Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-10-30

Following my service as the last
 delegate from the territory of Ari- zona at Washington, during which l
 was successful in winning for Ari-
 zona the long-sought boon of state
 hood, and my failure of election to
 the United States senate at the first
 statehood election, by less than a thousand votes, had thought to re- tire to private pursuits and not again seek to represent you at the national capitol. l had some large enterprises here in Arizona which wanted to get under way and really welcomed the opportunity given to devote my time to them.
 False Hopes Built Up
 And so, for nearly nine years now, l have been private citizen, watch ing and waiting with you for the big things we had hoped to get at Wash ington after entering into the sister hood of states, with two full-fledged United States senators and repre- sentative in congress, where we had delegate with no vote before. had pictured in my minds eye, great rec lamation projects on the Gila and Lit tie Colorado, great power projects on the Colorado, supp lying cheap power to our wonderful valleys such as the Gila, the Santa Cruz, the Casa Grande and the Sulphur Spring and many others. 1 had pictured monumental public buildings at Tucson and Globe, for which had secured building sites, while delegate in congress, as well as at Nogales, our largest port ot entry, and in other cities of our rapidly growing state. had looked forward to the restoration of a substantial part of those vast areas tied up In Indian reserves to the public domain, with the development of our state ana the civilization of our Indian tribes. I had looked forward to great many other ways in which paternal gov ernment could assist in the develop ment of her most promising bapy state. the third largest in the Cnion' the greatest mining state, producing thirty per cent of the copper Tn the world, besides her precious, metals containing within her confines tne most wonderful valleys with the oreatest agricultural possibilities m the land. the largest belt of stanolng t;n,her in America, and in the Grano Canyon, the greatest potentlalltles TOT tha development of power on the globe without in any way lmpalIlhs B. scenic features of that greatest or the worlds wonders.
 '''0 Benefits Still Far Away
 All of these benefits you ana have looked forward to for nine year now but we have waited for them Ill vain and with our present represeh- tation at Washington, they, seem ho nesrer than when we were admitted So the IJnion: in fact, they appear tarth- er away. for we had high hopes tneh' Our Senators themselves extend no hope. They tell us that mans ser vice at Washington is not to pc meas ,,s+ ured by what he gets for Arizona, out hv his service to the nation. Ii they mean by this sticking by the presl- dent at all cost, and that IS to De the measure of success, then they are ooth heroes and should be sent back.
 How Statehood Was Won
 I confess, my friends, that when you in Washington, l fegaro- ed the duty 1 owed to get something for my state as the highest and my loyalty to the administration as sec ondary. l admit that so many were the things to be gotten for Arlzona and so absorbed did 1 become in the fight that 1 had very little time to give to national questions ana these I left for heads wiser and more than mine. l really 1eiI that 1 had been sent there as busl- ness agent for this great corporation of ours and instead of endeavorlng to shine through glittering discourses on national subjects, l went to work on the floor, endeavoring to win friends for Arizona, to make an investment of influence, to educate my colleagues on the possibilities of our common wealth and on what statehood would mean to it. Of my success you well know. In little over year had put the statehood bill through both the house and senate, it was signed by the president, and after years of futile effort by my opponent in 19Oo and my opponent now, 1 had won it in single term. 1 do not claim that I won the victory by statesman ship. That may be the forte of the present senators, but it is not my line. I simply changed the system of my opponent. That fight was won by tireless energy and hard work and l do claim to possess the one and A capacity for the other.
 No Better Than Territory
 As 1 have said, we have for nine long years waiting in vain for our to really land something
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