Arizona republican., 1905-10-14
ARIZONA'S TEN FRIENDS
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and the subsequent reception. music was furnished by the Besse orchestra and the Indian band.
 For the reception which began about 8 o'clock, the hotel had been elaborate ly decorated, the American flag being the chief feature and the background for the roses, pepper branches and pot ted plants that enlivened the scene Huge flags graced the hotel Ordinary in which the reception proper took place, and the stairway from the ho- tel lobby was also draped after the manner of a speakers stand. There was no speaking on the program but it was morally certain that the Phoe- nix people would not let their visitors depart without a few words in public, for such distinguished persons do not often visit Phoenix in large parties and on purely unselfish missions. Secre- tary Van der Veer, who had been busy day and night in looking after the de- tails of the local recetpion, together with J. w. Crenshaw, Mrs. Dwight B. Heard and others. spent the greater part of the afternoon in arranging the decorations of the hotel. Mrs. Heard particularly looked after the dining table, which was graced by numerous bouquets of beautiful roses.
 THE RECEPTION.
 The handsome mantel over the fire place in the lobby was transformed by flowers and decorations into a back ground for the booth from which punch was served during the recep- tion, as we'll as in the ordinary, where the introductions took place.
 The reception proper lasted but a brief time, for though the hotel lobby
 
 they moved rapidly when the time came and were soon over with the greetings. AS previously intimated there was a psychological understand ing among the people that there was to be a program of speech making and there was. The vehicle for attracting attention from the handshaking to the lobby, was a song by Karl Cochems, the talented vocalist of the Arizona School of Music. He sang from the balcony that later served as a speak er's stand, the Star Spangled Banner and sang it most delightfully."-. The se- lection could not have been more ap- propriate for 1t was an occasion when all sentiment was turned on the fur ther illumination of that historic en- blem, by the adding of a star.
 THE LOVE FEAST.
 After the song Governor Kibbey called the attention of the assemblage to the fact that the hour had arrived when it was deemed fitting and prop CT for a little oratory and he called upon Delegate M. A. Smith as the first speaker.
 MT. Smith in a most feliGitous man ner welcomed the visitors publicly and made appropriate remarks leading up to the question of statehood. Then he related somewhat of the history of the agitation both in Arizona and in con- gress, told how he had talked state hood for twenty years and finally had to reverse his tactics and talk against it because it wasn't the right kind.
 MT. J. c. Adams was called upon and talked very interestingly for a few minutes, the burden of his argument being statehood and Arizona's right to have it. He related something of the strenuousness of the present campaign against jointure and said that Arizona was fighting now and would fight until the last dollar was spent, to prevent the unholy alliance with New Mexico.
 MT. F. M. Murphy was called upon as the gentlemen through whose efforts very largely, the present party was induced to visit ArizonaL He related how he had tried to get