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Arizona republican., 1901-05-08

successful in their venture. but he fin- ally climbed into his carriage. finding it necessary to repel them with a facial expression of disapproval.
 The party then left the grounds as rapidly as possible with swift footed teams and returned to the city by way of the Cave Creek road, thus giving them further view of agricultural scenes and the fruits of the marriage of the water and the soil The visitors were driven directly to the s. F., P. & P. depot and entered the cars at once, remaining for the most part on the in- side till the train left. thirty minutes later. During this short perio,. the various officials and committeeman were exchanging final farewells with the guests of the day. and as the train started Mir. Mckinley apepared on the rear platform of the "Olymp.a" and, though the descending sun shone swell tering hot full in his face. he stood with barred head and waved his handkerchief in fianl farewell to the assembled thou sands, lowing in every direction. The heavens resounded with the cheers of the populace and above the noise could be heard the music of the band as it played the soul-swelling notes of "The Star Spangled Banner
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MAY 8, 1901.

which prevails throughout the east can appreciate to the fullest the cir cumstances which will force the press of the whole country to speak of Ari- zona,-and tell the truth.
 When Governor Murphy, valiantly seconded by our citizens, succeeded in persuading the president to depart from the adopted path of his journey and give us a day, it was building bet ter than our people knew. Statehood was hastened in a manner which nc other force could exert.
 In directing by his movements the eyes of the nation to Arizona. Presi- dent Mckinley has done us a favor which We can never repay. He has accomplished more in one day toward setting us properly before the view of our countrymen than we have been able to do in years. Heretofore Ari- zona has looked upon Mir. Mckinley with pride. Hereafter she will remem- Der him with pride and affection.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08
THE INDIAN CHILDREN
 GREET GREAT FATHER

A feature that will live long in tht memory of the presidential party was its reception at the Indian Industrial school three miles north of the city Here the full blood children of many native tribes. uniformly and intelligent ly garbed and carrying them:'elves with the ease and self assurance gained by education and training, strongly con. trasted with delegations of their elders with primitive costumes and habits witnessed by the party in the parade The extensive grounds of the school with their natural and artificial embcl- lishment1 of foliage, spacious lawns broad walks and well appointed build ings. presented to the president rare picture Of spring in seml-tropical Ariz- ona
 The party was driven directly from the Hoiel Adams to the school, through the long and weh-kept Central avenue bordered on either side by handsome residences, comfortable farm houses and green fields. Previous to It's arrlv- al the pupils of the school had been sta- toned in open rank on either side of the long avenue leading from the entrance gate to the grand stand, erected and handsomely dTapei. on the parade ground The cadets, two hundred of them. armed with rifles were first to be met at the gate. next came the older girls. then the little children in ever diminishing size, clear back to the last file near the grand stand.
 As the presidential party entered the gates of the ground 1t was met by the Indian school band. playing patriotic airs. The superintendent, Col. s. NJ. Mcgowan, mounted on a black horse led the escort down the long avenue, MT. MtKinley. with hat in hand, lowing and smiling pleas antly to the hundreds on all sides All the outing pupils were on hand for the great event. and the total membership Of the school, between sew en and eight hundred. was present. In addition, there were hundreds of visit ors from the city.
 After the carriages containing the president and the governor and the la- dies passed the ranks countermarched. the bcys at the gate falling ira first, thua being first on the parade ground. NOt HloHleHt was iOSt III the spectac- ular proceedings. for while the visitors were being seated in the grand stand the pupils, in their striking uniforms. circled the parade ground and while the band kept up its continuous strains they formed in review before the pres ident. The cadets. with arm:. were in the r,'ar. next in front the larger girls then the smaller pupils and the chill d:en rJ the tiniest tots. in front
 And how they did march. Not sin gle one of tl;em lost step however small they may have been. and their move ments were as mechanical as the evo- lutions of regulars. All this took but a few minutes. Then came what wao probably the most impressive little in- cident the president has witnessed on
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08
THE ANCIENT
AND HONORABLE

