Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-08
GRAND LlB. .R
 D5Y OBSERTANCEl
The PheniX Excursion Fills Our Town With Visitors Co Cele-
 brate tue Day.
Governor MCCOyj Gnd Staff Visit Prescott and Are Rendered
 a Cordial RecJ ptiOn.


 about AQ0 came Uu oa tue regular train, which arrived az l:3) p In. on Monday. h tlera were uot less than 800 raop.e heie from le Salt river valley.
 The governors s party VIZ met at the depot hr ci,iz-as and the Whip pie band, and vese escoued to their temporary a0,o -- places. ae yisi- tors were also -caWpaueg nv the Phenix bant, V r;eA c scoUr ed music on the plaza du the afternoon.
 At 4:S0 the Na'pp.a D ud gave a concert on tae ? rZ4 and at D o'clock Governor AcCcll ;ud parry wore escorted ,o tle aead sand whe e T. c. NOrT,S, cea l. 70 of the D vitatiOn aud en ,a.lment commit tee delivered a ve5y eloquent ad- dress of welcome. Governor Nc Cord then delivered an address as follows:
 MR. CHAIgMAN, LADIES AND GENTLE
 MEN:
 For this hearty aad cordial greet ing return nov sincere thanks. 1 am not van enough Co thipk this splendid ovation ls intended as compliment ta m-self out rather as a tribute uf respect to the position which l temporarily .y Cecupy. | said upon assuG;lng t.a uuties ol that office that 1 lcaeU tte people and the press Oj the C. --t9-v would give to my acts far 2-t impartial con
 sideratlon, a9a,aTiuE where ap
 proval 's meCee, cad cpusaT.ng only where Causr~a 's Gtseryed ]
 repeat ths. I,ol.s- Heye By swing to the people go l a5lmeaJ, with the loves, iJss. a.a -y.,fou cousIs.
 ent with coGmea3c. g prog c.SsS. .ou, and tb9t spirit ,- v-p ic enterprise that ougu. to ann le bve- of every citizen. ls ne uO.v way l can hope to merit ,ta co. .fo,lce and esteem oI tue re.. aud reward
 the many true er4s | Fave found all over the iarr.toTv.
 | believe t.e -i,it.oS of this territory rre are tO take the wore c. r.s tHI. N ND4leiaw Reid. there is urt. c uatieaily con sidered. a moro favored spot on earth. I rs I- ot Itself @ source of wealth, is m gui -uo. eI which 1t is impoSs oie tu C.Hrlja. AS a profitable mineral proar,ng pun- try there are few -gres.ers. There
 is no place m tae U-.,ed States
 where eat e, she sr. sAlle aud horses ka a rr. with gre r prod fae1 D AIzana. There arc Jew 11..c-5 where kiuds of rural huSlsaHrr con be carried ou moro sGeya rod pvoGtably What We san. u... railroads to open more he,, !, C. iU-G,tIy; more irrigation canals t1 i.vialm our ! desert lands; me-s .ra J.iries devel- oped to iurei=l 70 soor employ
 ment aud ma -t. ..E Ctr products. More n 'neY to uu,oger UCr hidden
 weal tn; W1ny ttEa@a2. moTe indus trioue aud Hue., people. We want our public aI ., U ad wisely and economic l,. Alt. -N.li come
 with statehood. is he b story of nearly every at has been ad-
 mitted to tho Union, that it has doubled in weo..h and population
 within the frs. four or he years after admisssou. l do not heleye
 Arizona wOu.d ne an exe p,.o0, aad
 if not, statehood wouii b. De means of supplying ,be wants 1 ] ave enumerated l n.. stst.hooi hen
 worth striving ,3 Cal We not af- ford to lay a-So our pyeiud ces, even our poljiirs. s-1 al labor for that endl Not only would state
 hood double oarwea,tn aud popula-
 tion, but it would g ye us what IS
 better than alt-.a' . rlt of self government. believe today our paramount issue s a.ahood; al others ars secondary and will come with stateLoCd.
 Fellow e. za s. never pass over this road ara ev .5 grand scenery that 1 do nc. .... D a reflective mood: tAat mv EI toes not in- volul sr.l r re.-r. t1 5r past history of our C.eeJ c5t -y ed Its gtaBd achievements. I.,u lts C scoyery to tbe p-e-au., brilliant past comes v.vlCiv be.cra me.
 It was QcJchs. Iz32, four hun dred aud five years o-.p rexi month. a seaman Cn OC--e c5 C't Spanish Caraye'. l4 ,,s esi.r T down oi Incrn- ing d;scova. ad fs let1 Of the Western Hev o.-a and a few hours la.ef k s.c-I-r Columbus, after a rough au5 Ct5 Esl Ous voyage of seventy Gafs rom -s.os in Spain. | landed on the and ct San Sa'ya l dor. No eren il h- orr ince the | birth O. cur S-rlur . s "x rtei so | potent an ilauea,e upea the human | race as that voyage al i;s iniaat- ing discovery. Anew world hereby | opened to the C.l.,s .a race, and | as the resud of ;a discovery fhen made, a vast con p has within | these four hu dou years zen rans- formed from tue aoJ cf savages and barbaTia ta .e nome Of the | mightiest cjy'''. "a oI all time.
 Discovery aa, been followed by coloniza,iua. col'azr on has been succeeded hy tad 2 nce. and in dependence hes brought new and vast area7 oi lcC,to-., until now the Ameroal republic spans the cont lent lfOm ocean to ocean. and stretches ..1m the saov-capped mountains Aia-sa t5 the orange groves of | 1riia.
 As we Q nee tack osec lese Our centuria what a EeiI c act eve ments, NAat records O. adventure, pioneering, progress, and .ayenocn are dis closed to lar. What stories of brave, aggressive men, courageous, heroic and devot- women, ara un- folded as we 'oa< aeWn the long vista of these b. gone yeays-stories of those who have swan and forded raging torrents, passai over the solitudcs oI lonely desert and prairie, sealed tha mountain ranges, :