Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-09-29
GOVERNOR N. c. MURPHY.
Republican Nominee for Delegate to
 Congress.

The Republican nominee for delegate to congress needs no introduction tC the people of ArIZona. Everybody
 knows him as hard worker, capable worthy servant, genial, companionable
 man of the people, and one of the best
 public officers the territory has svel had.
 He wse born in Lincoln county, Mo,
 Oct. II, lS49. His parents settled ID
 what is now New England early in
 1700, and members ID both branches of
 the family tree did service for freedom
 in the revolutionary war. He was ap-
 point, secretary of Arizona March Fl,
 1889, and governor May II, 1892. Dur
 ing bis ncumbency of the secretary'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 he has
 constantly worked for the territory's advancement at home and abroad. He
 has successfully helped to promote soma of the largest enterprises being carried on hsre, and is at all times work ing it 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 and South road now rapidly approaching Phoenix, and which evidently will cross the entire territory south of the 4. S P. road. No greater boon can be given to the Salt River Valley and to the 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 trying 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 thra atened to destroy entirely every hope of completing the North and South road, unless those who hoped to profit most personally out of its construction would surrender their hope of gain and the compensation of their labor and give mp their promised shares of stock, Gov Murphy was one of the men who said. ''better poverty to me than DO road, tgke everything, only oarry or the good work" He i5 con- ceded to be aE able public officer, and Ariz )Ga never had governor against whom thsra 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 of the time he was in office he was con- pelled to perform the duties of both governor and secretary without any extra compensation therefor. His off, cial messag and reports were able state papers. While he has been 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 heads thorough ly, is q worker of wide acquaintance and great experience and if sent to Washington all the people of Arizona know, democrats as we'll as republi- cans, that he will be an able, inGustri- ous, conscientious and successful work CT. There is probably no man m Ari- zona that has a wider acquaintance with the publIc men of the country than Gov. Murphy, matter of great impcrtanc in delegate to congress, as a stranger would spend at least a term there making acquaintauces be- fore he could b-gin to do business.-I Phoenix Herald