Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-02-15

ana bowed to them. Score after score
hundreds after hundreds of them pass
ed. kcepink step TO their drummers.
Again stusents-from the St Mary's
school, cacn wearing a sash made %
the red the white and the blue. A
the Youngsters passed the stand. they
uncovered and bobbcd their hads at
the governor.
! An unimDosing, somewhat struggling
column ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the
Spanish Am -rican war Only sixteen
! of them H. line. but, now and then. as
they marched. bursts of applause
greeted them as people remembered
those javS back in rs when Arizona.
he territory. sent her Young blood into
the fever r:Cden swamps of Cuba to
! uphold IN" cause of humanity for
{ which the United States was battling.
4 carriage came neNt-a covered
carriage-carrying a dozen gray haired
! Lut enthusiastic old gentlemen.
Rah FOR the governor" cried one
leaning far out and shaking his flag
at the reviewing stanl
C. \ r" asked some one.
other side" replied someone else.
And then they cheered the men who
had fought Tor lost cause half cen
Jury ago.
The Grand Army men followed tho
old Confederate soldiers. They. too.
rode in carriages. and they uncovered
With a patriotic sparkle in their eyes
as they chccred the new state officers
and the ola territorial admrnistra-
tors.
More music-the Pioneers Band.
this time. and in its wake marched the
T9en .. organized labor. Their i'm
mense banner headed this section Of
the parade. and behind it marched five
hundred workers who wore the union
badge. The back bone. of progress
labor-the men who build cities and
counties and states, and as they
marched past their new chief execu-
tive they looked at him with pride:
pride. it seemed. in him. in their state
and in themselves. They waved their
hats and. row and then. someone let
out an enthusiastic ''yipi"
The fire department. came next and
after the apparatus. Sheriff Jeff
dams AMI Probation Officer Vernon
Clerk. mounted. The crowds cheered
these two. The people like 'em.
Another band. and then the fraternal
orders. Tie uniform rank, X. p. sa-
luting as obey passed the stand. The
Rcd Men. dressed in eXtrava CANT In
dian costumes. beating tom toms. car
wing their knives and war clubs. The
LOYAL Order Of Moose. the knights of
Columbus. a float sent out by the Fra
ternal Brotherhood and the Elks fol-
lowed i'm the order named.
And then the coming statesmen-the
Phoenix union high school boys. A
hundred 81 them were in the van. all
mounted. carrying an abundance Of
Colors. Their float was hauled after
the mounted youths. on it sat young
men disguised as students-no joke
: hey had their senior. their under
classmen. their grind. and above
them. ensonCed on a wobbly throne
rode a male queen of love and beauty.
Not much on the beauty. to be sure,
but immensely enjoyed nevertheless.
Chief OF Police Johnny Moore head
81 the final section. You could tell il
was joining. because. all along the line
the people called him by name. ami
Johnny WIS forced to devote so much
time To 0oHing in Acknowledgement of
the greetings that he couhl scarcely
frlfill his duties as an aide to the mar
shall of the day.
The most elaborate float of the pro-
C5ssion came next 1t bore forty eight |
Young ladies'. all dressed in white. rep
r~senting til" states Of the union Each !