Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-09-20
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The following complimentary notice
of the Republican nominee for delegate
to congress and councilman-at-large APP
pears in the Yuma Sentinel:
1.-THE nomination of Hon. w. q.
Stewart OF Flagstaff for delegate TO
congress by the Republican convention
gives universal satisfaction to all OF the
members OF the party.
"Mr. Stewart is one OF the best
known men in Arizona, one OF her
ablest lawyers, self-made man, having
risen from the ranks, is an indefatiga-
BILE worker, never firing in the work
before him, has the confidence OF the
people, and will make a Woodworking
and able representative OF the territory,
He represented YavapGi county in the
council in the thirteenth legislature,
and is considered the father OF Coconino
county. He will make thorough and
aggressive fight in the canvass, for the
success of his party and its candidates.
zone OF the strongest arguments in
his favor, is the bitter fight made
against him by the opposite party. 1t
is a good sign, as a man of no account,
is never noticed by his enemies. Mr..
Stewart has host OF friends, who will
rally TO his support, and who will make
it hot work for his competitor.
George Cluf of Graham county,
nominated for councilman-a t-large, is a
man Of eminent ability for the position,
answering in his honesty, conscien-
tious in all his dealings, standing high
in the estimation OF all who know him,
and an earnest laborer for the best in
terests OF Arizona, and a man who will
do all in his power protect and and de-
velop every interest in the different sec
tions OF the territory, and one around
whom will rally host on election day"
The Nogales Record has the following
on Mr.. Stewart:
"W. q. Stewart, the Republican NOM
inee for delegate to congress, Is resi-
dent of Flagstaff, Coconino county. He
is not well known in this immediate
section of the territory, mostly because
of his name being common one, and
again for the reason that he has always,
since his residence in the territory.
made his home in the locality where he
now lives. His nomination was the re-
suit OF CAREFUL deliberation on the part
of sound Republican leaders. He is
popular throughout the northern coun-
ties, has q strong force OF hackers in the
southern counties and what is still bet
ter is outspoken and without intrigue
in the land grant matter.
Judge Stewart gained bis widest ac-
quaintance in the southern portion OF
the territory during the session of the
fifteenth legislature when he made the
most heroic and successful political
fight for the formation of Coconino
county--a fight that was applauded by
every man in politics in the territory.
Ii was then he got the name OF Coco
nino" Stewart, but he was nothing
daunted. Governor Wolfley vetoed the
bill after it had passed, but Judge
Stewart was always at the fore and in the
Sixteenth Legislature had bill that
was endorsed by all the old enemies in
adjoining counties and further increased
his reputation as a man OF keen fore
sight and an honest and earnest worker.
"Mr. Stewart is well educated,
affabe and keen ch-Irishman-tire-
less in work and always happy and
pleasant. He is pronounced blonde
in fact "sandy" in more ways than one,
weighs about l40 pounds, stands like a
well-directed Bean pole and is about
40-years of age.
"He has made good sum Of money
out of his law practice-to which he is a
devoted student--and is a most enter
tanning talker both in company and on
the rostrum.
ellis great popularityin his hostility
to the fraudulent land grants has made
him a warm friend of the miners in the
northern part of the territory and his
honest and affable nature has made him
popular with all the other elements"