiring to Washington.

a part of the Phoenix press has
been unnecessarily wrought up to a
high temperature 10y the advanced
methods of the Western Union Tele-
graph company in increasing its
business at this point. These meth
DDS. by the way. are employed by
energetic Western Union methods
everywhere.
a few days ago suggestion was
offered by the local management to
Phoenix citizens interested in state
hood, to telegraph to Chairman Smith
of the senate territories committee
that it was the sense of the senders
that the Flood resolution should be
amended, if by so doing any OBJ
Etruction in the way of Arizona's
admission would be removed.
This suggestion. we imagine. was
inspired by a report from Washing
ton by well known supporters of the
resolution that the situation had be
come critical.
Immediately the cry was raised
that the Western Union. with true
corporation cussedness, was trying to
defeat statehood, though the sug-
gestion, on its fact. looked to the
averting OF an admitted peril.
The Western Union, at the same
time, was soliciting. and has since
done so, business from those who do
not want the resolution amended in
any particular All is fish that
comes to its net 1t was merely ad
vertising to all factions that the 10
cal office was open for business and
that it was ready to accept messages
from Jew or Gentle, from Greek or
barbarian.
The Western Union, as a corpora
ton, we suppose, has no sentimental
notions about statehood; it is inter
ested in the matter only to the
extent to which it would affect bust
ness. 1t must. therefore. be in favor
of statehood, as we all are, but as TO
whether we are admitted under the
Flood resolution, as ii now stands,
or as it may be amended, there is no
reason to suppose that the telegraph
company cares a fig.
We do not want to knock the
Tnin hftt
we believe that too great stress has
been laid on the matter of keeping
the wires hot throughout this whole
affair
II is entirely improbable tina the
thousands Of messages and letters
which have passed from Arizona to.
washington have had any more effect
i'm changing the sentiments of con-
gressmen than speeches in congress
have, and it is proverbial that they
have none.
Communications from Arizona. on
either side. if there are two sides,
only indicate what the senders want
No new information is added to that
conveyed by the returns of the cleo
ton on the constitution.
Those who have been opposed TO
the constitution are opposed 20 1t
still. Their objection to it is not that
it is not good constitution for Ari-
iona They oppose it as an innova-
ton dangerous to the country at
large The enabling act, different
from any earlier one. was framed for
the very purpose of empowering the
president and congress to disregard
the wishes of the people of the terri
tories if they should see fit
The improbability that Washing
ton will be swerved by kilograms
and letters was strongly indicated by
a statement by a cabinet officer last
spring. before the election on the
constitution, that no matter how
overwhelming the majority in favor
of the constitution. the president
would not approve it.
Intelligent personal effort may
overcome or lessen opposition TO the
Flood resolution, but the mere infor-
nation wired or written to congress-
men that the people want 1t or do
not want it. will not affect the stu
alton in the slightest.