Arizona republican., 1901-10-20

II
 Personal Effort in an Aggressive
 Campaign.
 The county rally at Doris theater yesterday afternoon was an "ath'islds- ,ir and entirely successful meeting m
 rhe interest of the statehood move
 m.nt. The people were slow in coming
 ,og-ther. and when the meeting was
 called to order the attendance was not
 au,lil 10 expectations. but before its closed the house was well filled. Con sidering that nothing was to be done hut enthuse, for the purpose or i'm
 pressing on the public the importance
 of the territorial conference one week later. the meeting accomplished all
 that could have been desired. for there were many short and interesting
 talks. everyone of them impressing the
 audience with the earnestness Of the
 speaker, and all were responded to bS
 liberal applause.
 Dr. J. M. Ford. chairman Of the
 board Of trade, rapped for order. ani
 in q few words reviewed the origin and
 growth of the present statehood move
 ment. He said he did not desire to
 discuss the question at length at that
 time. but he considered the time
 at hand for action and believed
 that statehood would secure for Ari-
 zona a quintupling of her property val
 uation in five years
 The meeting was organized by the Sc
 lection of Judge Baker for chairman and " F. Messinger of Glendale for
 secretary. Committees escorted them
 10 the stage. and Mir Baker delivered
 a short but very enthusiastic speech in
 acknowledgement Of the honor con
 ferred. and in announcement of his in
 tense interest in the work for state
 hood He believed the subject to De
 the one nearest the heart of every cit
 izen at this time. He could not under
 stand self government to be a fiimsy
 idea d mere bubbling sentiment to be lightly treated, but rather consum- -
 nation devotly to be wished. Il
 territorial form of government he be-
 Hcved to be entirely unAmerican at this epoch in the national history. and un- questionably not the idea of the fore
 fathers who instituted it for the pro
 lection of sparsely settled regions that at that time could not bear the burden and expense of self government. The real object of territorial government was to enable the people to carve out self supporting and intelligent states. He believed Arizona now to be the equal of any state in intelligence. mo- raiity and loyalty, and superior in re- sources to many of the territories pre- ViOusly admitted. He called attention to the prowess of Arizona's soldiers in the late national complications, and brought out storm of applause when he said they were first to respond to the country's call, and the man who $ now president led the troop
 The chairman introduced Governor Murphy. who was given an ovation. The governor said he did not care to go into a long discussion of the suo- Ject. as he would give it full attention at the territorial meeting a week later but all he wanted to do was to talk 0f statehood in a general way and wake the people up to a realization of the necessity of united and untiring effort He said it should be the purpose of all Arizona at this time to respectfully but firmly demand the right of freedom from territorial slavery, and there is no valid reason why the demand should be refused. While statehood is ques- ton that concerns every citizen, it has been the victim of politics in times past and there is some logic in the situation when congress is about evenly divided But at the present time the republican majority is so great the admission ever Of three straight democratic territories would not change the situation, and il It did. said the speaker. ''I would rath- er live m a democratic state than a re- publican territory" The question oi the expense of state government is ire fuently brought up. The governor re 'apltulated the sums now paid by tn. national government for territorial ad ministration, and. dividing the tota by the taxable valuation of the terri tory. he said the result was a tax O but one and one-half mills on the dol lar. He gave it as his opinion that tn, valuation would double the first veal alter admission. Life. liberty and hap Ilhess are as secure here as anywher, m the country. but. said the governor there is d prejudice to the contrary n Ihe east. d prejudice that can only |, removed by statehood.
 | Arizona wants water storage Wit senators and representatives she vii nave greater influence to secure il ne question should be viewed from pusiness standpoint. With statehoo,
 taxes could be collected from the Sant re railway now exempt Mining am "'her large corporations have an -'iiNeu thelr decision faVoring tn movement People may say they wan 'o De able to elect men to the legis lature that they can control. Too man
 place that view of the situation ahea oi thelr patriotism. Wake up men,
 Ssiu the governor and get out an
 WorA' Talk to your neighbor. talk t eryoody and help make the terri
 iAi meeting successful. These ques
 ''ns nave all been fought out by tn
 recently admitted states. and they ar