The copper era., 1904-04-21
THE COLQUHOUN SMOKER.
4 Large Attendance and Most En-
 i0YabIe Evening.

yJNSAN
 It has long been the custom 0
 James CoIquhoun, president Of lh,
 Arizona Copper company, to give ar
 annual smoker to the officers and em
 ployees of the company, which also
 includes q few invited friends. It l: an annual reunion Of the men who
 have been instrumental in bringing
 the company from absolute bankruptcy 10 that of one Of the greatest and most successful mining companies in the world.
 Nearly all Of the t@o huud ed pco- pie who received invitations to the smoker given Saturday night last were iu attendance, and all did justice to the coalation which had been care fully prepared by that prince Of caterers, Jesse Goakum, Of the Cliff
 ton bakery, after which Judge Eyan, who always acts a, toa7tmastcr, an nOunced that the smoker had been ar ranged by Mr. CoIquhoun that the people might meet the distinguished gcntlcmcc who honcred us with their presence. The judge stated that the reception would indeed be modest in comparison Co the reception rendered to sir William Menzie and his esti- mable lady by Governor Brodie at Phoenix last week, but it would be nOne the less hearty and enthusiastic. The judge stated that since Sir Will liam's ia-t visit 10 Clifton he had been fcrrcd upon him by King Edward for the noble worK he had done fOr Christianity. Sir William, he said, had been connected with the Arizona Copper company since its inception and he had stayed with iI and fought ifs battles through both good and ill report lapplau5o). It was the lovely daughters Of Sir William who started the machinery of the new teaching plant in 1892 since which date the company had achieved its phenomenal success. The judge said that he knew the Clifton people would accord Sir William Mcnzic and sweet aud gracious Lady Mcnzie q welcome with glad hands and loving hearts tap plause). He was sure that Sir Will liam could say, as lid Oliver Wendell Holmes when asked if it was true that he was sevouty years old, No. but am seventy years young" (applause). The judge then addressed some very complimentary remarks to Governor Brodic, and requested him to reply to the toast, The "resident.'
 Governor Brodie does not claim to be an orator, but he k forcible, earnest, speaker with pleasant de- livery. The governor said that it af- fordcd him the greatest pleasure to be assigned to the toast-The President who was brave soldier and wise statesman, who would shake hands with the king on his throne and con sider IL an honor to his majesty (ap- plausc). The governor said he was not d stranger to the Clifton people, as he had met them before, many Of whom, doubtless, would remember that he once made campaign for congress on the republican ticket, and suffered defeat, which he attributed rather to his inability a~ speaker, than to ;he conclusion that the people did not want him tapplauecl. He had made the campaign with the prcsi- dent when as colonel of the Rough Riders he offered his services to his country During his intimate aeeocia- ton with the president. in camp and on the battlefield, he had learned to love him for bis true worth, his great patriotism and his many virtues. He had no bad qualities, and aS a broad minded. patriotic American his name would 90 down in history linked with those of Washington, Lincoln and Me Kinlcy (applause). He said it would be impossible for him to convey the full magnitude of his high regard for the chief executive for, like most Scotchmeu, he had his wits behind him instead of with him at the pres ent moment (applausc). As governor Of Arizona, which hono~ he had re- ceived from the president, he would cndeavOr to carry out his wishes in straight, honorable and manly way. lt was his great ambition to please the people Of Arizona, President Eoose- welt and Mrs. Brodie tapplause). The health Of the governor was then drunk standing.
 The next toast, King Edward" 4" was responded to by the Honorable Sir William Menzie, who thanked the