Weekly journal-miner., 1911-11-01

of the republican party for the com ing first state campaign for Arizona was planted in the nomination of
 candidates for the various congress
 sional, state and county offices, and
 at noon today when the train came
 in bringing our distinguished guests
 who are with us tonight-they being part of the seed that has been plant ed-a bountiful and abundant rain : fell upon them like a benediction and
 started the growth of the republican campaign with these candidates, and
 we trust and believe that that rain
 will bring forth good fruit and that
 the candidates upon whom it fell, and all other candidates of the re-
 publican party in this campaign, will
 develop, with flower and blossom into | republican success on election day,
 the 12th day of December here in
 Arizona. (Applause).
 It is hardly necessary for me to
 say that, in the capacity of chair
 man, it will not be my duty to do
 much talking. In fact, you have heard me talk so often and so ire
 quently that I begin to think you are tired of it, but tonight I wish to say that We are on the eve of a history making era for Arizona. Tonight we | fire the first gun in the first state campaign for Arizona. As republic ans of this territory, we are glad that we are here tonight and that you are with us. We are glad that the re- publican party has a history of which we are all proud. We are glad that we have a good president of the United States, President Taft. (Ap- plause). We are glad that we are here tonight because we have with us the men who have, at least as much as other men in Arizona, been successful in the great strife for statehood for this good Territory of CUTS. (Applause). And we open the campaign with the utmost confidence that the people of this territory, when they have heard the arguments and the issues that will be presented during this campaign, will say, as it has been said ever since the days of 1861, that the republican party stands for education, for elevation of the masses, for the welfare of the peO- pie, and for progression as it comes in proper shape along the years. Knowing these things and believing confidently in them, I will proceed { to introduce to you the various can didates and persons who will address ! you, and desire to say that we have one or two with us who are not can didates that will probably say a | word.
 1 believe that It is right and prop CT that on this occasion the program i should begin by hearing from our fellow townsman who is the republic an candidate for governor of this new state. (Applause). It is unneces- sary to mention his name in this community; only necessary to re- mind you all of the fact that he is the dean of the pioneers of this ter ritory, that he is a devoted father and husband, that he is an honest, | upright citizen, that he is an able | judge, that he has been a just judge and that, before all things, he opens this campaign at the request of the other candidates who are with us here in his home town; so that we as his fellow citizens can pay to him the respect and the honor that his long and honorable life in this com munity entities him to. (Applause). I take pleasure in introducing Judge Wells.
 Judge Wells was greeted with an amount of enthusiasm which appar- ently overwhelmed him and for a he stood silently gazing up- on the upturned faces of his friends The Judge then made the following 
 Judge Wells.
 FWere it not for the experience of the past few weeks I would be over- come by these flattering remarks but am becoming hardened by two weeks of campaigning.
 ''I want to extend my sincere thanks to the. people of Yavapai for their vote at the primaries and want to say that the message reached me in