Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-01


 The business man who holds to that that he does not really belong here. but is only here in order to accumu- late sufficient to permit him at some time to live elsewhere. cannot possi- bly be good citizen, for the first duty of citizenship is to be identified not only with the business, but also with the social life of the community and 0 give back to it in services some from that community.
 Men who Helped Build.
 Tt is now forty-five years since the establishment of civil government dn- der the Organic Act of the Territory and sinece Governor Goodwin and ais little band of Americans raised the stars and stripes on the banks of the Rio Puerco. The men who lead the vanguard of Anglo Saxon civilization into these hills and deserts, were of the same class of adventurous. brave. freedom-loving and healthy-mindad Americans. who have always lead in the building of the west. They made the wilderness blossom, and we, of l later time. have entered into the en- joyment of the fruits of their priva- tions. tolls and dangers. Few of tren, are left. nearly all have paid the debt of nature. Peace to their heroic souls. , Another era in our history Is at hand, which brings with il it's own opportu- nity and its own responsibility.
 statehood is imminent. The time when this shall be granted is of minor importance to the question of our lit ness for it's duties and responsibilities and privileges. Fitness for statehood is not a matter of census returns or oi mines. of cattle. of farms, or reser' yoirs. of canals, Of forests or of miies of railroad. Fitness for statehood is a matter the intelligence. the moral and ethnical standards. and the capac' 1 ity of self government of our people ! Our fitness to be admitted to the rank i of sovereign states. is not to be meas ured by the actual and potential worth of our material resources. but rather by the actual asd potential wealth of our manhood and woman l hood in all the elements that go tC make up good citizenship.
 We have a population of the most varied and cosmopolitan. Every stats and nearly every race and cline has | here it's representatives. Some oi | these. of course, are worthy and some | are unworthy, some are intelligent and sofe are ignorant. some are ol good report and some of evil report i and some are Tit and some are unfit | but upon the whole are we not lusti 1 fled in saying that those of our peo ] pie who are really identified with ths | life of our Territory, who have com, | here to become part of it, who's hopes are bound up in il, and whost | interests are contained in it's advance | ment. growth and welfare are repre- | sentative of the best intelligence an, | virtues of the American people. w. | have had the faults and are not ye l entirely rid of the faults incident {, ! all communities during their forma | tive period. Yet after all, the force of law and order. the things whic, 1 made for good citizenship, have al l through our history been and are nov l at work, and it remains for the goo people of this and other sections b our beloved Territory to see that thel
 become the dominant and controllinl
 forces. in the building up of the nes commonwealth.
 Visions of the Future.
 Tn this old, yet new land. wher'
 history has begun again amid ths
 ruins of a forgotten civilization, wher'
 the feet of the European stood hun dred years before the Pilgrims iandeS on Plymiuth Rock. where the vision of the present are set against back
 ground of immemorial antiquity; iI
 this land of painted deserts. in thii land of bare brown hills. about whos'
 summits the sunset throws its mar | vels of beauty of tint and color. in thi. land of pure, sweet air. in this lanf where nature guards her ,.easure.
 with jealous care, yet rewards wit. prodigal hand those who penetrat. into her fastnesses and learn her sc 1 crets. ought we to be content wit mediocre things? Ought we not rathe to aspire to civilization typical G the best and highest attainments 0
 our race. and to a realization in tn' future of a triumphant and glorifle' democracy That motioniess shaft | said Daniel Webster at Bunker HiI monument. will be the most powerfu of speakers. Its speech will be Of ciy
 il and religious liberty. It will speai of the moral improvement and eleva tion of mankind. Decrepit age lean ing against its base, and iugenuou youth. gathering around 1t. will spes'
 to each other of the glorious event
 with which It is connected and ex
 claim, Thank God I also am an Amer
 ican.' May 1t be the pride and boas
 of our children and of our children
 children to say. as they look upon tn
 fair proportions Of this future con
 monwealth. rising nxe some statei
 building in it's grace and beauty an'
 symmetry, Thank God I am an Amer ican and also an Arizonan.'
 Music and Recitations.
 Governor Sloan's delivery was -asl
 and extremely pleasant and his speed
 was delivered in clear and resonan
 tones which reached to the remotes
 of his hearers He was frequently IF | terruDfed by hearty rounds of an