Arizona republican., 1899-03-19

the nation never do reach that high
 office Roosevelt is a man of too mucA
 independence, too much freedO1 or
 thought and action, tCo honest aud de-
 termined in the right to please the po-
 litical leaders and hence could not Ge-
 come president The speaker then re-
 lated a number of personal character
 istics and anecdotes of the present
 governor of the Empire state and
 closed by saying that lie considered
 him the most superb specimen of the
 typical aid ideal American the couI-
 tr:- has ever prOdrced
 The toast, New York in Educational
 Work" was responded to by Professor James NcNaughton, superintendent of
 the territorial normal school, whose first schoolingiwas received in a little red school house" back among the hills of ChautaUqua county. Professor Me
 Naughton spoke with pride of his na- tive state; of the fact that New York
 was the first state in the Union to eS- .ablish a state normal school, and the first as well to establish absolutely free schools. He closed by reading an original poem paying tribute to the little red school house.
 J. D. Monihon was introduced as from Columbia county, but corrected the toastmaster, immediately declaring he hailed from St. Lawrence county, which was, of course, the greatest and grandest county in the state While the speaker had not resided in the state since he was a boy of seventeen, yet it was his birthplace and always held a tender spot in his memory. With other New Workers he had come to Ar izona twenty-seyen years ago to help build another state as great and grand in it's way as the Empire state.
 President Halsey then read the fol- lowing memorial presented by H. L. Underhill of ScOttsdale:
 '"To His Excellency the Governor, and
 to the Senators and Congressmen of
 New York State:
 We, the members of the Empire State society, assembled in picnic at Phoenix, Arizona, this 18th day of March, 1899, do hereby respectfully so- Hcit your cooperation and support in obtaining statehood for Arizona. Our mineral wealth, agricultural ca pabilities, intelligence enterprise and patriotism, we believe, warrant | Us in asking that the star of Ari- zona shall be added to the galaxy of | stars incur national banner and we are confident that our star will shine | therein with no uncertain light"
 The memorial was adopted by unan- imous vote and the president and sec retary instructed to send copies to all | those indicated
 Chaplain Winfield Scott closed the | speechmaking. Though born in Michi- gan, the chaplain had been raised in New York and his first schooling had | been in one of those little red school | houses" Dr. McNaughton had told ! about He had volunteered as a sol dier from the Empire state and had | tIamped some down in Virginia when ramps of his description were not par
 icularly welcome. Although a young man the chaplain had lived seven years in Kansas, four years in Colo radO, one year in Nevada, two years in Oregon, one year in Washington terri tory, nine years in California and ten years in Arizona, and in them all he had seen development and growth in lines of morality and education and advancement as set forth in old New York
 After the speaking officers for the en- suing year were elected as follows: President, the Rev. Lewis Halsey; first vice-president, D. D. Horning; 5econd vice-president, J. D. Monihon; secretary, c. H. Holmes; treasurer, T. E. Dalton.
 Among the New Workers and visit DTS present were the following:
 Mrs. Winfield Scott. Otsego county; Winfield Scott, Seneca county; s. s. Murdock, St. Lawrence county: Mary A. Murdock, Oswego county; Howard L. Undorhill, No .0rk county; Mrs Howard L. Unda.hiH. Westchester county; Margaret E. UnderhiIl, West chester county; Howard L. T. Under. hill, Westchester county; Harriet A. Ross, Albany county; w J. Welcome, Oneida cornty; Ida Welcome, Oneida county; Stella H. Murdock, parents from Oneida county; Theodore Hill Essex county; Simon Vine, Albany county; Mrs. Simon Vine, Albany county; Mrs. l. G. Baumont, Water own; Mrs. R. A. Burroughs, Niagara county; Rose Marston-Godfrey, of New York ancestry; Louise G. Futile, Schenectady county; Mrs. E. s. Griffin, llerk1LIcr county; R. H. Green, Herli- mer -Ounty; Kettle M. Halsey, Sen eca county; Florence E. Tweed Brook -yn; James McNaughton, Chautauqua county; Amina J. McNaughton, Chau- tauqua county; Mrs. Lewis Halsey, Chautauqua county; Mrs Hattie K. Tweed, Brooklyn; Mrs. C. C. Hurley, |. St. Lawrence county; D. D. Horning, Wyoming county; Mrs. D. D. Horning, Wyoming county; Miss Lena 2. Horn ing, Wyoming county; Clyde D. Horn ing, Wyoming county; Thomas M. 'BoWer, Tompkins county; l.. G. MOshef, ChcnangO county; J. K. Smith Washington county; Frank M Horn ing, Wyoming county; John Y. T. Smith, Erie county; J. D. M0nihon, St. Lawrence county; H. Goodman, Vest