Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-01
(FrOn BY RUTH L. BURKE.


 ifcation held by local republicans las, night st the Elks' Opera House. The audience, composed of n large number of prominent citizens, was intcrspersed with women, showing that patriotism and pride over the recent republican nominations are not confined to the men alone. Tom Campbell, cnnirman of the republican territorial committee, was chairman of the evening and in. troduced the several speakers. first of whom was General Alexander I. Samp. son, first attorney general of Colorad ,, when that territory was admitted ,o statehood.
 In part General Sampson said: "Bc- hold how grea, and how pleasant it 's for brethren to dwell together in uhi. 'y. That is the spirit in which we have met here tonight. We are all one and the democrats will find out next No. vember more fully than now, how unit. ed we are as a party. In unison VIC republicans shout for Taft ard Sher. man and tonight we meet to ratify their nominations and are enthusiastically elated. Early in the political cam. paign we differed in opinion and pre-. fcrred another man for the presidential office. We felt that we owed a debt of gratitude which we could never repay that it was he who had saved us from the ignomy of joint statehood. I re- fer 10 our choice, Senator !. B. Fora ksr. When he withdrew from the campaign we were one in our desire tor the nomination of Taft"
 General Sampson then spoke inter. cstingly of the republican nominee, tell. ing of his training from childhood, un. der which he has become SO fitted to assume the governmental control. He told of his service 10 his country and depicted clearly the various govern. mental duties which Taft had carrie on; of his knowledge of prevailing con. ditions and the capabilities which SO fitted him to assume the highest office within the power of the American peo. pie to confer.
 "we may we'll say Here's to Prcsi- dent Taft and Vice President sherman that are -to.be. and here's to prosperity under their rule for the next four years, continued the speaker. "I hold nere in my hand the platform adopted at the recent convention and one of the best ever adopted by auy committee. It is comprehensive, clen' cut, true to history and to the repub liean party. There is no better plat form than we have chosen and the best is that we have q party that not only places a platform, hut stands by il"
 Enumerations, convincing and unjis. putable were made by General Samp- son of the good work. the reforms nLd the various other movements brougdt about by the republican party in the years that it has held control of gov A'HHNhNs " ~ hoAf tHhfhH a word on the increased expenditures made by the government under the last administration, the speaker gav. a statistical statement, acknowledging the increase in the appropriations in the last fouv years, but pointing out in of the fact, that each sub sequent administration had found 'lc necessity of larger expenditure, as the country and government broadenod and expanded .n it's reforms and pot cies. Special praise was accorded the republicans for their attitude in rc. cepting the Arizona statehood move ment as n part of their platform. Tho plank, General Sampson sta, ed, was of vital interest not only to the citizens of the territory, but of the entire country as well.
 One reform m particular which Gen eral Sampson called attention to as having been wrought within the repub lican control of affairs, was the respec, and in some. cases fear with which the United States prowess is regarded. Prior to the war t meant little, he said, for citizen of our country to | claim the protection of the stars and stripes, but now with great powers pay ing just tribute to our flag and onr country, our citizens receive the pro lection due them when in foreign lands
 In closing the speaker gave tr, Dute to our national emblem and called | forth n cheer when he said. "We love hat flag, but when one more star is placed on the national escutcheon rsl of Arizona's admission ir To the union as state, wen love |. hat much more.p
 Judge Richard $. Sloan, who repre- tented Arizona at the recent conven. ion and through whose untiring and .heeiive efforts the statehood plank