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Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
The Republican Remnant
tNew York Globe)


 \ of acted like brigands temporary charge the machinery of the party They misused it, the certain consequences fol lowed. If there had been fair settlement of the contests the nominee. whoever he would have had behind him united party and probably would have been elected. President Butler a Barnes delegate in the convention and voted with the others. He thus became one of the partys Wreckers he risen in the convention and declared that he a square and fair deal and that it neither in the interest the party of President Taft have a tainted nomination, his influence might have been decisive, for many Taft delegates say the precipce ahead. The roll might have been purged, and S it had been new party would have been launched
 Many causes of course contributed create the situation which existed at the Chicago convention and many influences in afterward to affect the voting, but the immediate of the split, and thus of the overflow, the seating of delegates whose titles bad and the unseatng of delegates whose titles good The republican rank and file, by overwhelming vote in sttae after state. had indicated that did desire the renominaton of MT Taft When it discovered that gang of hold and political derelicts the national commit tee, refusing O abide result obey the pressed will of the party had seized the party em blems the greater part of the party went else where. There is mystery. and if the party is in sad plight it is evident who is responsible therefor
 Of the remnant left with the republican party not a half have any sympathy with the Barnes Butler school of political thought majority or those voting for President Taft stuck through habit and heart progressive republicans though not third party men The o-called conservative element in the party that has essayed to be it's is numerically very small. Thus to talk of reOrganizng the party under the auspices of those control of it's machinery is folly like to that which culminated at Chicago. The attempt to tu"n the republican party of Abraham Lincoln, founded in sympathy for democratic principles and solicitude for human rights. into reactionarv organization whose chief business is to defend property rights has failed it deserved to fail Whethe" or not those who have departed will go back depends not Colonel Roosevelt but whether or not the party will purify itself that it again make it's old boast that it is the party of great moral ideas If old organization decommercializes itself eXpels a leadership that has brought it into suspicion and condemnation, and takes up it's old role of friend of nane it may tehablitate itself. Otherwise not even Vermont and Utah will be carried next time.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
The Test Must Be Serious

The test of the tenure office of the members of the legislature elected last December well the test under way to the validity of the referendum measures ratified by the people. should be regarded seriously than it appears be There seems to be general understanding that the supreme court will confirm the existing status and that that will be the
 But that would not necessarily be the Unless these questions are settled seriously and right they will have been settled at all but will keep coming up plague the people of the state. It is true that if the should decide that the year the members the legislature will receive the session will be met
 many cases the validity of the acts Of the legislature would be unquestioned. In matters af- fecting only the residents the state that would be But there would almost certainly be in which the finding of the court would brought up for review with the possible result that the leg islation enacted by the present members after January 1, 1913, would be of effect Such 8 pre- dcament is not a pleasant to contemplate.
 We have opinion to express regarding the status Of legislature Whatever conclusion the supreme court may announce, believe, will have been reached after careful and mature delbera- tion and that will formed to meet ezigences. If the court finds that the legislature is alive should have confidence in the decision finds that the legislature dead with the dead year 1912 it cannot afford to withhold an opinion that effect.
 Whatever the situation is must be brought face to face with it as it is and not as we may wish it to be.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Merry Christmas.

A Merry Christmas all the readers The Republican this morning. all that will be read ing it before the end of the year; every body
 May all be SO filled with the Christmas spirit today that it shall evaporated before there comes the repenishing spirit the Christmas.
 All over the world there is joy today, this uni versal holiday The happy happier. There is less misery. at least today. the spirit of Christ is abroad and brought closer to- aether in sympathy.
 This the day the year whose pleas cannot be marred by the state of the weather. New England and all northern countries, laden fields frost covered windows, snow driving through the under leaden skies are proper Christmas settings. Winter diamonds glistenng in the equally in keeping with the day
 Or. heavy pashing rain with winds bowling among wthered trees, depressing any other day the year has only the effect accentuating the Christmas cheer within doors our own favored region the bright sunshine. warmth roses gardens. the winter green of the lawns all a natural part the Christmas.
 This is essentially day O rejoicing. is the birthday the Savior The anniversary of that greatest all events the celebration of it is today
 We have other lesser causes for rejoicing. By we the people all this land and especially we" of the Salt River valley. We are approaching the end year great prosperity and in freedom ills. We are looking forward into still glorious year, with greater oppor- tunities
 God rest you, merry gentlemen;
 Let nothing you dismay"
 4 Merry Christmas.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Argentine Meats

Brooklyn Citizen)
 While it is that the tariff keeps out Argell- meats from America a contemporary asserts, is equally that the absence of tariff keeps out American meats from Great Britain The Ameri- trust will send meats produced and held here at Y cents q pound wholesale, in compe- tition with Argentine meats selling there at cents Why the trust does not import meats from Argen- it's control of large part of the output there is easily explained by the fact not that it is subject to duty of 11a cents pound, but that do so would cut the ground from under it's claim that the extortion it practices here is due an insufficency of the supply.
 If however the duty taken off meats somebody would promptly begin the importation of beef mutton from the Argentine. and doubtless also from New Zealand and Australia, well as from Canada the north and Mexico and other countries the south of and there would be an end the shortage if there is Great Brit ain than 200 steamers equipped with re frigeratng apparatus engaged in the meat trade with the countries named and is continually build- ing more which is sufficient proof that it fair the investment. at the low prices charged in London compared with the prices here
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Premature Filipino Rejoicing
Des Moines CapitaD

tDeS MOlneS Caplta)
 Dispatches from the Philippine Islands c"1tan the interesting that the natives there leadership of irresponsible ad like Agunaldo, stin celebrating the recent democratic victory the f0rerunner of speedy Filipino inde penGence.
 wise head close hand should advise the ceebrants conserve their stock of red fire for future occasion of rejoicing. We have not the least idea that Philippine independence will come next year, nor the next, nor yet the next.
 President Wilson and the democratic party may be prepared to assume number of serious risks, but they going miles out of their to develop large patches of trouble.
 With revolution constantly smoldering in Cuba, Porto Rico and every other outlying province in which this nation is directly indirectly interested this government is not going to withdraw from the Philippine Islands and turn that territory over to political frebrands of the Aguinaldo stripe at least not right away. Japan and certain Oriental nations might look with the deepest complaisance upon our withdrawal from those islands. Indeed. they would undoubtedly welcome the opportunity take charge of the turbulent which would be preciptated within forty eight hours after American authority had been renquished.
 We repeat that little brown brothers the far east should proceed at once to postpone their Fourth of July celebration
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Christmas 1912

It's Christmas time! Let's clean the slate Of every old-year grudge hate Let's pin sprightly sprig of holly Upon dull care and melancholy Let's reach out friendly hands and grip Each other in warm comradeship. This worlds pleasant place and fair; Let's smoke, in fancy debonair And dream we're boys again, elate With hearts attuned to any fate Let's sing the old songs ever new When we were heroes on review; Before the fairies yet had brought The Stars and Garters that we sought. An, me! some galants are not here Who shook the old clubs chandelier, With merry quips and speeches bold, In those enchanting nights of old. Then heres a bumper hale and true, To those forever passed from view! Lay wreaths of holly where they sat. And tender tears, remembering that It's Christmas time!
 Howard Benton Lewis
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Privileae of Beina a Fool

Compared to the nalienable right to make fool of yourself the right of free speech which many proclaim the most cherished is of small the average person. Of all places where restraint the former might he pected New York the that would be thought Yet in the night court Columbia student, caught by alert constable in the act of standing still under umbrella while the stars shone overhead, was fined ten dollars warned that the penalty for the next offense of similar genesis would be a term in the workhouse The young man, of course qualifying fraternity. He looked foolisll-as- the authoritative intention in which he acquesced,
 But. quoth the police magistrate ponderousy. fraternity has right order make of himself' and he expressed the wish that the whole chapter could haled into court that might fine them all. Considering in how ways New York invites young to make of themselves. and how many persons in that town, in fact asses themselves without le5tation. why should the line be drawn practice apparently inoffensive public policy criticised?
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
The Right to Get Drunk
tThe Wall Street Journal.

tThe Wall Street Journal)
 Traffic in the of England is practically held up present because the North Eastern rail way, the best managed road in the British Islands, discharged locomotive enginer for getting drunk We derived idea of the inaenable right in the pursuit of happiness from our British forefathers drunken locomotive engineers inter seriously with the happiness of other people. But the labor union carries what it esteems to be the tradition the fathers The engineer got drunk in his time; and the tyrant corporation which discharged him had right, under the union rules, resent his getting sober in the time he was paid for. even if human life thereby endangered
 The labor union. in fact is democratic ganzation, that protects all its members. It is true that nature persists in creating differences Some men, for instance born inherently honest who for their own sake will not give bad work for any wages, good bad. They give, in fact, very good work but they must necessarily form minor ty of union The majority is made of those who give unintelligent work, perfunctory work just good enough to avoid trouble, and bad work, which the salaried walking delegate exists to ex- 
 Remembering the vital importance of the nalien- able right to get drunk, travelling public ought to put up with good deal in the way of inefficient service the railroads. The workman who con- sciously unconsciousy believes in that principle is part of inefficient majority, which can be de- pended upon re-eect the labor leader to his we-salaried job with all it's 'perquisites.' It is true that unionized labor does constitute two per of the population of the United States, tenth of the people who work for their living Nevertheless, the public must remember that the gallant fight which is being made in England for a principle, has been made here often enough before. Our country is governed by majorities. us therefore the government to the incompe- and inefficient. and especially the wilfully in efficient
 Conscience. law, order, obedience, discipline, all the things which make progress what these before the fiat of the walking delegate? Let every citizen highly resolve hold uphold up" is good in this conrectonthe hands the labor leaders at any sacrifice life or property us preserve the inaenable right to get drunk.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25