The last stop before reaching Phoe- nix was at Tucson, and an incident, not arranged in Mir. Cortelyou's orig inal schedule. The president con- sented to disarrangement at the urgent request of old army comrades. He and members of his cabinet at 10 o'clock at night addressed the popu- lace from the rear platform of the Olympia.
 MIR. M'KINLEY'S ADDRESS.
 My Fellow Citizens:
 "1 very much appreciate your friendly salutations at this late hour of the night. It evidences to me the in terest which all of you feel and justly feel, in the government under which you live and in its conduct by the ofli- cers you have chosen for its ministra- tion. The vigilance of the people, es- pecially in a government like ours, resting upon the judgment of the peo- pie, is necessary to its highest and best administration. You have been pleased to confide to me one term ss president of the United States, and last fall placed upon me the responsi- bility of another term. (Applause) You have given to me great honor. No greater honor can come to any American citizen. (Applause.) No greater honor can come to the citizen of any nation on earth. (Applause) It is gratifying to me to hear from the people that in my efforts to do your business, with the aid of the gentle men with whom I have surrounded my al \. altogether a failure. The financial situation of the government was never in better condition than now. (Ap- plauseD tCries of 'never.) Our sur plus Is quite as large in the public treasury as 1t has been in our best years. We collect nearly two millions of dollars every day of the year to meet the current expenses of the gov ernment and to provide for maturing obligations. It is gratifying also to
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the eyes of MT. Mckinley. M'KINLEY PRICKED BY CACTUS.


 As the president was retracing his , steps to his car the artists induced him to pose with several members of his party by the side of a giant cactus on the side of a hill. He approached the great fiuted columns of the suhuara without suspicion, and after remarking the peculiarity of the plant, 6ngser-like thorns clung to his fingers. He was warned in time to pre- vent g very painful encounter with cactus plant. Following is the group only picture of the kind that was taken on the trip: the president, Secretary Wilson, r. NJ. Murphy and k. B. Gage.
 The daylight ride of the party from the Congress mine to Phoenix pre- sented a complete transformation of scenery. In panoramic manner the train steamed from mountains of heavy naturalization through arid and warm deserts and into verdant valleys.-the best and some of the least picturesque of Uncle Sam's domain. Fifty miles of the trip was through an uninviting desert-the home of the Gila monster. the ratller and the cactus, and in- cluded strip of country where Apache devils roamed unmolested and carried fire and desolation to settlers who braved the Indian days of Arizona. From the car windows were viewed the stamping grounds of notable Apache chiefs, who at the head of bands of redskins plundered ore trains and stage coaches along the path of the V, q and over which the president was now speeding by rail. The famous Hassa- yampa river, the use of whose waters
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 his whole journey. In unison the seven hundred native voices clearly and dis tinctly repeated. and with a meaning emphasis, "We give our heads, oui hands and our hearts to our country. One country, one language and one flag"
 Asths last stexpression was uttered each pupil in the several ranks took one step forward and held aloft his hand in a gesture indicating the action as we'll as the word, At the same moment enc of the girl pupils stepped to the front be- fore the president and presented the stars and tripes to Uncle Sam. thus fin- is,iing the little tab.eau that was de- signed to represent Arizona pleading with Columbia and Uncle Sam fer statehood. A mighty cheer went up from the assembled visitors and the ex- pression on the face of the president told of the pleasing impression made.
 Superintendent McCowan then intro duced President Mckinley in very few appropriate words. Rowing his ar knowledgement he addressed the pupils for but moment or two, as the hour for his departure was at hand.
 As he left the stand an incident oc- cured that was unimporatnt, yet fn- teresting to note. His carriage was some distance away and he started to walk to 1t. A little Indian girl. with a bravery born of eagerness, cast aside restraint and bounded to his side. He stopped and with a smile shook her hand Her innocent action gave cour- age to a number of ladies, who followed the same course, and the president, not wishing to offend, shook their hands Then a number of men, forgetting pro- priety in their eagerness to ahake his hand, came forward. One or two were
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Republicans find cause for

