Arizona republican., 1910-09-03
Democratic Reports Of Hr.
 HtChg0ck's Aspirations AN AMUSING INCIDENT
Says Postmaster General, of His Latest Visit of Many to Arizona. He Has Other and More I'm portant Business.

Tucson. Sept. -(SpeciaD-The Tucson Citizen says today: When Postmaster General Hitchcock was requested today by Citizen reporter tions in Arizona as he found them he politely but firmly declined to comment in any way on the consti- tutional campaign.
 T am glad you have asked me the question however" he replied, for it gives me an opportunity to speak of the great pleasure l derived from my annual outings in Arizona since I began coming to the territory years ago. My present vacation here does net differ from that of previous years although it happens to occur at a time when the people of the territory are choosing their delegates to the constitutional convention that will frame an organic law which l doubt not will commend itself to the president and to congress. When I come to Arizona for my annual va cation next year I hope 1t will be to visit a state instead of a territory
 "One of the amusing incidents of my present trip has been the report set afloat by some of my democratic friends that I am candidate for United States senator from Arizona
 T cannot imagine that the authors of the rumor take it any more se- riously than those who read of it in the democratic newspapers or that anyone will be surprised by my statement that I am not candidate for senator or for any other office.
 T expect to continue as postmaster general throughout the remainder of this administration and it is my am bition before it's close to place the postal service on a self-sustaining basis for the first time in its his tory.
 The unprecedented reduction of eleven and one-half millions of dol lars accomplished during the last year in the postal deficit has en- coraged me to believe that within the next year or two the entire de- ficit can be wiped out and to that end my earnest efforts will be di- rected.
 Furthermore the organization of a postal savings system for the United States which has been begun under my administration of the department and in which President Taft is so deeply interested is a task of tre- mendous importance and one which am ambitious to complete during my term as postmaster general. Plans for the introduction of the system are rapidly nearing comple- ton and actual banking operations will commence at an early date. Dur ing the coming year the service will be exterded as rapidly as possible throughout the United States. In my opinion not one of the important measures thus far enacted in Presi- dents Taft's administration, will prove to be more widely popular or more generally beneficial in it's ef- feet than the postal saving law. Tn the case of both the postal sav- ings and the statehood laws. the Taft administration has been sue cessfuI in securing the passage of much desired legislation which for many years has been sought in vain from congress. I am gratified. to find that the people of Arizona ap- preciate so fully what President Taft in the face of great obstacles has accomplished for them in the matter of statehood"
 Postmaster General Hitchcock aft CT visiting a few days in southern Arizona will start on his horseback trip to Fort Apache and through the White mountain region where he expects to spend the last week of his vacation in Arizona.