The Winslow mail., 1920-10-29
To the People of Arizona:

delegate from the territory Of Ari-
zona at Washington, during which I
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 al
thousand votes, had thought to1
retire to private pursuits and not
again seek to represent you at the
national capitol. l had some large
enterprises here in Arizona which II
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,
have been private citizen, watch
ing and waiting with you for the
big things we had hoped to get at
Washington after entering into the
sisterhood of states, with two full
fledged United States senator's and a
representative in congress; where we
I had pictured in my minds eye,
great reclamation projects on the
ella and Little Colorado, great pow
er projects on the Colorado, supply
Ing cheap power to our wonderful
valleys, such as the Gila, the Santa
Cruz, the Casa Grande and the Sui
phur Spring and many others I had
pictured monumental public build
ings at Tucson and Globe, for which
I had secured building sites, while
delegate in congress, as we'll as at
NogaIes, 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
Han tribes. I had looked forward
O great many other ways in which
paternal government could assist
the development of her most prom
g baby state, the third largest in
ri n, the greatest mining state,
ug thirty FER cent Of the cop
er ii IL world, besider her precious
etals, containing within her con-
mes, the most wonderful valleys
ith the greatest agricultural pos
Utilities in the land, the largest belt
{ standing timber in America, and
in the Grand Canyon, the greatest
potentialitios for the development Of
power on the globe without in any
way imparing 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 in Washington, they
seem no nearer tn an when we were
admitted to the Union; in fact, they
appear farther away, for we had high
hopes then. Our senator's themselves
extend no hope. They tell us that
mans service at Washington is not
to be measured by what he. gets for
Arizona, but by his service to the ma
ton. If they mean by this sticking
by the president at all cost, and that
is to be tho measure of success, then
they are both heroes and should be
sent back.
How Statehood Was Won
l confess, my friends, that when
l served you in Washington, I re-
garded the duty I owed to get some
thing for my state as the highest and
my loyalty 70 the administration as
secondary I admit that so many
were the things to be gotten for Ari-
iona and so absorbed did I become
in the statehood fight that I had
very little time to give to national
questions and those 1 left for heads
wiser and more experienced than
mine. I really felt that 1 had been
sent there as a business agent for
this great corporation of ours and
instead Of endeavoring to shine
through glittering discourses on ma
tional subjects, / 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 I 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 1908
and my opponent now, had won
it in a single term I do not claim