Republicans find cause for some self-congratulation in the result of the
 municipal election of NOT yesterday. The re- ALTOGETHER suit is by no means ! UNSATIS- just what was desired i FACTION. by the friends of
 good government. The election of two democratic council men perpetuates the extravaganza and mismanagement of which We have all along complained. It was not a mat ter of so much moment which party should control the salarled elective offices. The democratic candidates who were defeated were. for the most part, capable and honest men. Con- trolled by an economical and at the same time a progressive council they would no doubt have discharged their duties properly. The cause of the de- feat of the republican candidates for the council need not be sought for far As The Republican warned it's readers. the democrats were concentrating their | efforts in the First and Third wards, and always stood ready to sacrifice the rest of their ticket. If necessary, for the success of their candidates for the council. They had engaged in exten- sive colonization schemes as this paper had announced. and as the cutting down of the democratic majority in the Fourth ward conclusively proved. The activity of the republican man agers at the latter end of the campaign in causing the arrest of many persons known to be illegally registered. neu- tralized the work of the democrats to some extent. but it was not begun early enough and was not prosecuted with quite enough vigor
 The election of MT. Talbot for mayor Is subject for congratulation. Though as mayor he vii. have no more innu- ential voice than a councilman, we believe that he will be able to exert moral influence in the council which will annually be worth thousands of dollars to the taxpayers.
 The election proved one thing con corning which there has been doubt and debate, that Phoenix since the late annexations. if not before is safely republican. It must be over- whelmlngly so. The republican cam paign was not properly organized. The chairman and secretary of the committee did their work well, but they did not receive the support that should have been given them. The work at the polls yesterday was al- most pitiable. and 1t seemed that the contest was going by default. On the other hand the democrats were per fectly organized. Every member of the party was a worker and back of 1t all was the strong but improper infiu- ence of the city administration. Now that republicans have learned their strength. we believe that they will henceforth be successful whenever they put a good ticket in the field.
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is said to preclude the possibility of i telling the truth, was also passed. If | wound through picturesque strip Of
 country. and was among the few
 streams witnessed on the trip through | the southwest.
 Arriving in Phoenix from the north the party was at once impressed with the scene of a new environement. Per- haps in no place in the country IS the transition from a temperate to a | torrid, or rather, semi-tropical cli- mate, so striking Nearing the city the i last vestige of a pine belt had dis appeared. The palm and the pepper. decidious trees and shrubs alike ap- peared to the party, beautiful in the color of their spring foliage. There | were many scenes of green in the city to delight the visitors from the At lantic seaboard. accustomed to profuse verdure at a later season of the year.
 WARM OvATIONS GENERAL. The president was accorded warm ovations all along the line from Phoe- nix to the Congress mine and return, and hordes of cow-punehers and miners came from great distances to get a glance of the president through the windows of the speeding train, or to listen to few remarks from him from tho platform of the Olympia. He wore a felicitious smile and spoke in happy vein In each instance he was called upon to greet asssmblages of visitors. When the train pulled into Congress long b'asts were sounded from steam sirens and liberal cheering continusd for some time. Praises for Mckinley went up from the throats of lus:y miners counted by the hundred. A great crowd caught a glimpse of the president as he left his special to board several coachea leading as closely as possible by rail to the mouth of the main shaft of the mine. On the return trip the special speeded past several stations where crowds had gathered to cheer the president.
 MRS. M'KINLEY'S PRESENCE.
 At Wickenburg the train stopped for a few minutes where the president ad- dressed the sehoo. children. who had presented Mrs. Mckinley with a cabi- net of mineral specimens, including samples of glittering rock from the scene of the recent Wickenburg strike. Governor Murphy introduced the pres ident in this manner:
 Tn the presence of our president you should receive inspiration which will guide you to be noble men and women. One of the greatest honors that can befall any man is to introduce our beloved president, William Mckinley" (Applause.)
 The president said:
 Ladies and Gentlemen:
 Tt gives me very great pleasure to be received by the governor of your territory and to receive your warm welcome as We journey toward Phoe- nix. It is especially ples sant to meet the children, the boys and the girls of the public schools. There is nothing so essential in free government resi- ing upon the people. as education: and I have been glad to note that in your territory broad and ample provisions are made for education. The school house Is the university out of which come good citizens, and 1t Is on good citizenship we must rely not only for the present, but for the future good
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I
 and glory of the republic.
 "i thank you all for this pleasant
 greeting and in behalf of Mrs. Mo. | Kinley, thank you for the gift of the
 products of your mills which you have presented to her; and bld you all good
 morning. (Applause)
 Mrs. McKinley's appearance at a window was a signal for renewed ap- plause, and she acknowledged the ova- ton gracefully by pleasant nod of her head.
 PARTY ENJOYED TRIP. Governor Murphy was elated oyer the successful trip north. expressing a great deal of satisfaction because the president had not been disappointed, but on the other hand was greatly pleased
 "The president and his private secre- tary." said the governor. "are likely to discuss without much qualification their impre ssions of Arizona as likely to guide them in the future disposition of questions relating to this territory. There Is no doubt, however, that MT. Mckinley has been very favorably im- pressed with the territory. and that the visit wi. be productive of much good to Arizona"
 Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock sat at the window of the car during It's entire trip across the desert and into the fertile and productive valleys of this region. He studied at close range and as fully as possible in a hurried trip. the arid conditions of the un- touched desert and the magic trans formation of districts put under a system of irrigation. The contrast be- tween the deserts north of Phosnix and the fields of waving alfalfa in the Salt River valley, were not lost to the sec
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Some of our democratic friends last night reiterated the thread worn ohser- vation that what the average voter says he is going to do and what he does do are two mighty different things.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08

