Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-09-29
NOMINATING SPEECH.
The Words of Adjutant George D.
Christy that Captured the Conven-
tion at Prescott


Lieutenant George D. Christy befo
D. the Republican Territorial conventiC
at Prescott, Arizona, Sept. 20, 1898.
Mr.. chairman and gentlemen of Il
convention:
We are met here today as represel
tatives of the republican party {
Arizona. to select 4 candidate for De
egate to Congress.
/ The election of a republican this yea
e Will insure us statehood, so we can
afford to make any mistake in OIL
choice.
S He must be strong. popular and cal
e sable-a representative in the true sens
of the word-a man acquainted wit
our various needs, and able to shap
legislation to protect and deveIope on
: industries
Arizona is country of diversified r
sources and the man who guards he
interests in the National Halls shouI,
: be thoroughly familiar with them all
SO as to intelligently direct Legislation
: thereon
i L wish to present for your considera
/ ton a man, who, from his intirate nc
I quaintance with all of her interests
| is pre-eminently fitted to repl-esen
this Territory.
\ scholar of high attainmcnts. hay
ing been educated ait West Point. tht
military school. supported and main,
tanned by the United States.
A pioneer who first came to this Tel
ritory in the early 70's and took an
active part in the struggle which
| wrested this commonwealth from the
/ hand of the savage and opened it to
| settlement and civilization. and has
been identified with her progress and
/ development ever since
/ One who is n miner OF many years
I experience and therefore can be relied
| upon TO promote any measure that will
| stimulate development and unlock our
| granite bound treasure vaults of hid
/ den mineral wealth.
| One who has been a stockman of
long standing and would jealousIy
guard their interests against hostile
legislation or competition with the
l'9uDer raised herds across the border.
One who has interested himself in
the development of our water supply
4 subject of such vital interest to the
settlers of central Arizona. who have
carved their homes out of the desert
waste and made it to blossom as the
rose.
A man to whom no one ever applied
for aid and left disappointed a toll
er himself, he has always been
staunch friend to every laboring man
and Scuupulous honesty; the interests
of all classes can be safely entrusted
t0 his care. He is the one republican
that can be elected beyond a peradven
<Ase. His long years of residence and
labor among US have given him a wild
er circle of acquaintances than is pos
sesSed by any other man in the Ter
ritOry; and every acquaintance, ire
Spectiye of party affiliation is a friend
who Will do all ir his power to further
his election
And more than all this. he is a GAL
liant soldier.
The war with Spain marks the begin /
ming of new era in American history. |
we occupy a larger, broad |
er field of national activity. and take
that place among the nations of the |
world which is rightfuIIy our own.
Soon shall be realized that life long
dream of our gallant leader Blaine,
Of the time when ships flying the Am
erican flag and freighted with Amer
lean products shall sail every sea and
anchor in every harbor in the civilized
world. (AppIause)
1t IS fitting then at this time Arizona
which furnished more volunteers per
capita than any other portion of the
United States, should send to represent
Ter in Congress a soldier. one who
stands squarely for this broader nation
IL life.
l present to you today man who
vas one of the first to forsake his bus ]
ness and his misunderstanding Il loving
wife. with an infant son less than two
weeks old, the only hope of perpetual .
ne the historic name of long list of
lllStrfous sireS-to defend the honor
# the country he loved.
y man who led in that mad charge
lpon an unseen foe ut La Quisina.
where the Arizona and New Mexico 5
-OlunteerS met their first baptism of I
ire and where so many now sleep on q
he rocky hillside awaiting the final Z
eveille. t
Early in the fight he was severely d
yet he never faIterd, but re a
lained at the head OF his men cheer Q
lg and encouraging them, till the enc n
~ broke and fled. and when at last
he hill was won he refused to have v
is own wounds dressed until the sur b
cons had first attended to his wound b
4 men. le
Arinzona can never forget those men ie
Tho were the first to plant the old Il
az on Cuban soil and the first to shed b
leir blood in its defense. p
The charge of the light brigade at al
alaklaYa viii be a forgotten tale long fl
afOre Arizona Sh9ll cease to swell 81
nth pride al the remembrance of that ~
-illiant dash up the brush tangled bC
opes of that Cuban mountain where
le Rough Riders utterly routed a bt
-eatly superior force of veterans, and hC
sounded the whole world by their Va
ckless valor ca
The old world then learned for the fo
st time that strength lies not alone le
numbers, nor in discipline but in ca
at higher courage which fouriShes hi
lly under free inStitutions-the cour- la
e of a free people fighting in defense ch
liberty and justice. Arizona glories to
the part taken by her sons on that
amora bic day and will not forget the in
IN who have crowned her name with ''l
lry and honor, but will accord to Fl
EN- that recognition their deeds of 1t
lor so richly merit. Therefore it is Ii
til pleasure that l today present to hO-
u in this convention the name of at
IN whom Arizona delights to honor eX
ex o. Brodie, prolonged applause Gle
q cheers Lieut. Col. of the First q. be
Vol Cavalry, known as the Rough ma
ders. of
today stands for Am inc
canism, and Col. Brodie represents era
ut highest type of Americanism the
lich believes that the American pre-
Q should be known and Qat
spected in every land and We
every sea; and that wherever
! fin o. is known an American should