Arizona republican., 1911-09-21

distinction of being a republican who
 was elected to office by handsome
 majority in a democratic county His
 remarks last night were listened to
 with pleasure and he proved himself
 a fearless and a forcible speaker. The
 burden of his remarks was an insis- tence that the men who are first elect
 ed to office in the state of Arizona shall be men who are not merely good 1 fellows. but men who have done and
 can do things: men in whom the peo-
 pie may place confidence for future achievements by a careful judging of
 their past. To give a specific illustra- tion he recalled the promises made in lbehalf of Ralph Cameron three years ago and the satisfactory manner in
 which they were fulfilled by that dis
 tinguished citizen. He said he was proud of what had been done for Cam eron in Cochise and of what Cameron had done for Arizona in Washington. An auditor who was evidently seek ing to confuse the speaker just as he | was closing, asked, but not clearly a 'Question concerning the constitution Mir. Williams thereupon made very 1 clear the attitude of the republican party on that question. Whatever it's merits or it's weaknesses it is AriZo- , mas constitution. adopted by her peo- | pie and is the constitution of the re- ! publican party as well as of all other parties. He said in conclusion that | a fundamental doctrine of the repub- | lican party was to abide by the law
 of the land and that any opposition | that might at any time develop against | any law or lead to its changing, is l not done in the interest of the repub- | lien party, but sometimes through it.
 for the benefit of all the people.
 Hon. Isaac T. Stoddard was the next | speaker and devoted himself to a re- cital Of the straightforward. honest
 and fearless fight that the republican party had made for statehood. and how | it had finally been won by the united | efforts of republican influences. aginst the plotting of those whose interests were best served by fostering delay He said that statehood had been fi- nally achieved by the efforts of such men as Cameron and others vho had labored with him fearlessly and fruit fully against great opposition. The honor of the achievement should belong to such men instead of to the dema- gogues who held aloof or sought to claim the victory through a fight that was but a succession of delays that were practically insulting to the very men in whose hands the fate of the territory rested He paid high tribute to many who have worked hard in the years gone by. Statehood was not the achievement of month or a year. he said but was the fight of many years and passing back through the record | he made fitting mention of the efforts | of one who was always foremost fin | the statehood fight. the late Cover | nor Nathan Oakes Murphy.
 Cameron Declares Himself
 Delegate made his bow amid the tu- | mutt of an impressive ovation. When | the noise subsided he said he was | highly apprsciative of the opportun- ity given him to face such grand | gathering and thank the people for their loyal interest in the work that | he had been so assiduOusly engaged | in and for their apparent confidence | in him. He said that when he asked | for their votes in 1908 he stated that | he would secure statehood or he would | never ask for their votes again. Then | he said he had made his pledge good | and he wished to thank the people | for coming out again to look at the fellow who had done the best he could.
 Mir. Cameron made some brief bio- graphical reference to himself. saying | he had been a citizen of Arizona for twenty-nine years. and ended by the bold statement that as he had fulfilled | his promises as delegate, he had no | hesitancy in saving that he aspired |, to the high office of senator. He said !, that he is familiar with the situation I, in Washington, that everybody knows lt the administration will be republican h until 1913, and he feels confident that |. 1t will be for at least four years long lt CT He said he believed that if he was honored by election to the senate he could do more in the next two years for Arizona, than had been done in the last twenty-five years by all the delegates.
 To show that he had fixed and def |, mite ideas as to some things that |, might be done for Arizona, he referred |, to matter very vital to this valley , that of the extension of the time for , the payment to the government of the , cost of the Salt River irrigation pro- ' ject He said that he did not stand |,
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