Arizona republican., 1903-10-17
A Visit From Friends.

A f1SIt From f-TieuoS.
 As the Republican stated the other day. the Hon. William Randolph Hearst and his guests are especially welcome in Arizona, because they come as friends The only regrettable fea- ture connected with their visit is it's brevity. It is impossible for them to get more than a glimpse of Arizona s one hundred and thirteen thousand take a. great deal on hearsay.
 But they will not look at everything they do see through an atmosphere of prejudice, and they will not set it down that every man who says a good word for the territory, its people and its re- sources, is an unreliable enthusiast or a crook. They are prepared to believe that Arizona is at least half civilized.
 They are prepared to believe that the people of this territory are of the aver age American stock. drawn from every state in the union. and are as capable of self-government as other communi- ties in the United States. They are western frontier has disappeared and that Arizona is no longer the home of the bad man" Of the novelists. They are prepared to believe that Arizona now has 150,000 people, and thanks to the policy of national irrigation and 70 the rapid growth of the mining indus try. will soon have 100000. They are prepared to believe that when Arizona and population will increase by leaps and bounds, as has been the case with nearly every territory admitted into the union Most of the visitors know these things already, for they are men of the progressive. receptive sort. MT. Hearst in making up his list certainly took pains to bring with him some of the leading men Of the American con- gress.
 To Mir. Hearst himself, there need be no assurance of his welcome 4 Cali fornian, true westerner, and a cos mopolitan in one. he does not need to be told anything about Arizona. He knows the territory. He learned from his distinguished father to appreciate its future. He knows our people, and he knows that they are warmly ap- preciative of his efforts to advance the cause of statehood. At his own expense he is conducting a party of senators and congressman through the territor- ies for the berlfit of the territories This is something that no private citi- zen residing outside this territory ever did before.
 In addition to having become the most distinguished journalist Of his generation. MT. Hearst has become one of the most prominent forces in na- tional politics. and is. decidedly, in line for the presidency should his par ty triumph in the nation. He must ex- pect. accordingly, to have jokes poked at him concerning ulterior political aims in making this tour, but he knows that the people of the territor- ies. at any rate, understand the gen. erous motives which prompted him to take up their cause. As the chief ex- ponent of the journalism that does things MT. Hearst in this matter is merely putting in practice the prin- ciples of that success which has crowned all of his great un- dertakings. He. knows that the average congressman is dense ly Ignorant of conditions in the ter ritories and that the best way to edu- cate congress is to give some of the ablest and most influential senator! and members ans opportunity to sa! with authority to their colleagues thar the opposition to the omnibus bill wa! builded upon foundation of prejudic, and transformation.