Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-10-06
GOVERNOR N. O. MURPHY.
Republican Nominee for Delegate to
 Congress.

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 The Republican nominee for delegate to congress needs no introduction to the people of Arlzona. Everybody knows him as hard worker, capable, worthy servant, genial, compsnionable man of the people, and one of the best public officers the territory has ever had.
 He was born in Lincoln county, Me-, Oct. IA, 1849. His parents settled m what is now New England early in 170O, and members in both branches of the family tree did service for freedom in the revolutionary war. He was ap- pointed secretary of Arizona March 21, 1889, and governor May II, 1892. Dur ing his incumbency of the secretsry's office he was for more than 8 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 some of the largest enterprises being carried on here, 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 A. $ 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 it's owners with per- sistent and tireless energy in the face of almost insurmountsble 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 DO 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 their 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 an able public officer, and Arizona never had 8 governor against whom there has been less complaint. He did his work well, and it cannot be that the people have forgotten it or will forgst it. A greater part of 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, cial messages 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 needs thorough ly, is 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, industri- ous, conscientious and successful work CT. There is probably no man Tn Ari- zona that has wider acquaintance with the pubic men of the country than Gov. Murphy, a matter of great importanc in delegate to congress, as 8 stranger would spend at least term there making scquaintances be- fore he could begin to do business.- Phoenix Herald.