Arizona republican., 1898-02-23
The Memory Of Washington Vas
 ReVered in Phoenix
BRILLIANT DAY AND NIGHT
The Administration Reception
 in the Evening
A Most Enjoyable PuSlie Ball at the Hctel Adams at Night Things Accomplished blythe Demonstra- ton of Yesterday.

There was bubbling over of pa triotic sentiment in Phoenix yesterday. | The honor done to the memory of Washington was satisfactory in both intensity and volume. But it was not Phoenix's celebration. It was of the whole territory and Phoenix was only the meeting place. The town was astir and crowded early. During the night it had been put in gorgeous clothing While none of the decora- tions were lavish all were appropriate and many were striking. The new flag floated proudly from the court house and the banner on the city hall breeze.
 The front of the executive home was draped with the national colors. The military companies of the Ma tional Guard at Mesa and Tempe ar rived before noon and the parade be- gan at 1:3O. A handsome reviewing stand covered with the national col ors had been erected on Washington street in front of the city hall, and the parade passed it, saluting the gov ernor, the ladies of his family and members of the administration. The procession was headed by the Pioneer band, followed by General Lewis, Captain Baldwin and the mem , bers of the governors mili- tary staff, and Major Russell of the Second battalion on horseback. Next came in order the military companies of Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. They were followed by the cadets of the Indian school and when this line passed before the reviewing stand the crowd cheered the wonderful precision of movement. Every cadet was a part of a military machine.
 The Phoenix fire department came next, succeeded by the Indian school band and then the girls and boys in the uniform of the institution. Hav- ing passed the stand the parade traversed several of the principal streets for an hour, and disbanded l But the greater part, if not the showier part, of the celebration was to come, the reception of the evening in honor of the governor, the supreme court, the officials of the administra- 1 tion and the staff This is what | brought people from all parts of the /, territory. However much the memory of Washington is revered, men and women would hardly have undertaken so great trouble and expense to do formal reverence.
 | The reception began at 8 o'clock and was concluded an hour later. The Pioneer band from a stand in front of the clay hall began play ing at 7:30 and within half
 an hour the largest crowd that had ever assembled in the plaza was awaiting the opening. The re-
 ception proper began within half an
 hour. Governor McCord, Secretary Akers, Chief Justice Street, Asso-
 ates Sloan, Doan and Davis, Attorney
 General Frazier, Territorial Treasurer Johnstone, Dr. G. W. Vickers, terri
 torial auditor; MT. Richard H. Barker,
 citizen member of the board of con-
 trol; General R. Allyn Lewis, Colonels
 Wylie, Parker, Harlow and other
 members of the staff were assembled
 in the executive chambers. Many of
 them were attended by their wives.
 The visitors were admitted from the
 Washington street entrance and pass
 ing through the chambers shook
 hands with the officials and their la
 dies and passed out through the li-
 brary. The secretary's rooms were
 also thrown open and light refresh
 ments were served in the city record CTS room. At the close of the recep- tion as large a part of the crowd as festivities of the day by ball at the
 Hotel Adams. The reception was
 without any special significance. Ii was arranged for the delectation of nc party or class. Invitations were gen. , eral and were extended to every man and woman in Arizona. The object
 was to bring the people and their rep
 resentatives together on closer terms
 than had been hitherto enjoyed. The representatives and those of the peo- pie who met last night are pleased with the reception and pleased with each other.
 Really more was accomplished by !, the demonstrations of the afternoon
 and evening than had been intended Phoenix was given wholesome adver- Using. Visitors from the east and
 north were pleasantly surprised by