Arizona republican., 1909-10-21
THE tUloGY OF 4 FRIEND
His Appeal to the President to Employ His Utmost
 Efforts for Statehood in Behalf of a Worthy Git
 izenship

Al who heard the speech of Post master General Hitchcock at the banquet given by Governor Sloan to the president and his party at the Grand Canyon have had warmer feeling for MT. Hitchcock His address. they said. was the finest eulogy of Arizona they had ever heard, though delivered in simple language They felt that MT. Hitchcock meant what he said. It has been from time to time quoted in part. But here is what Mir Hitchcock said on that oc- casion:
 Governor Sloan, MT. President and Gentlemen: l am exceedingly glad that the president had the opportunity in the course of his travel through the west to visit this wonderful region of the grand canyon. Many people who have travelled the world over view ing the natural wonders of all lands feel that this mighty chasm. with its vari-colored walls. its lofty domes reaching up from the depths below, it's cathedrals, its temples. its lowered castles of stone, this glorious canyon of the Colorado river. is the most inn pressive and the most striking ex- ample of snatural scenery that can be found anywhere on the globe; and to those of us who have looked upon that sceiIe this afternoon it must be apparent , that nature could hardly provide a finer scene for our delight and our inspiration.
 And so I am very glad that the president came here to see this can yon, but l am still more pleased that he had the opportunity and the , time to visit one of two of the cities of this territory-to meet face to face the people who builded those cities. and to whom is due the credit for the rapid progress recently made here in the march. of civilization and in in- dustrial advancement.
 q am sorry that the president is unable to give more time to this ter ritory. I wish he could go to other cities and towns in Arizona. I wish he could visit Tucson to the south ward, a city that rivals Phoenix ir population, and Douglas-Douglas, that is second only to Anaconda in the | smelting of copper: and then those wonderful mining towns. or camps. as you call them, such as Globe and Bis bee and the others I wish he could have seen these cities in order to witness with his own eyes the addi- tional evidence of the industrial pro- gress of this territory and to see in broader measure the wonderful natural resources, mineral and otherwise, with which this region is blessed, insuring beyond question the future greatness of Arizona
 But the president has journeyed far, traversing many states. and with in the period to which his journey is | limited it is. necessary to allot his time to the various states visited in fair and equal measure. and in that division of time am sure that Ari- zona has received generous portion and for that you of Arizona should be grateful. s-
 T am sure we shall all hope that in the near future the president will . be able to visit again this territory ! to see some of your other cities. to become better. still better. acquaint- i, ed with the people of Arizona, and tC estimate more fully the type of citi- zenship found here.
 "Mr. President. during the summers of about fifteen years I have traveled up and down through this western re- zion. visiting repeatedly every state