Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-06-19

pany was screaming with laughter,
with both hands on the seat of his
some darn joke about it as soon as my
setter struck the floor"
Continuing, the speaker said, Il am
no kicker. The real reaoOn for my Sc
lection is the fact that the committee
had found out that of the 100000
people of Arizona with its population
of eligibles, ! am the only man, p
years of age, and of available weight
who does not expect to be a candi-
date"
Becoming serious in considering his
subject Mr.. Stoddard said there we're
many men in Arizona who could fill
that office ereditably and representing
both the political parties He spoke
Of the fact that there are many men
who should be given credit for the
great boon Arizona has been granted,
both in the territory and out of it but
among them all the little delegate,
Ralph II. Cameron. should not be for
gotten. (Cheers). Without taking time
IL refer to others outside the terri
tory ne said that never before since
he became of voting age had there
been a president who had made a
worthy attempt to carry out the plat
form pledges of his party. Platforms
are used TO catch votes usually but in
this instance congress had run against
a man too big for it. He closed by
saying that to President Taft more
than any other one man, Arizona owes
the gift of statehood.
Dwight B. Heard responded to the
toast, Farewell to the Real Estate
Business of the Territory" Mr..
Heard's response was anything but a
farewell. ON the contrary he said the
booming would continue harder than
ever for this valley from Mesa City
to Buckeye is the best valley in the
United States. He said he had been
on many a firing line but never on
such a joyous one. On everybody's
face there was the light Of JOY after
winning tWent years of the finest fight
in the United States. He said person
alities should be laid aside and credit
given to good team work between both
democrats and republicans. Never
could statehood mean more TO Arizona
than right now with all the brilliant
prospects of --riZona and the headlines
in the papers of all the world ANNOUNCE
ing her independence and admission
into the sisterhood of states. Mr..
Heard took occasion to bring before
the meeting the matter of the resOlu-
tions mentioned in the beginning.
Relation of the Automobile to the
Office of District Attorney in a State"
was the subject assigned to George
Purdy Billiard. Mr.. Billiard said he
felt like making the answer the youth
did when taking an examination for
the position of letter carrier in Chi
cage. The written question put to him
was to name the highest peak in the
Himalaya mountains. His reply was
What in the devil has that got to
do with carrying mail in Chicago?"
Then Mr. Billiard launched off into
one of his really, truly. patriotic
speeches, seeing before him "old men
who have waited forty years for state
hood-and then some" etc. He paid
a fine tribute to those who had
pioneered the country and ma Ie it safe
for those of the present day to abide
here. Their hearts must swell with
pride as they realize that they, the
miner and the farmer, and not the
politician, laid the foundations of
statehood. The proudest feature of the
incident of admission, he said, is that
Arizona crosses the threshold with
honor and not as a tail to New Mexi-
cos kite. Then he apologize1 in ad-
vance and reintrodueed his campaign
speech peroration about piercing the
that Brady O'NeiH had remind
ed him was suitable to the occasion,
and closed by getting back to the sub
ject and saying that everybody would
have an automobile in tow years.
]. c. Adams told What Will We Do
With the Territorial Fair" In doing so
he told what the fair had already done
He said that on the occasion of his
last visit to Washington. by request he
had addressed the house committee on
territories and told them that Arizona
had all the other fairs backed off the
board. The next day the Hamilton
bill was reported. Taking up the mat
ter of Mr.. Stoddards worry, he said
Il was planned to open a big exhibit
1t the next fair and place for inspec-
lion all the candidates for United
States senator He said the new state
could not get along without the fair
md would not try to, but both would
90 down the road together. He fin
shed with expressions of delight and
for everybody.
The last speaker was Eugene Brady