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First Arizona PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN IN POLICIES. A Letter EPES RANDOLPH WRITES ON COSINESS AFFECTING RAILROADS DEFENDS RAILROADS' POSITION ON SIX BILLS TO BE VOTED ON, BY THE VOTERS OF ARIZONA, NEXT TUESDAY SAYS BILLS ARE UN JUST AND SHOULD BE. DEFEATED TRAVEL CANNOT BE STIMU LATED WITH ONLY 1.8 PERSONS PER SQUARE MILE. Everybody in Yuma knows Colonel Epea Randolph, head of the Southern Pacific lines In Mexico. For many years the Colonel has been closely as sociated here, in a business way, and he is now one of the directors of the Yuma National Bank. His opinions on the new bills and amendments, to be voted on next Tuesday, will, there fore, prove interesting reading at this time . His letter follows: Tucson, Ariz., Oct 28, '12. Mr. W. H. Shorey, Yuma, Arizona. My Dear Mr. Shorey: I am a railroad man. I have been In the business practically all of my life. Because of this fact, I feel my self competent to speak on matters af fecting the railroads. Furthermore, I believe that it is not only my right, but my duty, to talk in defense of the business in which I am engaged, and against measures that jeopardize it The purpose of government is to es tablish rules for the guidance and pro tection of the people, and is not for the purpose of enacting laws that take the management of a business out ol the hands of those best qualified, both by training and experience, to handle it, and place it in the hands of poli ticians, or any other class of men who know little or nothing about the busi ness. That sort of thing is wrong, and all must admit it There are six bills to be voted on at the coming election, November 5. These bills affect the railroads ad versely, without conferring any bene fit on the community. They are a positive setback to the growth and to the prosperity of the state. They should be defeated, every one. I wlBh to call your particular atten tion to the three-cent fare bill. The passenger business of th railroads of Arizona, as a whole, is not profitable. We are now selling mileage books to merchants and others who travel a areat deal, that make traveling two and one-half cents per mile. These books will be done away with, should the three-cent fare bill become a law. SURE IS A . I STATE HAS PRODUCED NEARLY THREE AND K HALF BILLION POUNDS OF IT Arizona haB a recorded production of 3,494,333,111 pounds of copper, or 21.38 per cent of the total output of the United States since mining began. In 1911 Arizona produced 303,202,5o.i pounds of blister copper, as compared with 297,250.538 pounds in 1910. This is the largest output in the history of the state, according to B. S. Butler, of the United States Geological Survey, and continues Arizona in first place among the copper-producing states. She produced 27.63 per cent of the total output of the country for 1911. The steady output of copper from Arizona began about 1875, though there was intermittent production pri or to that date, the earliest record of . it A VOL. XLII. No. 50. to I We now have a homeseeker's rate in I to the state, for the purpose of bringing i in settlers who will build up the coun 1 try. This rate is one cent a mile. The I rate, of itself, does not pay, but only fin so far as it tends to increase the population. This rate will be abolish ed. Excursion rates will become a :hing of the past Kansas has tried fixing a flat rate, and the result is that there are no ex cursion rates in that state. It is not even possible to get a reduced rate across the state. Arizona has only 1.8 persons per square mile of territory. If this pro posed reduction of 25 per cent in main line passenger fares would stimulate travel, there might be some justifica cion for the rate. But it is an absolute impossibility to stimulate travel with only 1.8 persons per square mile. We have to borrow money to build new and more roads. Arizona needs raiiroad development more than any thing else, and we cannot borrow .ioney unless we can show the people Vrom whom we borrow that we can pay a reasonable rate of interest. If the railroads lose on passenger business, the loss must be made up in some oth er way, and the shipper, must finally pay the bill. In Arizona we have a regularly con stituted Corporation Commission, whose duty it 1st to investigate these questions; take evidence on both sides, weigh the testimony, and ren der an impartial verdict. Why not submit these questions to them? They have full power to act. It may be that there are places where a three cent fare could be put in. Certain it is that there are many roads in Arizona where a six cent fare would be confis catory. This law fixes a uniform rate whether it be good or bad. There is little likelihood that a Commission will depart from a law enacted by the peo ple. I invite your most earnest consid eration of