Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-17
0. Thursday's Daily.)

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 tor delegate to congress, appearance in Prescott 1 ..r for the highest office in 1 a. .lo people of Arizona, Ia ( kars .he Elks' theater. t.,, .,lcrson, the gifted ora
 r.. first speaker of the even L,rn. H.pubican rally. his theme r, Q, tcly the statehood que 1 h rll chosen, forccful and ,atH hacked up by facts ant araI rcs, he pointed out the ,,..r . .tatchood for Arizona and |, Nel jointly, and received much l,,,a.e ~. .he several excellent points ], made
 Al th, .ouclusion of his speech ls,is.t u.0t statehood, Mir. Anderson kI
 "And nuW. ladies and gentlemen, I L,l ccn-.. as we have with us this Ir,rinr. Co address you on the issues khi- campaign, man whom you have NJ tum ul; a man who came among Iou some lyiecn years ago, friendlcss Iennie.. and unknown. 4 man who. lrqun',d ly ill health, and the fact Ia, hc Wl, among strangers. went to |ork to build up for himself n rcputa. boa and future. IIc went to work |t The section. Not satisfied with that position. although he was not asbampf i it lo irgglcd on and up. to bet |r ihn-s -'udying law ns he went. Nc icramc printer, a short hand sn'cr 1nl fually. after many vicissi uls.. wa- admitted to the bar to prac. itc aN lr IS a man essentially of in, people, In inc face of odds he wns tleriod district attorney of Pima conn 'y. and ?. elected. He became clerk f ttc judicial court, and now comes ieforc you os a candidate for delegate b congro.- That gentleman is the Ron William r. Cooper"
 Al thc mention of Mir. Coopcr's name De a't'ndc of the large audience to. sarls ihr man who was to address them 'as made apparent. Cheers and ap. 'lalsc came from all parts of the the. er, which was filled from pit to dome 'i,h men representing various polit- cal faiths, and many of the gcntler si as well.
 Thomas r.. Campbell, chairman of the nee'lng, after the applause had sub. ided, came forward and in few we'll hosen words. introduced Mir. Cooper E sour next delegate to congress. " Mr. Cooper was again applaudcd, and, 'i'er paving n graceful tribute to the adles present, plunged into a discus don of the issues at stake in the pres. n, campaign.
 He took mp the matter of joint state bod first, showing the grievous error ha' would he made were the two ter i'ofIos joined together. He praised the 'emoera's of Arizona for the stand hey had taken against the join,ure lovement, hut contended that more onor was due the Republican party or its stand against jointure than was ue the Democrats.
 Ut Is well known fact,' he said, That Arizona, as a state with New 'eSieo, would be overwhelmingly Re ublican, and that would mean much or the Republican party in this ter ''ofy, and yet we came forward, sac lhelng all personal and selfish inter ''s' to denounce this unholy alliance, : unjust to the people of Arizona hereby robbing the Republican party Arizona of much political preference ley might have gained ny advocating 'ln,ure.
 'lt certainly cannot be said, by our lo'' bitter enemies, that we had any ''nsh interests in denouncing and fight 'g ihis joint statehood mcasure."
 MT Cooper then spoke of the strug le the Republican party has been aklng in Arizona, and although de 'a'ed by the Democrats, he said, in mes past, they still felt optimistic 'd were still fighting.
 TAI. of which reminds me-" he went D. "of the story of the optimistic ld pcssimistic frogs.
 'Thcse two frogs dwelt in q nice ''e stream, close to . dairy. One a' eternally growing about his lo'
 'f' while the pessimistic frog seem satisfied with his surroundings. 'or' day. the milkman. in adding ean which was a little shy of ''k' iome of tho stream 's water oopcd up both fYogs. and slapped