Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-11-10
GOVERNOR N. O. MURPHY.
Rspub.ican Nominee for Delegate to
 Congress.

The Republican nominee for delegate
 70 congress needs 20 introd ction t,
 the people of ArIzona. Everybody | knoGs him as hard worker, a capable | worthy servant, a genial, companions ole
 Wan of the people, and ona of the bes.
 public officers the territory has ever lad.
 He wss born in Lincoln county, Me, Oct Ii, 1S49 His parents settled II
 ~hnt Is now New England early III | 100, and members m both branches of ne family Tee did service for freedom
 m the revOlutio nary var. He wss ap-
 no'Oted secretary of Arizona March 2l. 1889, and governor May IT. 1892. Dur iug lis incum bency If ths & cretaTy' l office he was for more than year the acting governor of the territory.
 He has been a resident ot Arizona
 twelve years, during which time be has
 c Constantly worked for the Ierrltory's advancement at hOms and abroad He mas successfully helped to promot.
 some of the largest eLte erpris,s being
 carried on b re, and is at all mes work
 ing II the van of progress. He was the
 principal promoter If the first railroad
 built t. Pres ott, and to him is due he
 credit of first starting ths ball rolling
 for the North ard South road now
 rapidly approaching Phoenix, and which
 evideptly will cross the entire territory
 south of the A. $ P. road. No greater
 boon can be given to the Salt River
 Valley and to the whole territory than
 tbis road, the consts uction |, f which has
 been carried on by it's owners with per sisteDt and tireless energy in the face of almost insurmountabie obstacles,
 money panics and general hard times.
 Gov. Murphy is always doing these things. or try ing to, and during ali these years of st.ugg iinx in the ,erritory's behalf he has saved no money; in fact, We are reliably informed that last year. when the panic threatened to destroy entirely every nope of couplsting tha North and South road, unless those vbc hoped tO profit most personally out of it's construction would surrender thelr hope of gain and the com pensat,ou of their labor and give up their promised shares of stock, Gov. Murphy was one of tne men who ssid. "better poverty to ne than no road, take everything, only carry On the good work" He Is con- cedsd tu be an able public officer, snd | Arizona never had governor against l whom tbere has been less complaint. | de dId hIs work well, and it cannot be that the people have forgc tten ] it or will forgat it. A greater part of the time he was ID office he was com 1 pelled to perform the duties of both | governor and secretary without any xtra compensation therefor. His off | cial meSsag and reports were able | state papers. While he hes tean m I 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 l knows the terrItoria needs thorough l y, is worker of wide acquair tance and great experience and If sent to i Washington all the people If Arizona know, democrats Bs we'll as republi- cans, that he wIll be an able. inGustri- ,us, conscientious and successful woi k- IT. There is probably no man Tn Ari- .ona that has a wider acquaintance with the pubic men of the country han Gov. Murphy, a matter of great mp rtanc in B delegate to congress, IS stranger would spend at least a erm there making acquaintances be- ore he conld b gin to do businsss.- Phoenix Herald.