Arizona republican., 1905-06-08


 standing the threatening clouds. a l large concourse of people assembled on
 the city hall plaza to listen to the ad-
 dress of Senator Flint on the subject | of statehood. There has never been l a question concerning the senator's l loyalty to Arizona but hitherto r. has l all been newspaper report and there
 is no testimony like a verbal expres-
 sion at first hands. That his remarks
 were fully satisfying was well demon | strated in the vociferous applause they l occaSioned.
 The meeting was to have been pre-
 sided over by J. c. Adams, the pres
 ident of the Anti-Ioint Statehood 1 league, but MT. Adams was unfortun-
 ately i'll and confined to his room. Judge Webster Street therefore presid- i ed at the meeting and in a very few | words introduced Capt. J. l.. B. Alex | a,nder, who spoke at some length. re- 1 citing the interest Arizona hasahad in 1 Senator Flint, what she hopes through | the combined efforts of AIr. Flint and | others and the appreciation the Phoe- nix people have of his visit here to address them in person and see for | himself the sentiment of the Arizona people.
 Judge Street followed in a short ad-t dress in which he said that he was
 one of thousands of Arizona people who hoped and prayed that the terri | tory might some day be granted sin | gle statehood but if that were impos- sibIe they would willingly consent to ! annexation to California. He spoke | of the unity of interest between the | two commonwealths. socially finan- | ciaIly and commercially and cnly for 1 what might be called state pride, Ari- i .ona would willingly consent to admis- | sion as a part of California and he felt l sure that iE such a step became neces- l sary to prevent admission with New l Mexico, Arizona would be willing to l accept it as her destiny. lie then in ! troduced the senator as a man known i to all by reputation, whose heart was | with this people and who would leave no stone unturned in her interest. l Senator Fftnt was received with pro- ionged applause and spoke in part as ! follows:
 MT. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle men:
 First permit me to thank you, the | citizens of Arizona, for youc kindness to me, for your hearty welcome and for the kind things said and done dur Ing my campaign for senator. I fully appreciate all these things and never realized the full meaning of the Chris tian Science doctrine until 1 received absent treatment from you. l never | found an Arizonian in my city that he did noJ have kind words for me and I would be ungrateful if I did not appreciate them and I may be able to return some of these favors.
 "I have entered into the campaign for single statehood and don't believe in the annexation Of Arizona to any state or terrftory. Home is dear to all of us and all of us should speak well of our home. I don't believe it is any more possible to legally marry Ari- zona and New Mexico than it would be to legally marry a man and woman against their will"
 Then the speaker took up the ques- tiOn of Arizona's sparse population which has been used as an argument 1 against statehood He said there was everything to assure one that in the near future Arizona. would have am pie population to satisfy even her most bitter enemies. He spoke somewhat . of the resources of this section. of the expanding of the irrigation systems. the redeeming of arid lands and the developing of the mines and particu- larly of the western character. He said there was everything here to make a great state and a great peo- pie. He admired the pioneer and his SluAOy ltdlLo OL Nilei lCltI. I1t was not hanging to the apron strings of anybody but was building on his own responsibility of such material as he had at hand. That" he said, ''is what Ghe people of Arizona have done and will continue to do."
 Then he spoke of Riverside, CaIif.. 1 recalling the time when it too was as dry and barren as any part of Ari- l zOna but is now one of the most pie ] turesque and prosperous communities ! to be found anywhere. Water and l western pluck and endurance has l wrought the change In closing the subject the speaker repeated that he would not only aid in making Arizona | a state but would do all in his power to prevent annexation to any other | commonwealth.
 MT. Flint next referred to the mu- | tuality of interest between Arizona | and southern California. Arizona buys | the goods and California gets the mon ey. What builds Arizona also builds | California. He said another thing | that had been injected into the state | hood controversy was the character of | the people of Arizona. He said he | was not stranger here though it | had been seven or eight years since he | had visited Phoenix. But he said he | knew her people intimately just the | same, many of them personally and ! there are no more intelligent people | anywhere. And" he continued, "I do | not hesitate to say that I will so state on the floor of congress. Some of our eastern friends cannot realize why | Arizona should be allowed to be ad- | mitted but the time will come when . some of the senators now opposing ad- mission will find that Arizona has a | larger populati than their states now have. Their area is all utilized, | while in Arizona every step that is taken makes room for more homes and | more people. It is useless for me to | talk to you. We believe alike and 1 | don't want to make any argument to change your views. All I can say is that so far as it lies in my power I will aid you.'
 Then be related the efnrv nf q eter-