Arizona republican., 1899-12-28
army. not even excepting General Grant.
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 The next speaker was Senator Shoup The senator IS a gentleman of military appearance with d grimness of yisage relieved by a twinking eye. His address was intermingled with humor- oUs attacks upon his travelling com panions, but when he talked of state hood and he west his manner was ear nest As chai, man ol the sena e committee on territories and as mem Der of the committees on military af- fairs and Indian affairs. he hoped that he might find opportUuity Q serve the west. The jOurne. unGe.ta ken by him self and his companions during the holiday recess was made with the ob- j-ct Of lnVestiS4 ting conditions and asceItainIng western needs. Though he was supposed to know some thing of Arizona, the senator said that until now he had shared, to some extent, the eastern ignorance concern ing it. He had understood that its mines did not go down and that its agricultural resources were meager.
 This morning." said he, i've visited Congress mine. We learned that there were extensive workings not mere eX- plorations, on the 2,60O-foot level, and that richer ore was being taken from that level than from any of thosa above it. I understand that there are many other mines in Arizona which go down to great depths, perhaps not to so great depths as the Congress mine, but deep enough to prove that Ari zona mines do go down.
 My impression of your valleys" continued the senator, were confined within a strip, say ten miles long and two miles wide. I had learned, it is true, that the first oranges in the Unit ed States were raised in Arizona, but I had no conception of the extent of that industry. The broad green fields I passed in crossing the valley to- day were arguments in favor of ad mission"
 Phoenix was a still stronger one, and as the senator was driven about town and the country, arguments kept piling up until he reached the conclusion that if there were nothing of Arizona but the Salt River valley it ought to be ad- mitted.
 Senator Shoup complimented Cover nor Murphy upon his services for the whole territory. No resource had been advanced by him beyond any other and no discrimination had been made in favor of one section against another.
 But" said Senator Shoup, relap sing into a jocular mood, you must not expect too much of the governor of a territory or the senators of some states-for instance-Wyoming. There of Io,, ;,, ,ioI, tor Clark joined. Senator Shoup con- cluded his address with a panegyric half humorous and half earnest, upon Commissioner Hermann and General Ainsworth.
 Senator Clark spoke only a few min utes but he created a good deal of en- thusiasm. The resume of his talk was that the representatives of the terri tory who may go to Washington should demand statehood. rather than adopt a supplicatory tone. He had been advised that 95 per cent of the population of Arizona had the educa- tional qualifications that go to show an educated people, and this. in his opin- ion formed an inpregnabie basis for recognition by the congress. The per centage of Niiteracy iu the territory is smaller than in any territory thar has applied for admission to the union. AIr. Clark paid a high compliment 60 Governor Murphy and to Senator Snoup. Commissioner Hermann and General AirsWorth lie aroused the assemblage to high pitch Of enthus- iasm by his references to what he had seen in Arizona and to his convictions regarding statehood for the territory. His remarks were thoroughly pro gressiye and helpful.
 COMMISSIONER HERMANN.
 Commissioner Hermann, in a thirty minute talk, every phrase of which was an eloquent tribute to the west, revealed himself to be a loyal and steadfast friend of Arizona, as had the distinguished senators who preceded him.
 Tt was years and years ago." said he, that the great Berkeley expressed tile eloquent prediction, Westward the star of empire takes it's way and we, your guests on this occasion, have been travelling from the great capital of our nation until we have traversed nearly three thousand miles of this wonderful republic. We expected long before We reached this point to see the traditional frontier of our coun- try, but up to this date we have failed in this expectation; and wherever we have gone we have encountered a pro- gressive, energetic and enthusiastic American citizenship. And when we assembled around this festive board tonight, to accept this hospitality so kindly rendered, we beheld before us an illustration of the very highest en- lightenment whick may be found in the capital of the nation or in the metropolitan cities of the east. We find here, in what so many of the east have regarded as the great American desert the very highest type of Amer ican civilization. Much of this we had expected because we are western men, but after all it is a revelation to us. TVithiO 1-O11r. -n11 ba 70 S00