 ed for three generations by Lillian Russell. Being perfect gentleman. do not give the exact date of this discovery. Besides Miss Russell recently married an athletic and high tempered citizen of Pittsburg, who conceals punch in either hand Miss Russers is nobody's business but her hus- bands, and if he is recOnced to it why should murmur repine? Miss Russell is q natural beauty with a complexion which is guaranteed to stand in any climate This complexion does look day older now than the first time it appeared in public Miss Russell does not change her complexion few days the way some actresses do. She do 1t up in the morning and shop around all day without losing enough of it to be noticed by the naked eye It is the only stage complexion that know of that does not have to be revaTnished between acts Of late years Miss Russell has been accommodating wealth and embonpoint with much energy that malicious critics refer to her Airy Fairy Lillian The time was when her complexion and figure alone were good for $500 week, but lately she has been paying considerable attention acting with gratify ing results It is well. for she is biting her complexion against Pittsburg's smoke. which will pit anything from fresh face a gal vanized iron pipe.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

A little reflection will suggest that President elect Wilson's career, especially in politics shows him to be a with imaginative powers of a practical kind His entrance residence in Bermuda without extensive preparations for his comfort illustration of what he may be capable of doing in the future. Whether he will to be entertained at the White House by Presi- president may have his of getting around the problem. But if he decides to make the visit it will be a striking event. The that the presi dent find precedent for inviting him to a dinner with "the Cabinet family" is only notable, but indicative of kind of barbecue party feeling in all the history of the gongs-out and comings-in the White House.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Conference on Housing
(Dallas NeWS)


 Those who, in the second National Conference on Housing. advocated the policy of having cities capturing for the benefit of the masses the values which the increase of population creates and turn it into use, in other words, using the profit to build homes for Workingmen-those who advocated this policy dubbed the radicals of the ference. Perhaps they it were hardly worth while to inquire. But if to be radical is merely to hold views somewhat in advance of those commonly subscribed to, then it is unquestonable if these gentlemen quite radical they imagined to be by those who pinned this badge to them. For although the realization Of it may be still somewhat in the distance, here is to believe the time is nearer than is generally supposed when society will be nerVed by it's necessities to resort to some modified form of the single tax a of preserving the physical and social health of it's workingmen There are men who alternately sheer and shudder at every mention of single but who nevertheless admit the injustice and evil of forcing wage workers and their families to live in cramped and unsanitary tenements, and yet that is an ineXorabe consequence of system which makes increase in land values the infaible Of an increase in rent
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
C=1 Arizona Republican Editorial Page
The Seasons Greetjnus

The editorial staff of The Arizona Republican this occasion to thank all the readers of the paper and friends of the staff for the many court esies that have extended during the past year Individually and collectively wish you the hap piest possible Christmas. We hope that it will be but of many happy Christmases it will be your pleasure spend during your lifetime
 J. w. SPEAR, EDITOR. IRA H. S HUGGETT. J. G. SIMPSON. LYLE ABBOTT
 SALLY JACOBS GEROID ROBINSON
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

Claus There were treasures in the pack Santa Claus that you carried your back, Santa Claus; there candies rich and rare, there were toys beyond compare. hippOpotamus and bear, Santa Claus. But the best thing that you brought, Santa Claus. and the thing hit the spot. Santa Claus the joy that filled hearts as we gnawed our figs tarts, and that memry ne'er departs Santa Claus. Oh often, often wish Santa Claus, now that old, ods fish, Claus, that together might stray to an oldtime Christmas day in the land Far Away Santa Claus! Oh the days when young, Santa Claus! And the carols that were sung Santa Claus Have you brought the old times back in your large and heavy pack as you trudge your wintry track, Santa Claus?
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

President elect Wilson gives notice whom it may concern that he will not neglect politics in his home state after he goes the White House Though bosses he has put out of action will hope that his endurance will be unequal to any task out side his national duties the governor has shown that he handle the old timers with his little finger.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

