Arizona republican., 1910-06-19


statehood bill. Your efforts are deep
ly appreciated by all Arizonians.
VERNON L. CLARK.
Chairman Ratification Committee.
Acting Governor Young also sent To
President Taft, Governor Sloan. Sena-
tor Beveridge former Senator Foraker.
Congressman Hamilton, Delegate
: Cameron and Frank Hitchcock, the
following telegram:
Arizona sends you cordial greeting
and assures you YOU will not soon be
f, forgotten for your efforts in behalf Of
| statehood
The meeting was presided over by
| Vernon l.. Clark, chairman of the jol-
! lificatiOn committee, and most clev-
erly did he carry out the sentiment Of
the program. The subjects assigned
I to the speakers were all suggestive of
joke i'm some quarter. Each speaker
understood and in his response devoted
the first half of his talk TO a humor
Gus treatment of the matter in hand,
each like a good sport, accepting the
| jibe at himself in the wording of the
subject. But each before he had fin
! ished became serious in his remarks
| concerning the real moment of the oc-
casion. and dropped a word of studied
counsel on the serious side of his sub
! ject 1t was not an occasion for too
much sober philosophy nor the hour
for the exploitation of men and parti-
! sanship. 1t was purely and solely a
! Qualification in which all Arizona both
I felt and acting as one soul and with
! single purpose Of being good and
therefore being happy.
Theb and stand on the plaza was
gaily decorated. its front adorned by a
large picture of Delegate Cameron,
with the picture of President Taft on
one side and former President Roose-
welt on the other.
The first speaker introduced was
Acting Governor George L. Young
whose assigned subject was The Last
of the Line and What VIII We Do for
Governors IN the Future" Mr. Young
treated the subject humorously for o
season. reciting how the VaNous gov
ernors had shaped events Ia perpetuate
themselves in history Then he spoke
of the territorial secretaries i'm order
as far as he could remember or as far
as he could trace from the unnamed
pictures that adorn the walls of the
capitol buildings He intimated that
most of them would be forgotten. but
felt sure of the momory of q few OF
them To whom he referred by incidents
with which his audience was familiar
For himself he said that if his name
was ever likely To be forgotten he
V.1uld like 10 have the people turn To
the files of the upper ella Valley
newspapers and see who and what he
was. Concluding and becoming ser
ious in his remarKs he said the future
governors of Arizona would come out
of Arizona, but he warned the people
of their own responsibility and duty in
their selection. Referring to the state
he said: Have pride i'm the history of
your past and remember no state nor
territory can point to such cleanliness
of government and freeness from graft,
as can Arizona; To our territorial gov
ernOrs belong the chiefest credit May
our future governor under the new.
grand and glorious state, Arizona, ever
keep before them the lesson taught by
their predecessors
Chairman Clark congratulated the
speaker on having so successfully
settled the matter of future governors,
was that of the courts. He said we
had always had good judges as they
had been picked out for us i'm Wash !
ington but now we We're facing u new
order of things and ne called upon
Chief Justice Edward Kent to speak on
The Dangers OF an Elective Judici- |
ary'
Judge Kent said he believed there |
was a motive of deep import behind |
the introduction by the chairman who |
is a democrat. Then he added that he, |
and others, might well repeat the !
words of the gladiators as they |
marched before Caesar just before |
their slaughter: I'VE who are about to |
die. salute YOU" Continuing. he said. |
in part: IF / am to treat the topic |
humorously, | might say as did Tom |
Reed on a memorable occasion, They |
might go further and fare v-orse'-I
think they will" The question is |
that the present supreme court is not
the supreme court of Arizona and |
the present governor is not the gov |
ernor of Arizona but the courts and |
governor are for Arizona. That is |
what we want to remedy AS Touch |
stone said of the bench at his side |
she is a poor thing, an ill-favored |
thing, but my own So the new courts |
whatever they are will be our own. The |
danger to the courts lies in the fact |
that the politicians and not the people |
will select the judges. This should be
avoided by having the judges elected |
at a different time from the election |
of other officers of the territory"
a., IA
BILE for him to talk against the din of |
bursting bombs and make himself |
heard so he closed in few words ex
pressing his delight at the big crowd |
and the humor of everybody and |
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