The copper era., 1905-10-19
UNIQUE LUNCHEON.
Entertaining Congressman in the Bowels
 Of the Earth.
From the Donglas American

OF tnE Edrtn.
 From the Douglas American.
 Nothing can occur on the trip of the congressman through the terri tory which will impress them as did the luncheon which was served in a great chamber of the Lone Star mine. After visiting the store the party was taken to the Morenci Hotel, where preparations were made for lunch, everybody expecting to be invited into the dining room after some liquid refreshments had been served to those with a thirst, but in stead the party was invited to again take the train for lunch, but no one knew where the lunch was to be found, and several of the party who were hungry left the magnificent hotel with forebodings. Around the side of the mountain went the ore train bearing the party, finally reaching the tunnel which pierces the Lone Star mine. Here the party left the train and followed Superin- tendent Mills into the mountain. On they went through several huge chambers, the tunnel and chambers being well lighted with miners can dles. Finally a huge chamber of oval shape was reached, in which was set a table which contained everything to attract the eye and ap- pease hunger. The lunch was served in four courses, the last being turkey. Wines of various brands and colors were served, and finally champagne corks began to pop, and at the proper time there was some speaking. MT. Tawney, of Minnesota, was first to speak, after having been called upon by F. M. Murphy. MT. Tawney is evidently a very conservative and cautious man, and while he made howery talk and complimented every thing and everybody he had seen in Arizona, he did not reach the state hood question at all. Mark Smith Tawney. MT. Smith made an excel lent speech. He told all present of the years he had devoted unselfishly in the work of trying to get congress to admit Arizona as a state, and now at the end of twenty years he was working harder than ever to prevent the admission of Arizona as a state, according to the plans mapped out by the last congress. He stood sponsor for the qualification of Arizona for statehood and told how the qualiica- tion had been provided by the pio- neers who had braved every danger and hardship of pioneer life in the west to develop the magnificent re- sources which Tawney was beginning to see in Arizona and which they would continue to see until they left the territory.
 Others spoke, those of Arizona be- ing Walter Douglas, c. E. Mills, F. M. Murphy, James Colquhoun and others. The speech which aroused the greatest enthusiasm was made by Congressman Miner, of Minnesota, MT. Miner said that he had been in Arizona for only about six hours, but that he had already seen enough to satisfy him that it would be great wrong to join Ari- zona and New Mexico into one state. He said in the last congress he had followed his party and voted for the joint statehood bill, but speaking for himself and himself alone he desired to promise that should he remain in the balance of his life he would not cast another vote against the desires of Arizona. Congress- man Madden, of Chicago, followed MT. Miner and endorsed his position.
 It would not be right to close this article without giving the names of the reception committee at Morenci. which was composed of c. k. Mills. M. H. Mclean, J. H. Puckett, Dr. A. M. Tuthill and c. B. Nonamaker.