Bisbee daily review., 1909-10-20
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR

The visit of Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock to Douglas and Bis bee has afforded the citizens of Co chise county an oDortunity to meet one Of the official family of President Taft, though We were denied the pleasure ana distinction of visit from the president himself during his trip through the territory last week.
 General Hitchcock has had wonder fu success in lire He has filled many important positions in the gov ernment and last year left the post office department. where he was fourth assistant. to become chairman of the national republican committee, and in that position he did plenty to the democratic candidates through out the country, from Bryan to Mark Smith.
 General Hitchcock vas also man. ager of the Taft campaign prior to his nomination for president in Chi cago.
 Aside from politics. General Hitch cock has the reputation of being a hustler. He is a friend of the West and of Arizona, and was the friend of this territory in the national re- publican convention last year and it was largely due to his efforts that the promise of immediate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico was in. corporated in the platform of the re publican party.
 In Arizona General Hitchcock will find that he has not bestowed his friendship on an unappreciative or undeserving people. He will find an intelligent citizenship and one having energy and patriotism sufficient to guarantee a stable and creditable state government when the territory is admitted as a state He will find here a territory producing now more copper than any other state or terri, tory in the country, besides districts rich in gold. silver and other valu. able metals. He will find valleys where the soil is unsurpassed in fer. tility and only awaits the develop, ment Of existing water supplies to equal the best agricultural localities ia the United States He will find public schools and churches as eyi dence of a strong moral sentiment He will find that the wild and woody and free and easy, wide-open ways Of pioneer western days have long since disappeared from this progres sive territory He will find bright business men, and the professions represented by men who would ranl well in any state in the union. H. will find a press far beyond any othel state or territory with double thu population of Arizona.
 Returning to his duties at Wash ington: General Hitchcock will b looked to as authority on the coadi tions existing here and wiH be in position to do a vast service to Ari zona. That he will exert his effort to bring Arizona into the union a a state no one will deny. To d otherwise, after seeing our qualifica tions for self government. would D to place himself in the class of BeN eridge and other opponents of state hood who have visited Arizona an had opportunity to observe our woI derful resources and unexcelied aC vantages for growth and prosperit!
 We believe Arizona has a frien in Frank Hitchcock and. so beiievini are glad to see him receive the CT thusiastic attention of our people.
 But neither President Taft c Postmaster General Hitchcock ca make definite promise of statehoo for f.rizona Both will do what the can, but success will depend on coni ress, which is now under tte domil aficu of AIdrich and Joe Cannon.