Arizona republican., 1911-09-21
TERRITORIAL
 REPUBLICANS Their Conference Was 8
 Political JoyIest
  WAS A RIOT OF HARMONY
Day Spent in Comparing Notes on Party Condi- tions in the Counties and Preparing for Nomina- tion of Full Ticket.

I. .Nf
 body saw them. or if they were seen
 they passed for republicans. for
 everybody looked like republican
 and most of them talked that way
 And most of them were from outside
 of Phoenix, for the Phoenix rcpub-
 llcans were busy performing the func-
 tions of host All Arizona seemed to
 be represented, and The two words
 harmony" and enthusiasm" were the
 kcynotes of the day The gentlemen
 We're gathered for a territorial con
 terence and they had it without T
 ripple of unplcaSantncSs in any 0Iar
 ter. At the outset there was men.
 ton by one or another of the many speakers of the day of the desirabil- lty of getting together" but the sug- Seston was not well received It was made apparent instantcr that the re- publican party of Arizona had already
 got together
 There were old party war horses and new party champions in evidence from every part of Arizona. They came down from the shadow of the san Franciscos and up from the Mexican line; from the lemon groves of Yuma, the mines of Gila. Pima and Cochise. the ranges of Apache and Navajo and the mesquite thick cts of the northwest A committee of plain clothes men searched every visitor with a mental N-ray. and not a hatchct was found in the whole cr"Wd-not even Barlow jack-knife sharp enough to cut the cuticle of the most thin-skinned partisan. And that was the secret of the enthuSi- asm. IL was bubbling and cffer- vescent, and, like the spring of perch nial youth, it was natural. There was nothing artificial nothing due to the oratory or other compounds of the political alchemists There is no mistaking that it was a glorious talk fest, but that was the result and not the cause. The first state election is at hand and the republican party assembled for the single purpose of fighting democrats and planning a victory
 The business of the day began at an early hour when platoon of automobiles met Delegate Ralph Cam eron, the big guest of the day. at the Santa Fe depot, and with an in- spring hurrah. wheeled him to his | rooms at the Ford hotel. and a little later to the MelcZer hall, where the | territorial conference was to be held | It was called to order a little after | 10 o'clock by Albert Sames. chairman | of the territorial central committee l (rnNarnnr Sloan fg an address. He made ringing | speech. in which he gave the praise | due to Delegate Cameron and the | republican party for the great boon | of statehood which had been secured | for Arizona after all these years of | waiting. and in spite of every pos sible stumbling block that could be | placed by the democratic politicians | in the way of crediting such a vic | tory where it properly belongs. The l governor also referred to his procla- mation. issued yesterday, calling the | first state election, which it is sin cerely hoped will result in we'll earned republican success.
 Delegate Cameron was called upon, | and his appearance was the signal | for a magnificent ovation. Mir. Cam eron did not make an extended | speech, but he made a good one: just a simple recital of his attitude and the facts in the case. He had promised statehood when he asked for election to congress. He had full filled his promise. For that he claimed no reward, as he had only done his duty. but it did give him clear conscience and a satisfied feel ing to he able to say that he had made good, in again facing his con stituency.
 The next event was the holding of a session patterned very much after the order of the Methodist class meeting There was a report of con- ditiOns by some member of the cen tral committee from every county represented, and all were represented except Greenlee and Graham. most of them by big delegations. The pro ceedings were open. however, and not confined to members of the com mittee, the hall being filled to ca pacity. Each of the speakers told of glittcring republican prospects in his county. the speakers and the counties they represented being as follows: J. l.. Hubbell of Apache; Percival Lowell of Coconino: I. S Williams of Co- chise: Judge F. w Lewis of Gild; Smith of Navajo; J. C. Adams of Maricopa; w. r. Cooper of Pima; | Frank McCrary of Pinal; Allan T. Bird of Santa Cruz: Robert F.. Mor- rison of Yavapai; T. D. Molloy 0f Yuma; Judge Blakely of MohavC; Hoval A. Smith, former chairman of the central committee and candi- date for senator. and F. M. Murphy of Prescott, were both called upon and made telling addresses. The meeting then adjourned until o'cldck.
 on reassembling. with Chairman Sames presiding, Kirke T. Moore was made secretary of tEc m eting, and