The Arizona sentinel., 1910-06-23
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL
 MONDAY
GREAT REJOICING ALL
 OVER TERRITORY
All Honor Delegate Ralph
 Cameron
Arizona is at last a State.

Arizona is at last State.
 The Beveridge Senate bill ad- mitting this territory and New Mexico into the Union, passed by the Senate last Thursday and by the House on Saturday, on Monday acquired the approving signature of President William H. TafI, to whose firm insistence and the hard and intelligent work of Congressman Ralph Cameron the passage of the measure is chiefly due and is now a law.
 When constitution shall have been adopted by the people of Arizona and endorsed by the President and Congress, a new star representing the State of Arizona will be added to the flag, and the sister. commonwealth of New Mexico will be awarded a second one.
 While it was beyond accomp- lishment to suit every citizen of Arizona respecting the procedure of formulating and perfecting a state government, the voices lifted against statehood itself are few and obscure and unworthy of needing. The great mass of the residents of Arizona rejoice at this close hand casting off of the garments of infanti!e depend ence and are eager to consum- mate the framing of independent and creative state government a government composed of men whose interests are irrevocably identified with the prosperity and development of Arizona and who thoroughly understand the char acter and needs of her resources and industries. Conjointly they hold in grateful remem brance the names of those who have been instrumentalin in securing for them this boon.
 When Ralph Cameron was conducting his campaign for congress two years ago he told the voters of Arizona, frankly and confidently, that if he did not secure statehood for Arizona during his term of office, if elect ed; he would not come back to them for further political favors. He pledged himself to devote every earnest effort at his con- mand to put the measure through. How thoroughly and splendidly he has kept this pledge needs no dilation. The name of Cameron is forever linked with the history and advancement of Arizona. It is fortunate for the people of Arizona that the statehood bill is so framed as to keep Cameron in Congress until the last iota of the admission programme is carried out; and when the task is completed, when statehood is au accomplished achievement and he shall come back to us for compensating and higher politi- cal honors, he shall not receive ungrateful negligence.
 What d contrast the brilliant, briehy-acbieving record of Cam eron is to the twenty years of futile, if not pretentious work of Mark Smith!
 Once again, too, President Taft has demonstrated his sin cerity, capacity and power in redeeming his pledges to the people of the nation, the terrlto- ries, and to the Republican party. One by one his chosen measures of legislation have been adopted by Congress, not the least of them being statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. It is to be hoped that the territories will be admitted in such time that the citizens thereof may have the privilege of voting for Taft for second term in the Presidents chair.
 The constitution and the choOs- | ing Of the first State administra-