Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-08-19
TELLS OHIO PEOPLE
OF HIS HOMELAND
GENERAL SIMPSONS ADDRESS AT
HARVEST HOME PICNIC.
Chairman of Meeting Presents Him
With Senatorship Boomlet.

A copy of the Gazette OF Jefferson.
Ohio, has been received, containing an
account of the Harvest Home picnic
at Hartsgrove. ONO. at which General
A. }. Sampson of Phoenix was one of
the principal speakers. As usuSal the
general devoted a large part of his
speech to telling his audience aoout Ar
iona and its many advantages. The
story of the proceedings follows:
The Hartsgrove Harvest Home picnic
rivaled all former picnics. The Wind
sOr gathering of a week before of an
immense throng of people at Warmers
Hollow did not hurt it Hartsgrove
went 10 Windsor and Windsor went to
Hartgrove and the crowd and the sun
smiled on both.
At Hartsgrove the ball game in the
forenoon woS the center of attraction
and resulted to i'm favor Of Ash
tabula county as against Geauca. The
Ashtabula players included five from
Ashtabula City, two. Bell and Jenkins.
from jefferson. Ray Case pitched We
did not hear the result Of tho after
noon game between Trumhull and
Hartsgrove. After the picnic dinner
the crowd, at the call of the West
Chardon band. which includes four la
dies and is an excellent land. gathered
u listen To speeches and music The
Fowler boys quartette sang many
songs To the delight of the audience.
and Master Fowler, six years old,
greatly pleased everybody with solo.
There are five of these brothers and
they all have fine voices.
f. L. LampsOn. chairman. introduced
as the first speaker Gen. A. J. Samp-
son, of Phoenix. Arizona, who has been
minister and envoy to ECUADOR for
nine or ten years. Gen. Sampson was
born in Harrison county. Ohio. and
married an Ashtabula county girl. The
chairman. while reader in the national
house of representatives often met Gen.
Sampson in Washington. who some
times came there in behalf of the ad-
mission of Arizona into the union.
Their acquaintance and friendship ex-
tends back for twenty years and Mr..
LampsOn expressed the hope that he
might yet have the pleasure Of seeing
Gen. Sampson in Washington as a Uni
ted States senator from Arizona.
For half hour Gen. Sampson held
the rapt attention Of the large audi
ence of many thousand people. At
times he had them convulsed with
laughter, while at other times charmed
them with thoughts eloquently pre-
scented. He is a captivating speaker.
His address viii long be remembered
by that immense gathering. all of whom
gave him the closest attention through
out and a hearty cheer at the close Of
his speech.
The general took occasion to tell the
audience of the glories Of Arizona. of
the farming industries. Of irrigation and
of the climate, the best in the United
States. for winter in Phoenix and other
sections and i'm the summer in the
mountain towns or camps.
The next speaker was Hon. T c
Laylin. master of the state grange. Mr.
Laylin is a brother Of Hon. L. {. lay
lin. eX-secretary OF state and the chair
man in presenting Mr.. Laylin called at
tention to the fact that % years ago
his brother had nominated the chair
man for speaker of the Ohio house Of
representatives. Mr.. Laylin is an easy
and fluent talker and was listened to
for half an hour with great interest
and referred to the work it had ac-
cOmpllshed in behalf Of rural life He
said that rural delivery of mail had