the enclosed pamphlet, treat ing of all these bills. Yours sincerely, EPES RANDOLPH. production being for 18G2. Since 1SS0 the growth of the industry has been steady and rapid. Nine copper-smelting plants operatea jwithin the state during the year. CARNIVAL COIESSIO ALLOWED 10 TIMES At a meeting of the carnival com mittee last night the following carnival concessions were awarded to Yuma people: Julius Levy, nigger ball game priv ilege, $20.00. Jas. H. Kinsler, merry-go-round, $20. J. T. Alxander, hot dog, $20. R. L. Bechtel, wheel of fortune, $20. R. L. Bechtel, roulette wheel, cigars, $20. R. L. Bechtel, popcorn, peanut and lemonade, $20. s.Xaaoqs ?ra sauiznSnj avou "po State Fair. AND YUMA WEEKLY EXAMINER : ' 1 Live, Republican Weekly With All the News All The Time. YUMA, PUBLIC RE Bob" From WILSON IS IN NO POSITION TO SMASH DEMOCRATIC MACHINERY AN INSIDE STORY OF POLITICAL HIGHBINDERS THE FOLLOWING FACTS CAME TO THE NOTICE OF MR. DAVIS WHILE HE WAS SERVING A3 CHIEF OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BUREAU, VATCHING THE POLITICAL HIGHBINDERS OF AMERICA AT WORK AT THE CAPITAL Special correspondent for the New York Sun, and for Harper's Weekly at Manila during the Philippine Insur rection, and in China during the trou bles of 1900; New York Herald corres pondent with the first Japanese army in 1904; author of "Dewey's Capture of Manila," "Our Conquest in the Pacif ic," etc.; chief of the Washington Bur eau of the New York Times and the Philadelphia Public Ledger So much for his record. Personally, er to do so. -J concerned, but, in point of fact, it wac O. K. Davis is best described by his j All over the country people are not so much an actual overthrow o own initials. He may also be relied aware of the fact that in their muni-1 Cannonism, as it was a transfer of the upon to know what he is talking about cipal governments there has been a I power exercised by Cannon, as Speak when lie writes. As an insurgent, he bi-partisan arrangement in power. Ad-!er, to the Chairman of the Committee dates back a number of years to the ministrations have changed but not ' on Ways and Means, whoever it ma time when, with John McCutcheon and others, between battles, he signed the ies all over the country, in many Round Robin of War Correspondents states also, and it is pretty much that in the Philippines, calling attention in way in the nation. America to the false impression con- j Now at the rislc of making this let veyed by the censured Philippine dis- ter a mile oug j am going to 1JOjnt patches given out by the War Depart- out some of tlie things that will hap ment officials at Washington. pen in case Mr Wilson should be elec- Mr. Davis is now Secretary of the ted to the presidency. He said the Progressive National Committee, but other day in a speech in Jersey City the facts in the following letter came to his notice when he was serving as chief of the New Yorw Times Wash- ington Bureau, watching the political highbinders of America. Finally, the letter is just what it purports to be an actual letter. "Bob" is a cousin "Personal" New York,. September 2G, '12 Mr. R. S. Weed, No. 216 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Dear Bob: I am very glad indeed to have your This because Mr. Wilson's national onstrated that the Federal Goveroment bully good letter of the 24th instant, and state tickets in no manner con- must take actiVe part. He scorns the The fact of the business is that we form to his own prescription as to suggestion of anything looking toward are not able to make the campaign what is imperatively necessary. : the betterment of conditions of life: an:, that we ought for the simple reason j Mr. Wilson's running mate on the labor for the average man. Social anc that we haven't the money. The real ' national ticket, Governor Marshal!, is industrial justice is an anathema foi truth is that we have been cursed dur- one of the most notorious reactionar- him and, in a word, he is complete! ing this whole campaign by the reputa- ies of the country. His entire record tory. tion for having a lot of money when, fr0m the time he entered politics, as j Mr Underwood will be the Chairman as a matter of fact, we have been pov-j a young man, to date, is intensely re-: of tlle Ways and Means Committee in erty-stricken all the time. It is a very actionary. In Indiana, and throughout tlie next House to an absolute certain curious thing to me that this should the Middle West, where they knowy jf it is Democratic. He is. "the dom be so. I asked a bunch of newspaper him, there is no question of that fact. jnant figure of the House today. His men, who were in here this afternoon, That, however, is not specially import- standing on these questions is clearly what they thought about it. There are ant What is important, is, that if Mr. j shown by the public assault made up two