The Holbrook news., 1910-07-22

lican delegation will be sent tC
 the constitutional convention.
 In his banquet address Deleg-
 ate Cameron made a short but
 telling talk. He told of his ap-
 preciation at beingthere, saying
 he was enjoying a pleasure that
 could never come to any. other
 delegate from Arizona and he was
 proud of the fact, that he is the
 last delegat to serve the territory.
 He hoped also to be able himself
 at no distant day.. to vote for a
 president, a pleasure he has
 never had. Then he paid a glow
 ing tribute to President Taft, who
 he said was the greatest president
 the country ever. had and as
 president had accomplished more
 than any other in carrying out
 his party's pledges and in do-
 ing things that were not pledged.
 Speaking of his own record he
 said he had tried to serve the peo-
 pie of the territory diligently re- gardless of party attilation,
 knowing no partisanship in his official duty and being proud, to serve the best people in the world. On the subject of the con- stitutional convention he appeal ed to the people to have in view in the selection of their delegates, the best interest of the whole territory. Select delegates who will make a good constitution, a constitution that will meet the approval of the Washington pow CTS. He said that in his cam paign he had promised statehood for Arizona and had made good. When the bill passed congress he promised that body that Ari- zona would demonstrate her abil- ity to formulate proper govern ment for herself, and he now wants to make good with con gress. Incidentally in his remarks he spoke of many things the new state would need and asked how it hoped to get them except through the republican party, which is now in power and which he predicted would remain in power.
 Governor Sloan spoke extem- proaneously and briefly. First addressing himself to his hosts he said he thaught itentirely ftt- ing that the foremost republic an club of Arizona should be in | charge of the celebration, first because of it's own standing and then because the statehood bill | had been passed by republican congress and signed by a republi- can president. He said he was not so narrow and bigoted as to believe that another party might not have done the same thing if it had the opportunity, but the republican party had made it's solemn pledge in 1908 that it would give the territory statehood and had elected a president who believed in the fulfllment of party pledges.
 Bringing up the subject of tie responsibilities that now face the people of Arizrna, the first of which is the making of a consti- tuution. the governor said:
 With the opportunity which statehood presents, come the re- responsibilities upon the citizens of this territory which it involves. talk to you therefore, as citizens rather than as republicans. The first of these responsibilities we are to meet concerns the doingl of something which will have an effect on the people of the terri tory for ages to come. We must lay the foundation of our new state. Now nany people speak lightly of this thing and seem to think that constitution making is an easv job. I do not think that it is so easy. While I do not think that it is so difficult as to be be-