Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-08-05
A LARGE CONCENTRATION.
Hundreds of People Gather to Well come Governor McOord.

Hundreds of People Gather to Vel
 come Governor McOord.
 Oas of bhe largest and most gen
 eEal demonstration which has taksr placs in bhs capital oity of Aplzonl iu a number of years occurred las
 night wben people from all over the Territory joined with the people oi
 Phoenix and surrounding country in extending 8 welcome to Hon. M H. MeCofd, the new Governor of tn, Territory.
 Long before the hour sst for tht
 exercises of the evening hundreds 0
 people had gathered on the plaza sur
 rounding the Capitol building and thu
 band discouEssd strains of sweet music
 Soon after eight o'clock the bRnC
 which had lef6 the plaza rsturned ct
 she head of a long procession whicE
 was lead by R carriage containing Gov ernor M. H. MoOoFd, Mrs. McCoFd, J
 A. Kurtz, wife and daughter, and fol- lowed by the Governors staff in full uniform and the com mittee appointed l by the Rspu olicau executive committee also in carriages.
 After a selection by the band the Governor, with Hon. Street, of Phoenix, Hon. 0. W. Wright, of Tucson, U S. Mar shal Griffith, Mayor Adams. of Phoenix, and R. c. Lowell appeared and took seats on she porch of the Capitol build 1 ing. Mr. Lowell introduced Mayor Adams as Chairman of bhe evening and MT. Adams, in a few we'll selected words, introduced Hon. W. Street as the gentleman selected to welcome Cover nor McCord on behalf of the citizens of Phoenix and the Territory.
 Mir. Street made very happy speech of welcome and expressed es well as | words could the pleasure of the people of the Territory in welcoming the Gov sruoE aud ths great reforms expected to bs oonsumated during his occupancy of the great office to vhioh he had been elevated. He cisad the errors of his predecessors and pointed out how they could be improved on and expressed the hopes of 5hs people and she confidence
  FiAy of their new Chief Executive.
 At the conclusion of the remarks of Mir. Street, Governor McOoFd arose and responded as follows:
 GOVERNOR MCORD's ADDRESS. R. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS: For this hearty and cordial manifesto oH Eov ia, me you have my mosb sincere l bhanks. I hope you will pardon me when l say that I oannos help believ- | ing thss this demonstration is for the | purpose of placing your seal of Bp- prov6l upon recent act of the PresI- dent, aud more recent act of the | U nited States Senate, nay, more, I be lievs it Is for the more significant puF- pose OF placing your seal Of condemna- bion upon the disrePutsble methods shat have bssu resorted 50 to defeat my appointment snd confirmation; methods shes have placed stigma upon the fair name Of Arizona and that will take years to effaos Ie we are to judge the future by the past she duties devolvinR upon the executive of tbis Territory, while noS perhaps arduous, are ex- srsmely difficult to discharge sstisfact oRily to the people. I therefore ask She people aud the press not only here at the capital, but eli over the Territory, to give to rny aota fair and impartial con- T. approving where approval Is | meFited, aud cansuriug only where cen sure is deserved. With g1ch forbssr snos and impartial iadgYens l can hope to succeed.
 "Is will te my purpfbse so devote my time, energy aud such ability as I have to promoting the besfs interests of she Territory and to shje discharge of the duties devoiving upon me in such nanuer aa to win the iconfdence and re 'psos of sil ir-mindeS1 people. That I will make mistakes is probab ble, but it l 10 they vii bs mistakes of juds ment md not Of intention. No ecs of mine, lniess it does proceed from an erroF of adgmeut, will ever cause 8 hlush of hame to mantle the cheek os any citi .sn ot Arizona. By giving to the peo I ration of she publ affairs and by en- leavoring Go promote she material in crest ot the Territory is the only wsyI ,an hope to reward the many etauncb md true friends | have found in al! >c parts of the Territory.
 STATEHOOD. "R scent experiences has thoroughly convinced ms Ehst self goveEpDen, trough early admission to the Unior il IS A sovereign state is the paramount . leed of ArizonR. Ib is the history oI . very state thsb has been admitted inc eths original thifteep, with very ew exceptions, (and this is only tbs nercenery side of the question: thai within three, four OF five years imme Iistely following their admission, they lave doubled Tn wealth ard popula- |. ion. do not believe Arizona would ,e au exception; there is DO reason t should. Is not statehood, then, s ,oon worth striving for? It csrtsin 8, and the best wey to obtain it is demonstrating to the world that VI worthy ot it. This can bast bz