millionaires, Mr. Perkins and Mr. , Wilson should be elected, re would on bim by Mr. Bryan last year. As Munsey, who are supporting the Pro- undoubtedly carry Congress with him j Chairman of the Ways and Means gressive party. That fact is constant- overwhelmingly in both houses. That Committee Mr. Underwood will be the !y in the newspapers and is constant-. ly used to make the public believe that this committee has all the money that it can possibly use. Now, as a matter , of fact, neither Mr. Perkins nor Mr. ' Munsey is an exceptionally wealthy man; besides, even if these two men are e-.AtoxHo. .dcmfwypvbgkqjffl were able to finance the whole cam- paign it would be a very bad thing for them to do so, ana Dotn realize it us clearly as the rest of us do. Wo are making very strenuous efforts to raise money by popular subscription, but our solicitors constantly meet tms notion the best, who ever wore snoe leatner, that we are extremely well provided but it is a case of veteran soldiers go for and thus far have not been very ing against a mob. This ring will cer- successful. The fact is that the Democratic par- ty is nopeiessiy in tne grip ui uie ic- committees, tne procuuuiu touuweu ;wno more than any other, has been actionary gang, as is the Republican the organization of the present House. regn'onsll)le for the extraordinary fias party. The only trouble is that the ( This means that the same old gang-i Qf political legislation attempted to people generally do not appreciate sters will be in control or ai tne ini that fact yet. A great many honest portant places, the centres of power P ARIZONA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, men in the country have not waked up to the fact that, behind the ma- chines of both parties stand a compar- atively small group who never appear openly in connection with either party but who certainly exercise an al-iiost complete practical control over both. Our hope lies in breaking down this bi-partisan control and it is absolutely necessary to sinashv both the Demo - jcratic and Republican parties in or- the government. It is that way in cit-1 that it was' absolutely necessary to have good nien not oniy at the head of the ticket, but in every place "on the ticket. He added that it was amazing to bim that good men everywhere did not see this now if we concede 100 per cent of sincerity, integrity, abil- ity, patriotism and progressivism to Mr. Wilson, we can still demonstrate I that his election will not, and cannot, possibly accomplish what it is in the hearts of good people who now intend to vote for him, to have accomplished. would put in the house a great number of new men. There are already, among the Democrats, a large number of men who are serving their first term in Congress, but there are also a very substantial minority of men who have been elected for years from the Solid (Democratic districts of the North and j from the Solid South. 1 These men have 1 a practical monopoly of experience in House management, mey lorm an i"- j vincible ring which cannot, possibly, ; ( be upset by the mass of the inexperi- 'enced new men. The new men may be ;tainly repeat in the organization of thb House, and the selection of the House nix, Oct. 28 to 1912 and authority, and will absolutel.' dominate Democratic legislation jmt as they have dominated in the present House. i do not suppose that the averag . mfill throughout the country follow: ' Congressional affairs sufficiently dost to be aware of what this means. They fee-f jn a vague way, that Cannonism , bas been overthrown. That is true so far as tne power of the Speaker i be. Now, everybody familiar with tlx Congressional situation knows jus what that nleans in a Democratic House. The present Chairman of the Way. and Meana Committee is Oscar Under wood, of Alabama. Underwood is l reactionary ahd a tory of the very old school. He knows nothing but the ta iff, and he has a false idea -of what Sought to be done with that. There is j not another idea in him. You can frisk his pockets; you can search hi:, 1 shoes; you can examine him under a ' microscope and you cannot get any- j thing else out of him. He does not know anything about the great curren cy question. He has not an idea on the subject of trusts and corporations control or the regulation of interstate commerce. He is a states' rigtiter and against Federal activity in so man: of tae ways in which it' has been derc- dominant figure in the selection of all the other standing committees of the House. Chief of these committees in importance, as affecting legislation of vital moment to the country, are Ap propriations, Judiciary and Interstate Commerce. The 1)resent iiea1 of tbe Committee Qn Appropriations, who is as certain tQ be 1!eturne(i t0 tbat post in the next as is Mr. Underwood in his j m.esent I)0St; is j0im j Fitzgerald, of ! nrooklyn, the Pat McCarren. Demo-1 