Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-02-15
Panoramic Procession OF
Admission Day Events
Evokes Enthusiasm
of People.
HUGE PARADE
WAS FEATURE
Merrymaking Extended Far
Into Night and Closed
with Inaugural Ball
Held on Streets.

The forty-eighth star has been
planted IN the blue field of old
Glory
More with complacency than with
enthusiasm Phoenix celebrated the
event The city was crowded. to be
sure. hundreds came long distances
to see the governor take the oath Of
office and t. shake his hand at the
evening reception. But it was not a
boisterous. din-creating crowd. The
spirit was there. true enough, but II
took the form OF contentment rather
than a glad frenzy.
\ few minutes after O'Clock yes
terday morning a telegraph operator
received the message from Washing
ton for which Arizona has waitd over
thirty vears--ever since those days
when the old men OF the Indian fight
ing generation dreamed dreams of
statehood From that time until
midnight the first Admission Day was
celebrated.
The principal events were the IN
snlZIT1tI0D. lIt AfillllSSltlA heA- -
rade and the reception AT the Hotel
Adams last night The spectacular
feature of the day-the street dance
did not quite come up To eXpecta-
tions. due partly to the indispOsitlon
of the crowd and again. To the un-
fortunate placing of the band in a
position that made il impossible TO
hear clearly on the street below.
II was estimated by the police that
from five To eight thousand outsiders
visited the city yesterday Some ar
rived the night before. but the early
hours of wednesday saw the bulk
Of them come into Phoenix Some
walked: many "a rancher threw a leg
over his cayuse and rode into the
city. They came on buckbOards and
by wagon loads. by rail and by au-
tom0bile BY the time the announce
ment Of the singing Of the statehood
proclamation 10y President Taft was
made. the down town streets We're
alive with the amusement-seeking
crowd.
Phoenix shut up shop for the day.
and Phoenix decorated. The business
places remaining open We're those
which cater 10 the trade of pleasure
seekers. The rest did no business dur
ing the entire day. The national col
ors were everywhere-in flags. in
bunting: in window decorations and
i'm the decorations on vehicles Au-
tomObile owners made especial ef-
forts to flaunt the red. white and
blue Scores of cars were driven
about the streets all day long. from
which nuttered flags and pennants.
streamers and well arranged bunting.
Souvenir badges We're worn by thou
sands
The telegram which announced that
the chief executive Of the United
states had affixed his sigma ture to
the document which proclaims the
death of Arizona. the territory, and
the birth of Arizona. the state was
greeted by the ringing of bells and
the explosion of A few fireworks
The great enthusiasm which greeted
the news of the adoption of the
state constitution was not revived.
That. of course was the last step
toward the ultimate end desired and.
once accomplished. the final fact
became almost certainty.
However. Arizona drew breath of
relief when that dispatch arrived yes
terday. \ new presence seemed To
exist There was a new happiness. a
rev oridc--a factor that had never
been apparent under the territorial
government ~ was Statehood-the
forty-efghrb star at last
And 81 the interest centered ON
the one man of the hour-Cieorge ".
p. Hunt. first governor of the last
state admitted from the domain OF
the Union as il stood at the close
Of the civil war. About the Ford
hotel gathered the new OfficehOlders.
the political wiseaCres and the mere
~ curious. The time passed slowly
for some. swiftly for others. But
the hour came Mr.. Hunt. the citizen.
walked out Washington street To be
come Mr. Hunt. the governor. and
statehood seemed even more firmly
established than before.
The hundreds who did not see the
Inauguration were on the streets
shortly afterward The parade. due
| to start az tN' % tioth. was on tlht
and the celehrators had not long to
wait when once they had selected the
vantage point from which they
viewed the procession.
| As the first report of the forty eight
gun salute sounded from city hail pla-
"a Captain wilcox. of the national
guard headed the parade into Wash
| ington street from Third avenue. The
street was thronged with Cnlookers
The crowd jammed dOorways cf stores
packed benches or any other elevated
devices. o.crflowed the sidewalk and