Tombstone epitaph., 1891-06-07
IRWIN IN TUCSON.
A Grand Affair Which Eclip. sed All Previous
 Efforts.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

SPECIAL CoRRRsPONDENCR.
 Never since the Wham robbers were turned loose in Tucson. has the an cient pueblo presented such scene of enthusiasm as it did at the reception of Governor Irwin. Preparations had been made to receive the distinguished guest several weeks ago, but owing to press of business he was unable to get here on time.
 The committee which had the mat ter in charge raised several hundred dollars to defray the expenses of the entertainment. Tickets, were also sold for $5 each which had the effect to bar out common folks. and "sassiety" was there in all its glory without fear of contamination.
 Shortly after noon the ringing of bells and blowing of whistles annouced the coming of the train bearing the governor. The people focked to the depot to escort him to the city. Messrs. Drake and Davis were there also. These gentlemen had left noth- ing undone. They acted as body guard and allowed no one to come near the governors party. Headed bya band and the reception committee, composed of Messrs. Drake and Davis, the procession moved.
 The decorations along the route showed that the several hundred dol- lars had been well spent. They were simply beyond comprehension. When the party reached the court house the rler to dismount was given, and the committee again showed themselves equal to the occasion. The govern or's party walked into the courtyard. There being nobody there to receive them they communed with nature until the committee, Messrs. Drake and Davis, came up and escorted them up the stairs where MT. Fergu- son began to speak. His talk was g little disjointed, which left tho i'm pression that one stick was lacking the framing of the last lemonade.
 Governor Irwin made little speech to the people which was heartily re- ceived. He overlooked many peculiar incidents of the reception,
 As the mayor and council were not present he took it for granted that Tucson was village and that Messrs. Drake and Davis were the trustees and he felt perfectly at home. He spoke encouragingly of Arizona and her future and the people who have worked to make something out of Ari- zona felt that they had friend in the governor. They would like to have taken him by the hand but this was noV AA V"0 PAV6A 0WW0'
 A frontiersman is naturally timid and when the word was given to walk up the steps and shake hands with the governor, chill went through the assembled cosmopolites. The governor would have been leased to have gone down the step and shaken hands with the boys but the boys couldn't stand the ordeal of climbing up to the gov ernor. The decorations consisted of two locomotive headlights which were mucn admired by tho governor and family. The ball and banquet how ever, were the events of the occasion of Governor Irwin's visit.
 The large dining room of the San Xavier hotel was thrown open, piece of bunting was strung across the cen- ter of the ceiling which had been with Sherman evidently in his march to the sea and was secured at great ex- pense. The chairs and tables had been removed from the room. The polished floor fairly glistened in the gaslight.a The beautiful white walls were unmarred by gaudy colored dec orations or detestable evsrgreens. The toilets of the ladies were su- perb. Many of them had been made for the affair and they sxcelled on lhls occasion any previous efforts to lend sweet attractive grace to an af- fair of this kind.
 L. 0. Hughes walked the floor with huge cane in his hand. He was taken for the governor several times. This pleased him so thoroughly that he forgot himself once and was in the act of asking man, who addressed him as governor, out to take drink, before he realized that he was only an editor.
 The banquet was grand l50 guests sat down to the most expensive and elaborate table ever seen in Arizona.