w"ho' nejjie(i Cannon to retain his post as the Speaker of the last Re-1 publican House, and who was erf vital assistance to the Cannon gang in tne adoption of its rules and in the organ-! ization of the House. He is the man" (Continued on Page Four) r - I WILLIAM PETERS, MAYOR OF RIVERSIDE; F. P. FELIZ, MAYOR OF SALINAS, AND SEVERAL OTHER MEN OF NOTE HAVE BEEN IM PRESSED WITH THE THE "COMING OUT" SPIRIT OF YUMA, AND WILL HELP US BOOST THIS MARVELOUS COUNTRY. More replies lots of them were re ceived at the Commercial Club this morning in reply to the invitations to attend the Siphon Celebration. Here are a few of them: From Riverside's Mayor Riverside, Cal., Oct 25. '12. Yuma Commercial Club, Yuma, Arizona Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your letter of October 22; also formal invitation to attend the Siphon Celebration to be held in Yuma, November 18 to 20. I have also looked over, with a great deal of interest and pleasure, the book Yuma Commercial Club, f views in colors, showing the dam j Yuma, Arizona xnd many other beautiful and instruct- Gentlemen: ive views of Yuma and vicinity. l lhes to acknowledge receipt of your -kind invitation to the Siphon Celebra .vant to" congratulate you upon the- tQ take ,ace November is, 19, booklet you have put out. It is cer - tainly something to be greatly admir- ed. I am somewhat familiar with the range to be there during your Festi lesert, but not with Yuma, and must val. ''- :ay that many of the views are partic llarly lifelike. I certainly wish your section the sreat prosperity which I feel sure will be yours on the completion of the Siphon and the realization of the nendous possibilities in store for you. This is a little too far in advance to know whether I can be present or lot. It will give me the greatest pleas-1 IX-ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN B. WRIGHT AND FRED G. ATHEARN WILL ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OF YUMA TONIGHT AT THE YUM.-. THEATRE, AT 7:00 O'CLOCK, SHARP; BE ON TIME LEGISLA- . TURE PASSED LAWS DETRIMENTAL TO RAILROAD PROGRESS. ' "All that the railroads ask is a chance to be heard," said Edgar Rhein hart, who is in Yuma, making prepara tions for the meeting at the Yuma theatre, at 7:15 o'clock, this evening, when the bills that are to be voted upon on election day will be discussed by former Attorney General John B. Wright and Fred G. Athearn. The last legislature parsed a num ber of laws that are considered detri mental to the railroad progress of Ari zona, is the opinion of the raiiroad of ficials, and they have invoked the ref erendum, thus submitting to a vote of the people. Under the rules of the In terstate Commerce Commission, rail road construction must be accomplish ed with new money that is, it can not be done with earnings, and th railroads insist that they cannot bor RETURNED FROM PHOENIX County School Superintendent John The Qcotillo Club will' meet" Satur M. Hess has returned from Phoenix, daj November 2, at the home of Miss wnere ne was eiectea secretary oi tne Arizona School Superintendents Association. Nov. 2 ARIZONA SENTINEL FOUNDED 1872 ure to do so, if it is in, the bounds of possibility. Yours sincerely, WILLIAM L. PETERS, Mayor. From L. M. Lavson Los Angeles, Oct 25, 'is. Yuma' Commercial Club, Yuma, Arizona : Gentlemen: Please accept my many thanks for your invitation to the Siphon Celebra tion. It will be a great pleasure to at tend. In . the meanwhile, if I can be of anv servir.fi hfirp. dnn't hpsitntfi tn Qn,m Yourg L. M. LAWSON, UiSJt.S.. From Mayor of Salinas, Cdl. Salinas, Cal., Oct. 24, '12. ' aud 20. I am not certain at this time i j that I will be with you. I want to go: ; to Yuma and it may be that I can ar.T I also desire to thank you for your booklet which is certainly a credit to any community. I have shown it to ' some of my friends who expressed a desire to procure duplicates. If they tre-jare available, will you please send -me . half a dozen and I will at once remit the amount of the purchase price. Yours very truly, t F. P. FELIZ, Mayor. row money from the banks and capital ists when such laws as these scare the capital away. ' , The railroads do not deny that they should be regulated, but they insist that regulation should be done by a competent commission, elected or ap pointed for that particular purpose. The state corporation commission has that power and the corporations should be handled by that body, is the claim of the roads. There is a considerable interest in fhe meeting of tonight, and the Yuma theatre has been engaged in. order to accomodate the crowd that, it is ex pected, will attend. Arrangements have been completed for a band con art in the open air prior to the meet :ng, and a free moving picture show will precede and follow the speaking. i OCOTILLO CLUB MEETING1 Unita Post Get new Magazines: at Shorey's.