Arizona republican., 1909-05-01
RELIGIOUS
CONFERENCE
Last General Assembling Of
Administration Officials
GOVERNOR K|DDEY HONORED

Following close upon the delicate
and pleasing surprise OF Governor
Kibbey, when the Tempe Normal school
few days ago presented to the gov
ernor and his estimab1e wife beau
tiful cut-glass bowl, was an incident
of yesterday morning at the capitol
building, when the retiring executive,
through an even greater surprise, was
made to feel most deeply that the peri
cd of his incumbency had not only
been one of successful official achieve
ments, but had kindled a personal re-
lationship of sincerest esteem and last
ing friendship between him and the
members of his entire official family
By Encouragement and without the
governors knowledge all the officials
of the administration in the city, re-
porters and a few intimate friends
who had been appraised, gathered in
the executive chambers about IL
o'clock, and, with ample formality, the
governor was presented with a chest
of silver. a gold watch and fob, a cut
glass water service and two greatly
priced pipes made of Irish bog oak,
valuable wood much resembling ebony.
DR.. Ketcherside, superintendent of
the asylum for the insane, was the
first to offer the retiring governor an
adequate explanation of the unbidden
assemblage, when, with expressive
words, he rendered the water service
as token of the regard in which he
and his capable staff at the asylum
held the recipient, with whom their
relations had been so pleasant, and to
whom they owed in so large a degree
the measure of perfection they have
attained in the administration of that
important institution.
The heavy cherry chest, with golden
handles, in which rested the silver SER
vice of 254 pieces, each engraved with
the governors monogram, was the gift
of the employees of the territorial peni-
Tertiary, and was presented by Cap
tain Thomas Rynning, the superin-
tendent of that institution. Brief
though his remarks were, they surged
with sentiments of loyalty and affec-
forth to the captains laurels, as man
of action and of deeds rather than of
words, must be added the tribute due
an orator who has something to say
Quite different in expression, but
identical in sentiment, were the re-
marks of Attorney General E. S. Clark.
to whom all eyes turned as the captain
retired from the central point of in
terest, for two reasons. The first is
that Mr.. Clark is an orator and can
speak whether he has anything to say
or not, and this time he did have
very important message to deliver The
other reason was that his clients, the
employees Of the capitol building, from
its many departments, officials. clerks
and the young lady stenographers,
were all present to see that he prop
erly fulfilled his engagement to de-
liver into the hands of the governor a
beautifully engraved gold watch. ac-
companied by such words as Mr.. Clark
knew so well would fittingly express
their sentiments. No ordinary speech
was demanded of Mr.. Clark, and the
trust reposed in him was not betrayed.
At the conclusion of his remarks. and
just before the presentation, Mr.. Clark
asked ]. F. Cleaveland, the governors
private secretary, to read aloud the in
scription on the watch, which was as
follows: