Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-30
GoOd-Bye.

! 'i'AtINf mus BlNluE bAi faSlLpfo 'A idea of the extent and importance Of | Tucson.
 Good-Bye.
 At four o'clock the party were driv-
 en 10 the depot, where again the crowd
 had assembled to catch a last glimpse
 ot the Chief Magistrate As the train
 Was not Co leave until 4:30 half ! hour remained before their depar-
 ture, and the assembled citizens,
 American-like, demanded speeches.
 President Hayes good-humoredly | complied with the calls upon him,
 and appearing on the rear end of the ! dining-car, said that he would not
 make a speech, but would talk to the | people little while. He said he aud
 his companions haG travelled since
 they had left Washington some 1900
 miles, and he did not remember a ! place which had presented more curi- | Ous and interesting features than Tue TsOn. He was gratitied to see the i American sentiment prevailing here. | He had heard much of this city, but ! had not the fajniest idea of the reality ! of it's appearance or extent. He be- | iicycd it ranked next to Santa Fe and
 San Augustine in regard to antiquity; | but it was not so much the age of the | city to be cOnsidered-It was what il
 had accomplished and what it would ] accomplish in the future. He urged the necessity of a careful fostering of the public schools of the city. He
 had noticed with qualification the school building. The public schools
 were his hobby. Endeavor to have such good schools that the rich cannot | do better than tO send their children ! io them and the poor will have as good
 educational advantages as any. He congratulated not only Tucson but | Arizona generally upon the early com plctIOn of the railroad. The Southern 1 Pacific could not but be the great con l tinental thOroughfare. It will be but few months before the people of Tucson would see the bulk of the overland travel finding Its way to their doors. and that would tend tO develop our resources more than any thing else. After thanking the peo- pie for their kind attentions, the President introduced the Secretary of War
 In commencing his short address Secretary Ramsey laughingly said he, also. would not make speech, but would talk a little while, though he did not know exactly what to talk about. The President had come out Co see Ihe country and to get nearer to the people and their wants then when l he went back to Washington he could 1 effect more for their good. He was very much surprised at the appear | apce of Tucson. He expected to find | atumble-down old adobe town, but in- 1 stead he found very handsome city, | with great signs of life. Arizona, | would. he thought from what he | could learn, soon be the greatest min cral section of the United States. The | people had a most prosperous future. | They would have to suffer great pres
 ent privations and hardships, but | when success finally came they 1 would be glad of it. It is a wonder ful satisfaction to be the founders of | great State. When Arizona accom- plishes her destiny, the names of the | present pioneers would be associated | with her glory
 General sherman was then called | out by the assemblage, who received | the bluff old favOrite warmly. He, too. did not make speeches on Sun day. Laughter He would talk a little. Tucson was pretty handbook | inr old town renewed laughterl, but that was nothing. He had seeu Los | Angeles when it was a harder-lOoking i town than Tucson, and now he would | mi know where 10 look to find more | beautiful city. The people of Tucson | could do the same. There Is plenty | of room for the town 10 grow. Laugh | tcr.l He had been a pioneer, and he | knew there was more genuine pleas
 ure in building up than enjoying after
 some one else had built for you. | Straighten up the streets of the city | and build the houses of bricks, in- | stead of adObes Thirty years will ! do as mnch for Tucson as it
 has done for Los Angeles. He | had always had very poor opinion | of Arizona, but he supposed he had | formed it from seeing, years ago on | these plains. the poorer class Of Sonor- | ans. wearily plodding their way to and from California. He also allud- ! ed to the grand effect the railway | would have in rapidly advancing the Territory Hither;O this Territory had been a great strain on the army. Now. however the railway practically solved the Indian problem, and here after but two regiments would be sta toned here, The post at Yuma wouId be apolished, Grant and Bowie would be consolidated near the rail way. and Hunchuca and Rucker would be increased He did not think of any other change of imp0T- tance in military matters just at pres ent Tn conclusion, he hoped all who heard him would strive to foster spirit of nationality and be Ameri- cans in every sense of the word The American flag floats over this whole land, and wherever that over shadows man he is free.
 Ina few minutes after the General concluded his remarks the signal
 " All aboard n was heard and the train
 moved off. the last thing seen being ! Mrs. Haves good face beaming a
 smile in response to the genuine God ] speed waved from hundreds oi hahds' G A. R.
 The following are the names Of the
 members of the Grand Army of the Republic who joined in the reception of President Hayes and party: John ! r. PantliaG, G3d Indiana Infantry; C. NJ. Young, sth New York Cavalry;
 JW. Bryden. 1st California Cavalry; John W. Taylor. 18th Ohio Cavalry; John Bruckner, 18th New York Cav alrv; J. II. Oldham, 1st Kentucky ] Cavalry. Geo. B. Shearer, 2d Call rornia Cavalry.
 Incidents of the Presidential Visit
 The special train which carried the Tucson citizens committee to Casa