When J. II. Kinney threatened on the night of the republican convention to wear Joe Bush's clothes after the city election he measured himself as accu- rately as the most p,iiful tailor could have done
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08

Pre;tdent McKinley's pay upon the words immigration" and Irrigation" yesterday was we'll received. The hu- nor of 1t would not have been quite so quickly grasped outside the arid belt
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enthuslastic republicans away and kept them away until it was too late to vote. The democrats contend that 1t infused repubicanism into democrats who would otherwise have voted their own ticket V
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08

It ls not surprising that Joe Bush led his ticket and incidentally Mir. Kin lej his ticket and incidentally his cp- ponent, Mir. Kinney, in the strongly re- publican second ward yesterday. The second ward i:' the storm center cs the reform movement, of which Joseph AL examdcr is the head and front.
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retary of the interior. and he made a mental note of what he saw and of what was suggested to him by persons more familiar with conditions in Ari- gona.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08

MT. Bryan, in his most idolized days never inspired the people of Phoenix with SO much aG:niiation for him as did MT, Mckinley yesterday by his mere preSpnre
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08

The effect of the presence of the pres idential party on the municipal election is variously estimated. The republicans believe that it attracted a good many
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08

It was impossible to imagine that there was a contingency by which T. A. Jobs might be retired to private life.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.

Most people are experts on the kin question.
 Ever hear of a farmer having nervous prostration?
Arizona republican., 1901-05-08
ADDRESS BY SECRETARY WILSON

ADDRESS BY SECRETARY WILSON
 As Secretary Wilson was about to speak someone called out statehood is what we want" The secretary said:
 "I think you want a great many things out here in this country, and l think you deserve a great many things. (Applause) My department. under President Mckinley. is studying con ditions that affiict you and all the other states and territories in the union. Congress last winter organized a bureau in the department of agricul- ture to study the soils of the United States in every state and territory. That Is something that has never been done to any considerable extent in any country under the sun. No educator has ever taught anybody anything about soils, and yet half the people of the United States live directly from the soil A bureau was also estab- lished last winter in the department of agriculture to study plants. Very few plants in the territory of Arizona or any of the states were found indigo nous to the soil when these regions NNht iSt oNShPiNu " VI ht plants upon which we live have been brought almost altogether from for eign countries. What affects you more than anything else is what plants can grow in this soil. No matter how much gold and silver and copper and other minerals you may get out of the soil of this territory, agriculture will bring in a thousand fold more than all your mines ever will bring you. The ulti- mate of a mine is hole in the ground: the ultimate of agriculture is to i'm prove the soil and make it produce more. I have watched these beautiful praires as we have come over them today. They produce scarcely anything for want of moisture. The question of what can be produced and here mois- ture can be had and how it can be most economically brought to bear upon the soil, is being considered by my department" Enthusiastic ap- plause)
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T ' A. f aIN |. = N . l. .a know, and I am sure you will apprec- fate 1t, that the credit of the govern- ment was never better than 1t is today. (Applause) Our government bonds bearing per cent interest sell any where in the markets of the world at $1.06. The business of Ethe country. your occupations and the enterprises of the people. seem to be In a Aheaithfuf condition. l have now traveled almost across the country. and everywhere l have been, north or south or west, have seen evidences on every hand of the happiness and prosperity of my countrymen. (Applause.) (Cries of that's right.') I assure you that no other fact could give me so much sat- isfacti0n as that the people are em- ployed, we'll employed. and are univer- sally prosperous, which means happi- ness to our homes. GA voice-'We are all satisfied with you.) (ApplauseD And after all, our homes are nearest to us of all things else. (Applause.)
 "In our conduct of those serious com plications that have arisen in the past five years the government of the United States should be thankful for all things to an overruling Providence, for no nation ever had greater tri- umphs than ours. (Applause.) A war which We could not prevent, a war which had to be, came, and in less than a hundred days the American army and navy had been successful and our flags had received added honor. (Applause) And when our difficulties arose in China, when the representatives of all the powers of earth were threatened with extinction and destruction. when 1t was believed that not a single ambassador or min ister from any government of the world was still living. our army with the armies of the other powers moved on to Pekin and recued the besieged. (Applause)
 Time will not permit me to go over scenes interesting as they would be to you and as they have been to me. But 1t Is enough for me to say that the American people have everything to be thankful for; and what we want to do now as trustees of this great responsl- bility of government is to see to 1t that the government shall be strengthened and improved and passed along to our successors more glorious than 1t has ever been in the past" Enthusiastic applause)
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Adieu to the cantatrlcc of the saloon.