Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-10
RoME ENDORSEMENT

The Alta Arizona, published at Min. eral Park, the home of Hon. 4. E. Da- vis, gives the following account of a re- cent ratification meeting there upon re- ceipt of the news of the nominations made by the PheDi1 convention. It is a home endorsement of which Mir. Davis may feel proud, and exhibits the esteem in which his neighbors hold him:
 Last Fridays mail brought the news of the nomination of our fellow towns mon, Hos. A. l.. Davir, by the Repubh- cAn Territorial convention, to the office of Superintendent of Schools Ot ArIz.'- na. 4 ratification meeting was held n the Court House m the evening, prece- ded by the firing of guns IT. honor of the nomination. l.. 5. WeltOn was chosen chairman. He cal ed the meeting to OI- der and stated its object as being the ratification of the no IlnatiOn of MT. Davis. At the conclusion oi the chaIr mans remarks Judge Am. C. Blakely was called for. He said
 Mir. ChairmAn:-l am glad to sec 80 enthusiastic meeting of our citIzeDs In honor of the nominees of the PheulX convention. Young men and maldeDs, old men and little children are iuoIlant. Judge Porter is an able man and well qualified for the high office to winch he has been nominated The nomination of Hon. A. E. Davis for the position Oi Superintendent of Public instruction h especially appropriate. He Is one of the few men who seem to understand |. er st. Fr,Nr .F our country that our children should hot be reared Tn ignorance. He T. gards the perfecting of our public school system as something that concerns us not uniy as parents but as patriots as deeply as anything in this world. Every chIld Ill Mohave county knows Judge Davis ir their friend. To his liberality, ID cqDDec- tion with our hOnOred chairman, thu district Is ildebted for the free use of it's present school bHildlug. Nor IS his zeal and enlightened views on education limited to his locality. In the winter of 1875 an effort was made to divide our school tuDd for sectarian purposes. An neminent Ofhclai went out of his way to deliver lecture favoring such division. Judge Davis, then 8 member of the Council, was the one to champion the cause of the children and ln an eloquent and logical argument, rend the sophI-- tries of superstitiOn's weaving and show the fallacies of the sectarian movement. It was a masterly effort and was re- produced in the East ID the discussiOh which afterwards followed. It mad, him many friends and in his hands the educational interests of our Terrltory may safely be placed. The nomination was a most fitting one tO be made and the people will rstify 1t at the coming election.
 Judge Blakely's speech was applaudrd by tue Republicans present. CaptaII Hardy being called upon responded Tn short speech. The nominee, MT Davis. being present, was loudly called for. He came forward, and, after thanking al concerned for the unsought and unex- pected honor, he could 1nly pledge him. self anew to the record he had made Ip the past The office to winch he had been nominated, be looked upon as the most important of any in the gift Of the people of Arizona, and, if he should b. elected, his best ener les wOnld be given towards building up and improy- ing our grand educational system throughout the Territory, tC the end that the rising generation may step forward into man and VI manhood, uU- shackled by the enthrallIng chains Of ignorance. At the conclusion of Judge Davis speech the chairman addressed the audience in a feN well timed re- marks and the meeting adjourned.