Arizona republican., 1908-09-29

President Van Hise: President Pritch- ett, of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; .Dr. H. P. Walcott '5S, Major Henry L. Higgin- son '55, Dr. Arthur T. Cabot '72, Judge Francis C. Lowell '76, C. F. Adams 2d I'SS; Treasurer T. N. Perkins 91, mem bers of the corporation; Admiral Swift, lU. $. N, commandant of the Charles town Navy Yard; Dean Fenn; Edward Kent. 'S3 chief justice of the supreme court of Arizona: Herbert Putnam, 'S3, librarian of congress; Hon. Eben S. Draper, lieutenant governor of Massa- chusetts; Gen. w. H. Brigham, adjU tant general of Massachusetts; Col w. e. Gorgas; Rev. W. C. Gannett; B. J. Lang; Judge Sheldon; Prof. A. J. But Ter Of the University of London. Prof. C. H. Haskins: Thomas Nelson Page; Warren A Locke, '69, chorister; Mayor Wardwell of Cambridge: the sheriff of Suffolk count.-, the sheriff of Mid dleseX county.
 "The exercises were opened by the audience standing to honor the mem ory of ex-President Cleveland, whose death was announced to the company by MT. Fox. After singing the 7Sth lpsalm. MT. Fox introduced in. order the following speakers: President Eliot, Governor Guild, MT. Joseph H. ChOate, Governor Wilson, President Van Hise, Colonel Gorgas, Professor Haskins, Dr. Walcott and Judge Kent"
 | The one regret of Judge Kent in connection with the commencement eX- ercises was that he was not present at the Varsity race, the only time he had ever had a chance to see liar yard win. He had attended those races year after year, only to witness the mournful profession in which the crimson trailed along after the blue. until, like many of the Harvard men, an aquatic victory seemed so nearly Impossible that it was hardly worth while waiting to see the une xpected happen.
 Judge Kent spent July at Gloucester and August in Rhode Island and Con necticut. The first ten days of Sep tember were spent in New York, where he met and talked with Chairman Hitchcock of the national republican committee. MT. Hitchcock has a friendly interest in Arizona and the fact was brought out that he was
  lthe statehood plank in the national platform. He had talked on that sub lject with Judge Taft and in further lance of MT. Taft's wishes he had urged lupon the members of the resolutions committee the adoption of the plank. At first he found some opposition. Members of the committee believed that Arizona would be a democratic state and some believed that both New Mexico and Arizona would be demo- lcratic states, and they questioned the lwisdom from party point of view, of ldeclaring for statehood. MT. Hitch lcock. however. succeeded in overcom- ling their objections and the plank be- lcame a part of the platform.
 This attitude of MT. HitchcOck as lreflecting the sentimen of Judge Taft, Judge Kent regarded as significant and as furnishing reasonable assurance of learly admission. It is well known that President Roosevelt is desirous of the passage of a statehood bill at the short lscssion of congress, for though admis- sion could not he fully effected within his term. he would be pleased to sign la bill making states of the last of the Territories.
 "Of course" said Judge Kent, "it must be apparent to anyone that Ari- lzonas chance of admission would be lgrcatIy enhanced if the coming cleo tion would show a republican victory.
 Judge Kent was pleased to find a more intimate and favorable knowl- ledge of the territory wherever he went lit appeared that the statehood fight lhad brought Arizona to the attention of the whole country and that the be- lief had been inspired that a people lwho could make so determined a fight lwere worth taking notice of.
 As to national politics, Judge Kent lsaid that he found little outward in Iterest in the subject. People did not ltalk about it at the hotels or on rail- way trains The election of Mir. Taft was regarded as a foregone conclusion, leaving nothing more to be said. on his way west, however, he found some interest in the political outlook and the farther west he came there were eX- 1 pressions of the probability of the elec- ton of Bryan.
 In concluding Judge Kent said that he was pleased at the prospect of a republican victory in Arizona this fall.