Arizona republican., 1909-04-16
4 UNAN|M|TY OF PURPOSE
To Strengthen the Republican Party in the Territory Says J. C. Adams. There is Not the Slightest Doubtof State. Hood Next Winter.

' J. c. Adams returned yesterday from i Washington, where he had attended ! the conferences resulting in the ap- ! pointment of Judge Sloan to be gov | ernor and George U. Young secretary | of the territory. Mir. Adams had little i to add to the information already printed regarding the appointments which he said were gratifying to all ! concerned as the best solution of a sit nation which had become embarrassing and possibly threatened the party in the territory. It was the more gratify ing in that the appointment of MT. Young was complete recognition I of the executive committee as ,he true representative of the party. a recogni ton which had never before been ac- corded
 The supremacy of the state or terri torial organization. he said. was a hob by of Mir Hitchcock. and it is that
 hobby which has made him the most successful politician of his time He had insisted that the territorial organ ization should be supreme and the
 president was in accord.
 There were various candidates for
 the appointment and in this cOnnec-
 tioH MT. Adams spoke of his own po-
 sition. He was never q candidate in the sense that he had ever made ap-
 plication to anybody or through any body for the office of governor or any other office. He had been a supporter of MT. Young. never seeking the en- dorsement of any member of the com mittee. but with the understanding that if events should SO fall out as to make the appointment of MT Young impossible he would be a candidate.
 When the committee was seemingly unable to agree upon a candidate, it occurred to MT. Hitchcock that Judge Sloan, upon whom the two factions had united as a delegate to the national re- publican convention, would be the man to nominate. This arrangement was also pleasing to the president for the following Interesting reason: The pres ident is certain that Arizona will be admitted to statehood next winter, and in his opinion it is especially desirable that the governor of the territory at the time of the transition from q terri tory to a state should be an able law yer
 In the meantime, there had been placed in the hands of Delegate Cam eron letters from a large majority of the members of the executive commit tee as a result of the Tucson confer .ence. In these letters the committee men recounted the expression of con fidnce of the republicans of the terri tory in Mir. Cameron last fall. There fore they were willing to leave the of hn nf fa for governor to him, believing that he could better act for the good of the party These letters were from mem bers who had endorsed Mir. Young and Governor Kibbey.
 After the arrival of Chairman Smith of the committee, and Mir Young, the secretary, and MT. Adams at Washing ton the matter was taken up with the delegate and it was quickly resolved that the nomination of Judge Sloan was the best thing for the party. as well as the territory. that could be done. There were the letters from the committeeman in the hands of MT. Cam eron and there was the presence of the two chief officers of the committee. It was the opinion of all the Arizonians assembled that the interests of the par ty should be placed above the personal ambitions of any member of it. Judge Sloan was unanimously and enthusi- astically agreed upon.
 Next came the appointment of a secretary and Mir. Young was put for ward against his protest that he did not want the office. The suggestion came from Mir. Hitchcock himself, who believed that the appointment would be good thing for the organization.
 There were no other appointments discussed. said MT. Adams; that is, no recomme ndations were offered and the matter of the judgeships was left in the air so far as the Arizonians were concerned. As to the rlImor that he himself was to be appointed United States marshal, MT. Adams said the first he heard of it was in a telegram from Phoenix, where the story had its start. for no word of that kind had ever been sent out from Washington. Nothing of the kind had ever been thought of. As to the story coupled with it that T. c. Jobs of Prescott had been selected to succeed Judge Sloan on the bench, MT. Adams said he had never heard the name of Mir Jobs men, toned
 As to what would happen in the ter ritory, MT. Adams said he had no opin- ion to offer beyond the statement that the republican party of the territory had been put into better shape than it was ever in before, and that the terri tory was now assured of the fullest