Arizona silver belt., 1880-08-28
Public Mee1fng.

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 Grant 0ary meeting which was to have taken place lam Saturday evening, ua postponea iii Monday on account of i,1e orable weather. < platform bad beea ereesed next t0 Eaton $ Bailey's store. Aliaie before tlle hotIr appointed
 bonfire was srrted on ille street in front -of the stand. sxyrookets were sent np, and fae stirring noFes of the fife and drum caused the boys to rally. On the veran dab uf the Central Hotel quite 3 large numbsf of ladies were seated lending by tbeir p9escnce a charm that political gath- erines cannot often boast of. In shoTi sisle AIr 0uTy accompanied b Asssrs- afofebead, Klein and Wildly ascended the plstform. Mr Morehead moved that Mr. " .ldrsaet as Chairman. which was anan- imoussg carried. MT. " without any re marks introduced the orator of the esen- ine After defining his position in con- nectson with general politics, he dealt wssh questions affecting territorial inter-
 
 ests. which are of more moment to ns. He seferred to the fact that we had 900 miles Of frontier that was 50 insecnrely guarded tbat very liftle revenue was re. turned from ii, and thonghi sbat Arizona should be 3 separate customs district.
 Referring to tbe Indian question he ssid that. it was fact well known 70 the men of this disfriet that i great deal of gaod mining gronna was wisain the limits of the reservation, and consequently use less to the TeFriio1y. or nation; and wlaile he WIS humanitarian enough not to push the Indian t8 the val, he thought the governments red wards should not be per mi,ted to retard the development of the mineral resources of the country. Agr cultural locations should be and can be found for them
 h connection with Tenitorial officers he said. he was reminded of the fact that the British Colonies which are now q DOT ton of the Unitea states had been used bv the mother country as an asylum to which indigeat and corrupt politieians were sent He claimed that such mode of creating officers was unworthy of this government and should be relegated to the age to which it belongs. Territorial officers must be elected by those most in- terested. the electors themselves.
 Be is opposed to further triaing with the mining laws, and will anfagonize any such movement unless lie believes t win result in the advancement of the material interests Of the prospector and miner Be also wants mint or else two U. s. assay offices thus giving the miners market for bullion near home, and saving risN 2 8expense
 h regard to educational matters lie aid tbat while there was a large number l if children in the Territory, there was ! small number of school houses. The general government he believes, ought to contribute $ literally to Che intellectual advancement of the people here as in the States.
 Want of space prevents our giving any more than bare synopsis of Ar. ourT's speech. He spoke for about an hour and was listened to attentively. He does Iof possess any of the tricks of oratoFy- or f he does, did moi exhibit them. He sim ply made plain speech to plain men At the conclusion of his speech be receiV- ed three cheers and Mr. Wildly vas called for, wllo thanked the audience for tho courtesy and withdrew