Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-24
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
. ulHHS- J- A- WHTTMOEE BROWN X WHITMORE,
 Publishers and Proprietors.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED

THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
 The Territorial campaign opened in v,ttv- county on Friday evening, Sep .suhsr S-h. by rousing ratification netting at Mineral Park The Alta a-.zaaa. of that place, says that it was .ts largest and most enthusiastic meet --- ever witnessed in that county. the .-r-.-hause being filled mostly with r..s-s. lew ladies beng present. The ,----.u- was called to order by Hon. W. G R.kely, who, in few well timed re- marks. nominated Hon. W. II. Hardy as chairman Of the meeting, and, having r..a unanimously elected, MT. Hardy -ns forward and spoke at length of ,tsinnortance of this fall election, and 1.-The fast increasing population of the Territory. and of it's growing importance, e-l8rtfr necessity of live and inhu- .rt..I i1au to represent us at Wash -.-aa He said it was apparent our r-saut representative was not only net .--.es-s. but most consummate fail --- He had been in Washington near 1.-two years and had accomplished ab- .,u.alv nothing, and a change was cer- ,a1ru5st desirable. Tn making that change tle people, in his opinion, could mi d5 better than to elect Judge Porter. lie reviewed the history of Arizona -sl-es and showed how the Territory L., been neglected for the want of a 7anust 4ut representative to ask and de- -sgI from the General Government as- .-s-surs iu her behalf He fully and a-.M.!y endorsed the nomination of I1sse Porter and expressed the opinion ,ts. he would receive the united sup r1-t oi the Republicans of Mohave county. besides that of many of the op- ris-a party who would in voting this f.I. -se above the claims of their party t-the sake of bringing about a change .- .le representative of the Territory ,a--Le good ot the people. They have become satisfied that Mir. Oury was not tl- nan as he had confessed that he ,1,Ir get nothing for the Territory from the Government at Washington, and .hzy believed that Judge Porters elec- lou would result in great material bene- 3. Co the whole Territory. It had been claimed by some that Judge Porter WAS unpopular in Mohave county. This was mistake m 50 far as Judge Porter personally was concerned. Federal o7c.als Lad been unpopular here, but that laqarularity only extended to the aaa whlle in office and did not Lldg him ont of the office. Judge | Porter came here about twelve years ..1 and De- has been identified with the people aud the Territory ever since. He had married and settled down and became a genuine Arizonan. He was -a rarQet-haEEer. He was one of us -r-l-llu- tle same loyalty to the Terri .a-g as any other pioneer, of whom Judge Porter certainly was one, and .a speaker, ID common with the people t M.Lave county, welcomed Judge Porter among them Is an old tried and t-us acquaintance who had been absent lu other parts of the Territory, but who dlr.ly his absence had carried with hi-l their esteem. Every one in Mohave county were proud and happy to have a,ain the opportunity of shaking hands with Judge Porter and ID November t-ey will be still prouder to go to the polls and east their votes for him." Frequent applause interrupted the remarks oi Mir Hardy and they met wtl tLe spontaneous approval of the entire audience.
 JudEe Porter was then introduced by dI Churchill, amid loud and prolonged S.pp.ause. and the standard bearer kept
 Le audience spell bound with his elo-
 uence and array of forcible truths for luily an lour and a half. Our space 'rolas a reproduction of even the pub
 shed synopsis Of his masterly speech.
 'ne his remarks were most wonder K 1i m their power brilliancy and ele-
 alce.~
 Hon. A. F. Davis, candidate for Ter E i1Hal Superintendent of Public In-
 -r1ct.u, was called upon, and made
 oVsrIl. speech, which We may here
 ,'-- make extracts from. He WAS loud \ l-p.alied throughout.
 E MrL $. Welton, joint nominee of
 '1;l parties for Councilman from Yuma
 -l Nolaye counties, responded to
 ''l EitA rousing speech, endorsing
 -s Republican nominees in unqualified ,.-ns
 l-s good people of Mohave may be
 '7-=i upon at the coming election to
 F.A ID a splendid vote for both Porter
 'l- barls, and record itself in full har-
 llly with the progressive spirit of the