Arizona republican., 1911-08-21
|LET JOY BE.
UNC0NF|NED
Statehood JoIIfiCation on
City Hall Plaza Tonight
SIGNATURE Of PRESIDENT
It Will Be Proclaimed BY
Bells and Whistles In the
Noisiest Manner Possible.
Music and Oratory of the
Statehood Variety.
SIGNATURE OF PRESIDENT

Toot we whistles. ring ye bells
Blow we wild winds blow;
Patriot people, add your yells
And let the wide world know.
When pandemonium breaks loose
some time today, probably well along
in the afternoon. when the whistles
toot the bells ring and the whole
town becomes a good natured rough
house, it need not alarm anybody SER
iously, for IL will only be the method
decided upon TO let everybody know
In the quickest way possible that
President Taft has signed the Smith
Flood statehood resolution, and state
hood has in effect been achieved.
Every good citizen is supposed to be
wearing a smile now and as soon as
he hears the bells and whistles he
will be expected to let out a state
hood yell that will be echoed by
telegraph clear to the Atlantic sea-
board This applies with equal effect
to the so-called radical, progressive
or reactiOnary, as all want statehood
worse than anything else. and the eX-
pected event of the day will signal
iZe the winning Of the greatest of
all Arizona fights, the right to set
tie differences of principle and fac
ton at home. Whatever the breth-
rem may think of the initiative and
referendum, the recall of judges. pro-
.hibition, original sin or the tariff on
.nutmegs, they will be expected to
Keep il to themselves today and join
in the general satisfaction of being
present at the birth of Uncle Sans
youngest, and most promising baby.
The foregoing is the first number
on the program of celebration decided
upon yesterday by the nonpartisan
committee appointed by the board of
trade. This evening there will be a
gorgeous display of red fire and glee-
full music by the Pioneer band while
the populace is gathering on the city
hall plaza to be entertained by some
of the city's most noted spellbinders
regardless of their age. political or re-
ligious affiliations, or their future hope
of office or heaven. Their speeches
will be short and inspiring. There will
be no recriminations and no fence
building, only joyful expression of
their own sentiments and that OF the
populace 1t is to be a glory halle !
lujah meeting and if there be those !
who have canker in their souls and |
jaundiced livers. they are invited to !
go and jump in Salt river. Phoenix |
people have been ripping each other !
up the back on the statehood ques- !
ton for the last twenty years and !
now they propose to have at least one |
good love feast.
The nonpartisan celebration conf |
mittee, as announced Yesterday, con- |
sists of Governor r. f. Sloan. r. A |
Craig, John p. OTme, Geo. p. Billiard. |
Frank Luke, Mayor Lloyd b. Christy. |
Dan McDermott. c. J. McElroy. ].
H. McCIintock. r. s. Goodrich. Chas.
A. Stauffer. L. C. H11, Howard Reed. |
A. C. Baker. Alfred Franklin, Walter /
Bennett. J. L. irwin, DR. J. W. Foss |
These men represent the territorial !
county and city government, the |
board of trade, the reclamation SER
vice, the constitutional convention, |
the statehood league and the pop
ulace generally. and among them can
be found almost any kind of demo-
crat or republican one might be look
ing for.
The meeting organized by the selec
ton of J. p Orme as chairman and |
c. ]. McElroy as secretary. The Sc
curing of the services of the band /
was left to Col. ]. H McClintock
president of the board of trade. as
also was the duty of sending the
telegrams. The question of /
when to celebrate was taken up by
the reading of a message from Dele
gate Ralph Cameron saying that he !
felt sure the president would sign
resolution today. All
present felt sure that he would sign
ii tomorrow il not today and as it
was desirable to let the joy of the |
be known as quickly as pos
sible il was decided to hold the jolli- I,
fication tonight, regardless. One cam
not hold a spontaneous outburst until
it goes to seed.
Next came the matter of letting the
people know and f. L. O'Malley was /
appointed a special subcommittee on
noise. His duties are idicated at the Il
beginning of this story. He is to ar
range for the use OF every noise
making device in town if possible, II
perhaps even the ringing of the fire II
bell.
John p. Orme, chairman of the
a member of the late con-
stitutional convention and member of II
the board of supervisors was decided Il
upon as the proper person to pre-