Arizona republican., 1910-06-04

honorable discharge of it's new and high responsibilities? And in the mo-
 mentous process of forming the char acter of the new state, what is the duty of each?
 We read, as we believe. the charac-
 ter of a man in the cast of his coun- tenance; in his expression. We speak of weak face" or a strong face, as
 indicative of character. and we judge
 men accordingly In some faces the
 markings are so strong and distinct.
 that from them character seems to
 speak aloud. For instance. take the
 faces of the last two governors of Ari-
 zona. They present a mirror of
 strength and probity. Take the face of
 Abraham Lincoln, so eloquent of his
 superb character. Rugged strength,
 fixed purpose, unyielding principle. un
 failing patience, quick sympathy and
 kindness without measure, all shone
 from his imposing presence. 4 mere
 glance at his face siezes the attention
 and holds it enrapt. It stirs the heart
 strings as the summer zephyr caresses
 an aeOlian into strains like an echo
 from the far-off choir invisible It
 touches the hidden springs of the finer and deeper emotions and lifts the very
 soul to heavenly aspirations. It is the
 living presence of charity-that best of all tfe graces. and which as an elO-
 quent citizen of Arizona remarked on
 Decoration day 'hovered above him.
 poised on wings of light. over the
 wrath and gloom of War"-the charity that so often stretched a saving arm
 between a firing squad and the despairing victim of a court-martial. The deep lines, furrowed by the p!oughshare of sorrow, the sad eyes. depicting a soul of anguish, tell of sleepless nights haunted by the count less tragedies of war-the sackcloth and ashes of countless stricken homes. But back of it all there seems to lin- ger the precious suggestion of Lin coln's wonderous smile, reflecting a record of the pardons he granted at the prayer of frantic mothers to the son whose tired eyes had yielded to exhausted nature a moments sleep on duty. And so the greatness of Lincoln, faithfully portrayed in his features, grows with the lapse of time, and the great martyr lives in the hearts of his iltn as lllG IlOSl DtIONtu anu grandest figure of the western world.
 We derive our first and often our most accurate impressions of charac- ter from the face. A good face usu- ally accompanies a good character.
 Figures do not lie." and every face has it's figure As l see reflected in the faces before me the strong and
 worthy character of Arizona citizen ship. I wonder if we may not go d step further. and read in the majestic topography of Arizona hint of what her character as a sovereign state ought to be. Many of you have climb
 ed to the summit of the San Fran cisco mountains. those towering peaks which hold intending vigil at Arizonas northern gates. You will never forget the transcendent beauty of the scene nor lose the impression of its strength and grandeur. To the cast and north the flashing color of the Painted Des- ert spreads as the ruins of a sublime mosaic. leading up to the deep blue of the mountains beyond. Turning a little to the left. the undulations Of the great Coconino forest stand out from the surrounding plain like a car
 pet dropped from the halls Of Para
 disc. and. just beyond, the far distant wall of the mighty Grand Canyon shows its changing tints. seeming to reflect the changing moods of the con queror of Cibola looking dov.n from the bulwark of his stronghold upon the land he had won with his sword and pike. or, like perhaps, that noun tain piece of Dante's Paradise, disrupt to an hundred hills like these in fall ing from the skies" To the south, the panorama of the hills. plains and val leys. vast mountains rising from the boundle2s breadths. and here and there The bright fields of verdure waving as the deserts token of surrender to the
 rrigating ditch and the husbandman. And. far beyond the limits of vision, float phantoms of Imagination. in whose vaporous robes appears the magic transformation of the great Salt River valley. with the perfume of its fruits and flowers, the plenteous sym bols of peace and plenty. and silvery lines representing the rivers fed by floods and springs. And so on. miracle following mirage. and mirage eclipsed by reality. until the mind is lost in wonder as fancy is lost in following the labyrinthine Colorado. The hori zon of phantasy pauses at the Mexi- can line. outdone by stern fact. As eloquent Mark Smith once said. it is indeed "a land of sunshine and sil- yer: land where every farmer makes his own rain. where the rewards of industry are as unerring as the de- crees of God: a land where Vsnder treads on beaLty's heels and riches rush to meet the earnest seeker: a land whose resources are as varied as the prismatic lights and splendors which bathe her sunsets in resplendent glory"
 These rugged features. softened by touches of exceeding beauty. are na lures marks of lofty character In these we read the decree of the Gre ator that the land shall be the abode of those whose qualities of mind and body are in keeping with their en- that it shall be peopled by the brave and the fair and the strong; that here he has left to be wrought out a work so vast and wide that only the resolute and inVincible may at