Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-02-14

STAR Of FLAG
Proclamation That Makes
Arizona a State Issued
by President
HUNTS B0MBAST|C SPEECH
Charlatan or Demagogue, He
Prates Sonorous Nothings
to the People.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 14.-As the
White House clocks were striking 10,
President Taft today signed the proc
lamation admitting Arizona to the
Union. He used gold pen which is
to be given to Postmaster General
Hitchcock.
There vol are" said the President
| as he signed the last document.
In signing the proclamation, Presi-
dent Taft added the forty-eighth star
to the flag, and brought within the
ssterhood Of states, the last bit of
| territory, except the District of Co.
lumbia, within the confines of conti-
mental United States.
Moving Picture Machines.
| To perpetuate the scene, there were
| three moving picture machines in the
Presidents office for the first time in
history, and half dozen photographers
lined up with them on either side of
his desk. AS he signed the proclama-
tion and its duplicate and the other
necessary papers, the click of shut
ters and the whirr of the picture ma
chimes marked time with the scratch
ing of the pen.
The crowd in the Gffce was unusi:-
! ally large even for such an event and
included, besides officers of the nAw
| state and government officials, a
score or more Arizonans who had
travelled all the way to Washington.
Sloan to Be Federal Judge.
After the signing it was announced
that the President would send the
nomination of Richard E. Sloan. for
mer governor of Arizona, to be Unit
ed States District Judge for the new
state, to the Senate.
Wild Outburst of Enthusiasm.
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. IA flash by
telegraph from Washington that Pres
ident Taft had signed the proclama,
ton of admission was the signal TO:
a wild outburst of enth lsiasm from
| thousands of citizens of the new
state, who gathered at the capital fol
the inaugural. The plea of Governor
EIunt for u quick, quiet ceremony was
forgotten. The air was rent by Wild
shouts and yells, the shrieking OF
whistles, and the heavy report OF
| bombs.
/ Governor of Indiana at Inauguration
Governor Thomas f. Marshall of In
! diana arrived today to attend the in
auglral. He was on the stand with
Governor Hunt when Chief Justice
Kent administered the oath of office
Bryan Also There.
William Jennings Bryan, who came
to the Capital with Governor Hunt
yesterday, remained in seclusion until
after the parade insisted on by the
citizens, when he delivered an address
to 5000 or more persons in the city
hall plaza.
Taft Sends Congratulations.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 14-Presi
dent Taft today sent the following
telegram to Territorial Governor
Sloan: 81 have this morning signed
the proclamation declaring Arizona
to be state of the Union. I congrat
ulate the people of this, our newest
commonwealth, upon the realization
o. their long cherished ambition. Best
wishes to the retiring and the incom
ing officials
Sloan Like Pope Will Be Fought.
Confirmation of Governor Sloan's
nomination as judge will be fought by
Democratic senator's, it is said or
: complaint of Arizona Democrats, who
claim that the governor was not il
sympathy with the Arizona constitu
tion, and especially opposed the recall
OF judges.
Jeffersonian Simplicity.
Phoenix, Arizona, February IA
With western simplicity, known else
where in matters official as "Jefferso
nian," George w. P. Hunt was inalg
urated as the first state governor O.
Arizona today A few hours earlier
in the day, word had come by tele
gram from Washington that Presiden
Taft had signed the proclamation ad
mitting Arizona, the last of the terri
tories on the contiguous soil and th1
forty eighth state.
No Military Display.
In the ceremonies attendant upo
the birth of the state and the Undue
ton into office of it's first executive
the military was conspicuous by it
absence, for the new governor i
averse to ostentation. There was bu
a meager display of even silk hat
and frock coats, which invaded Ari
zona only a few years ago.
Began Life as Waiter.
Accompanied by number of tn.
newly elected state officers and a fe,
close friends, Governor Hunt, VIII
began life as waiter in a small mir
ing camp restaurant at Globe, Wake,
to the Capitol, which stands JUS
about mile from the center of tn
city, out broad Washington street be
tween unbroken lines of palms. Whel
: the governor and his escort al
rived, the lawn and flower-line
walks of the Capitol grounds wer