Arizona republican., 1900-09-25
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and the influx of population caused thereby.
 We pledge the party organization to use its best efforts to secure the early admission of Arizona as a state of the American Union.
 We pledge the republican party of Arizona to use Its utmost cndeavors to secure national aid, by appropriation of money. donations of iand and all other legitimate means. to reclaim the arid lands of the west, and especially the desert lands of Arizona, by all and every means within its power.
 We strongly favor the adoption of home rule for Arizona"
 Allen T. Bird of santa Cruz present ed the nomination made by the santa Cruz and Pima delegations of George Pusch of Tucson for joint councilman. He moved that the nomination be rati- fled and that the secretary of the con venton be directed to certify it up to the. secretary of the territory. This was done and the chief incident of the day was entered upon.
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 Chairman Herring called United States Marshal Griffith 10 the chair He, by the way, was the only officer on the stage authorized to put down disorder. There was. of course, no disorder and the foregoing observation is only re- mindful of the circumstance that at th :. late democratic convention the stage was for two days filled with sheriffs deputy sheriffs and policemen. In this connection it is well to speak of an other point of difference between the two conventions. The presiding off cers yesterday were escorted to the stage with dignity and decorum, where as at the democratic convention th- officers were either thrown to the stage from the body of the house or else landed by a rush and a kind of fooc ball interference which puzzled evru so skillful a tackler as Thomas G. Nor ris.
 The time for naming the candidates had come and the chairman tempo rari!y resigned his seat to act for Governor Murphy.
 COL. HERRING'S SPEECH.
 In nominating Governor Murphy, Col Herring said:
 MT. Chairman and Gentlemen of the convention: The order of business having been reached for the nomination of candidate for delegate to congress, I have exceeding pleasure in present. ing a name to this convention which believe the people of the territory will feel a high satisfaction in once more hOroring with a seat in congress. He has led the party formerly to success in m earnest, thorough. severe con test. He bore himself through that contest. throughout the territory. with exceeding fidelity to the principles of the party and credit to himself. Tn congress his course was marked by in telligence at all times. and a contsta nt purpose to advance the interests of Arizona. CApplause.) Since he was elected to congress he has been rc- turned to us as cur governor. Now, no man can sit in the gubernatorial chair. of state or territory, without making some men believe. or allowing some men to believe, through his actions that different things might have been done in different ways than those which were followed. But in the guberna- torial chair Governor Murphy (Cheers) has had before him prominently the interests of this territory. ] say it with pride that in all the departments of this territory that administration has