Santa Claus. On a thousand Christmas nights you have brought us rare delights, making of us happy wights, Santa Claus. When the night wind had an edge. Santa Claus, you have come with deer and sledge. Santa Claus; and fond recollection tells how we heard your tinkling bells as you journeyed down the dells. Santa Claus Oh. you brought us knives and dolls, Santa Claus, trains of cars and rubber balls, Santa Claus; and you brought us dates and figs, steeds of tin and
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
AN ARTFUL SCHEME

five
 Why this unusual generosity?"
 T kind of hinted that I wanted Q buy him some Christmas cigars He thinks by coughing up Hberally that he'll get a better grade. but he won't"
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

tor the purpose of discovering the fountain of eternal youth. He met with many discOuragements chief among which were the Flor ida jigger and the swamp mos quito, which pestered him fore and aft and raised large blue bumps on his physique. His time was so fully taken up in instructing people how to pro- nOupce his name so that it wouldn't sound like an explosion in pop factory that he didn't find what he came after, and he returned home in very dis gruntled and flea bitten state. Precisely years ago this same
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

The chief of the signal corps three mil lion dollars for aeroplanes. Congress will probably insist that down.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25

The Coal Roads decision makes it plain that if the roads a monopoly in the past it their own fault.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Santa Claus
By WALT MASON

We should praise you without measure, Santa Claus. for you've brought heaps of pleasure.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPER

come haunts of downtown stores, My tired nerves to rally; And then visit thirteen floors, And each daily.
 M thirty clerks I hustle down, Past crowded aisles l hurry; On every face I note frown, A look of pain and worry. I chatter over books and toys, I gab until I'm weary; On what is girls and boys \ dozen times I query. With many a question do I fret The clerk who's waiting; So many useless things I get That tis eXasperatng. chatter, chatter I go From floor to another / I get rid a pile of dough
 For gifts dad and mother. @ ! I wind about and in and out
 With here cashboy trailing, While here and there clerks wild shout the floor goes sailing. I steal bv counterloads of things; l slide past dolls entrancing; Past aerial toys that strings, And hobby horses prancing. I look I price, I smile, buy: My money flows like water To purchase things to pacify
 My and little daughter I at the awful cost And yet I blow in money; My bank account has struck a frost, But still, it isn't funny Then I go to look some more; My cash still dropping, dropping; I do not miss single store When I Christmas shopping. MT Longfelow himself would probably want o revise his notions about the village artisan under the spreading chestnut tree, if he should read the startling charges in the bill filed oy the government against the horseshoers trust St. Louis Post Dispatch
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
Why Who's Who
By HOWARD L.. RANN

Precisely four hundred years ago a Spanish tax payer named Ponce de Leon came to this country
Arizona republican., 1912-12-25
JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS

JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS For girls and boys expecting toys The hours limp their way, But we'd state works twenty-eght, Or twenty nine each day.
 CHRISTMAS MOTIVES Do you give to make people happy, merely
The commonwealth., 1912-09-12
BIGGEST COTTON CROP.
Last Years Crop Four Million Bales
Greater Itla. Adv.

New Orleans, Aug. 31.-The tota
production Of cotton in the United
States for the commercial year end
ing today was 16, 1873, 426 bales, ar
increase over !cst year Of 4,0I8, ,331
an increase over year before last OF
5,528, ,75S and an increase over 1908
% Of 2,312, 969, according to figures
compiled today by Col. II. 6. Hester,
secretary Of the New Orleans cotton
exchange.
Southern consumption was the
largest Of any previous year, 2, IA,
067 bales being used by the Southern
mills. This exceeds last years total
by $50, ,451 bales, and was in excess
Of the largest previous consumption
which WAS in 1908-02 by 184,l94
bales.
Secretary Hester's annual cotton
statement. which includes port move
ments, exports and the worlds cor
sumption of American cotton, etc,
will be issued Within the next few
days.
The commonwealth., 1912-09-12
,Iuror EiDked al Defendant; is Fined.

Fayetteville, Sept. il. l.. Rob-
erson. one of the noted dealers here
whose cases have attracted much IN
torest, was tried in criminal court
and a mistriaI resulted, the and two
for acouittal. Last night Judge
Pragaw tried the two jurors VINO
were for acquittal on the ground OF
contempt of court and improper con
d,1ct The action beirg based on an
affidavit Of one Of the jurors IN the
case. The jurors, J. V, Jones, came
clear. while the other, Fl. c. Burke,
was fired $50 and costs. An appear
was taken by Burke's lawyer T.. u
Davis.
Jrdge Bragaw at a late hour set
aside all other testimony END lnaue a. Z
his ruling on the evidence mat lne m
respondant, Burke, while WalklilY inS
the streets to dinner with the oat- o19
snca on, Of the jnry "winked' at ne
defendant, Robertson, and thaC hoo-
areon smiled back at him.