Arizona republican., 1901-02-26

came the Butterfield stage line iri 1858 | Judge Street described the battle O Plcacho In 1863 between the Celifornis column and detachment of contedcr ates which had taken possession o Tucson. This column having savet the country by arms, many ( its mem. bers remained in Arizona and iTthel conquered 1t with implements of bus bandry. The speaker paid a high trib ute to the stubborn and conquerirf perseverance of tiie Mormon imni grants and their colonial method by which cooperation overcame obstacles He adjured his hearers rot to forge the achievements of the American peo. pie. the production of a Washington. ( Lincoln, Lee and a Grant.
 Reverting to the capitol building. tho speaker described it as an epitome oi the progress of Arizona. which was now qualified by population. wealth morals and intelligence for q place ir the sisterhood of states. The chiei justice concluded his address with an. eloquent tribute to the volunteers Of Arizona who fell at San Juan in the cause of liberty
 THE VOICE OF THE COUNTIES.
 The oratory ended with speeches by representatives from the various coun- tiea. They were all brief, happy and calculated to promote the general good feeling. MT, T. s. Bunch of Coconino from the frozen north. joined with the rejoicing of his brethren of the c0ufh rpon fha cnrnplafinp of tha ,o ', ltol. for which he claimed for his county some credit. The bill which au- thorized the territory to issue the capitol building bonds had been intro- duced In the Nineteenth legislature by Hon. Henry F. Ashurst of Coconino. MT. Bunch concluded with plea for a liberal appropriation for the Normal school Flagstaff.
 MT. s. A. D. Upton of Cochise said that now that the capitol was complete his county might be drawn upon for statesmen with which to fill 1t.
 Hon. Andrew Kimbah spoke in be- half of Graham. the second largest az .ricultural district in Arizona. He con- graduated the territory not only upon its new capitol. but upon the growing tendency of the territory to fill it's leg islativc halls with better men.
 Judge Frank Cox described the growth of Maricopa in it's existence of thirty years and eleven days. A pop ulation of 400, it had grown to 26,0oo: a taxable wealth of s65. .000 had increased to $1l, 100000. There were many other things MT. Cox would Nike to say about Marlcopa. but at the instigation of MT. Reese M. Ling and others the com- mittee had limited him to five minutes.
 Hon. Thomas F. Weeden of Pinal spoke at length Lpon the progress made by Arizona within the almost half century. and particularly of the growth of Phoenix since he and "Bucky" O'Neill cane he.e as jour- ncymen printers twenty-one years ago.
 Hon. E. s. Perkins expressed pride that Apache. the county of climate. had furnished the cradle fer the terri torial government. for Navajo Springs, where the flag was first reared. lies within the boundaries of Apache.
 Professor H. Yale Adams of the uni versity spoke for Pima and especially for Tucson, the metropolis of Ariz ,na.
 Dr. A. H. Noon of Santa Cruz per ceived lrethod in the madness of the committee In having placed Santa Cruz. the youngest. before Yavapai, the mother of the counties. Might it not be that |; would shortly not be the youngest? Santa Cruz was further described "as a sweet little thing. two years ola and growing rapidly; the warmest baby in the kindergarten of counties"
 Of Yavapal. Reese M. Ling sa1l It was thirty-one years old At orc time it contained one-half the population of Arizona, and now it contains all the best Of the populate Yavapai had furnished aMricopa the capital, the stone with which to build the pitol and the brains with which to fill 1t. "The mother of counties" said Mir. Ling, Ifs all right; now let her alone" He closed with an allusbon to the late gallant Captain W. O. O'Neil which provoked marked applause.
 When MT. Ling sat down GoverIior Murphy said to the audience: The address of MT. Ling concludes the pro- gramme and go doubt you are all tired" Mir. Ling afterward desired to know if that announcement was in- tended to be a reflection upon his or atory
 THE RECEPTION.
 The capitol dedication ceremonies and anniversary celebration culmipated last night in a brilliant. but informal reception at the capitol building. in which a stream of visitors crowded through the various apartments of the buildings and were received at four