Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-10-20
GOVERNOR N. O. MURPHY.
Republican Nominee for Delegate to
 Congress.

The Republican nominee for delegate to congress needs no introduction to the people of ArIzona. Everybody knows him as hard worker, a capable, worthy servant, genial, companionable man of the people, and one of the best public officers the territory has ever had.
 He was born in Lincoln county, Me, Oct. II, 1S49 His parents settled ID what is now New England early in 1700, and members in both branches of the family tree did service for freedom in the revolutionary war. He was sp- pointed secretary of Arizona March 21, 1889, and governor May II, 1892. Dur ing bis incumbency of the secretsry's office he was for more than year the acting governor of the territory.
 He has been a resident of Arizona twelve years, during which time be has constantly worked for the territory's advancement at home and abroad. He has successfully helped to promote some of the largest enterprises being carried on hsre. and is at all times work ing 1t the van of progress. He was the principal promoter of the first railroad built to Prescott, and to him is due the credit of first starting the ball rolling for the North aEd South road now rapidly approaching Phoenix, and which evidently will cross the entire territory south of the A. & P. road. No greater boon can be given to the Salt River Valley and to tue whole territory than this road, the construction of which has been carried on by its owners with per- sistent and tireless energy in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles, money panics and general hard times.
 Gov. Murphy is always doing these things, or try ing to, and during all these years of struggling in the territory's behalf he has saved no money; in fact, We are reliably informed that last year, when the panic threatened to destroy entirely every hope of completing the North and South road, unless those who hoped to profit most personally out of it's construction would surrender thelr hope of gain and the compensation of their labor and give up their promised shares of stock, Gov. Murphy was one of the men who said. "better poverty to me than no road, take everything, only carry on the good work" He is con- ceded to be sn able public officer, and Arizona never had a governor against whom there has been less complaint. | He dld hIs work well, and it cannot be that the people have forgotten it or will forgat it. A greater part cf the time he was in office he was com pelled to perform the duties of both governor and secretary without any extra compensation therefor. His off, ci8l messag and reports were able state papers. While he has teen in the territory he has written six annual reports for himself and others and three legislative messages which are all admitted to be model documents. He knows the territorial needs thorough ly, is Q worker of wide ecqusir tance and great experience and If sent to | Washington all the people of Arizona know, democrats as we'll as republi- cans, tha5 he will be an able, industri- ous, cOnscieDtiO Ous and successful work CT. There is probably no man Tn Ari- zona that has d wider acquaintance with the public men of the country than Gov. Murphy, matter of great imp rtanc in n delegate to congress, as stranger would speed at least a term there making acquaintauces be- fore he could b gin to do bueiness.- Phoenix Herald.