The Coconino sun., 1920-10-29
To the People of Arizona:

To the People of Arizona:
 Following my service as the last delegate from the territory of Ari- zona at Washington, during which 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, l had thought to retire to private pursuits and not again seek to represent you at the national capital. I had some large enterprises here in Arizona which I wanted to get under way and really welcomed the oportunity given to de- vote 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 rbig things we had hoped to get at Washington after entering into the sisterhood of states, with two full fiedged United States senators and a representative in congress, where we had delegate with no vote before. l had pictured in my minds eye, great reclamation projects on the Gila and Little Colorado, great pow CT projects on the Colorado, supply ing cheap power to our wonderful valleys such as the Gila, the Santa Cruz, the Casa Grande and the Sul- phur Spring and many others. I had pictured monumental public build- -ings at Tucson and Globe, for which l had secured building sites, while delegate in congress, as well as at Nogales, our largest port of entry, and in other cities of our rapidly growing state. I had looked for ward to the restoration of a substan- tial part of those vast areas tied up in Indian reserves to the public do- main, with the development of our state and the civilization of our In- dian tribes. 1 had looked forward to great many other ways in which a paternal government could assist in the development of her promis- ing baby state, the third largest in the Union, the greatest mining state, producing thirty per cent of the cop per of the world, besides her precious metals, containing within her con- fines, the most wonderful valleys with the greatest agricultural possi- bilities in the land, the largest belt of standing timber in America, and in the Grand Canyon, the greatest potentialities for the development of power on the globe without in any way impairing the scenic features of that greatest of the worlds wonders.
 Benefits Still Far Away.
 All of these benefits you and have looked forward to for nine years now, but we have waited for them in vain and with our present representation at Washington, they seem no nearer Union; in fact, they appear farther away, for we had high hopes then. Our senators themselves extend no hope. They tell us that mans ser vice at Washington is not to be meas ured by what he gets for Arizona, but by his service to the nation. If they mean by this sticking by the president at all cost, and that is to be the measure of success, then they are both heroes and should be sent back.
 How Statehood Was Won.
 I confess, my friends, that when 1 served you in Washington, I re- garded the. duty I owed to get some- thing for my state as the highest and my loyalty to the administration as secondary. I admit that so many were the things to be gotten for Ari- Zona and so absorbed did I become in the statehood fight that I had very little time to give to national questions and those I left for heads wiser and more experienced than mine. I really felt that I had been sent there as business agent for this great corporation of ours and in- stead of endeavoring to shine through glittering discourses on national sub jects, went to work on the floor, en- deavoring to win friends for Arizona, to make an investment of influence, to educate my colleagues on the possibil- ities of our commonwealth and on what statehood would mean to it. Of my success youl we'll know. In lit- tie over year. had put the state hood bill through both the house and senate, it was signed by the president, and after years of futile effort by my opponent in 1908 and my opponent now, I had won it in a single term. I do not claim that l won the victory by statesmanship. 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 I do claim to possess the one and capacity for the other.
 No Better Than Territory.
 As I have said, we have for nine long years waited in vain for our sen- ators to really land something worth lafNAEa1