Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-10-08
REPUBLICAN CLUB.
some sound Talk from . Nominee.

The Republican club met in the Ma sonic banquet hall Friday evening. Col, Zabriskie, president, with a few well timed remarks, called the club to order and stated the object of the meeting.
 Judge F. NJ. Smith, chairman of the executive committee, made verbal re- port and stated that the committee had secured rooms underneath the hall for the use of the club and had also secured the use of the hall for their regular weekly meeting, which us usual, wlll be on every Friday evening, and further that the servIces of the Tucson brass band had been engaged to be Tn attend ance with u-uslc at any required time. He also stated that at the time he ac- cepted the craftsmanship of the com mIttee he did not then expect to be a candidate for any office, but ss he had since become one of the nominees he deemed 1t unwise to retain the chair manship of the cOmpittee, and ten dered his resignation, (which. under the circumstances, was accepted, and Judge Osborn was elected to till the vacancy.
 Judge Robinson was expected to ad dress the meeting but unfortunately through a misunderstanding, he was not present. The club then by unani- nous vote, extended him through Judge Smith, an invitation to address them on Friday evening next. Hon. J. Nj. Kirk patrick was also invited to address them at the same time.
 Judge Smith being called upon for q speech, thanked the Republican party for the use of his name. It had come to him unsolicited, and as the unani- nous acton of the Republican delegates. The Democratic party in accordance with its principles, alone objected, but that surprised no oue as it had been an objection for the last p years, They objected to the war, they objected to the draft, they objected to the furnishing of supplies, they objected to peace, they objected to railroads and every import ant measure that had come before the county for the time stated, and that they objected to him under the hue aud cry of railroad man" was natural and to be expected. For himself he reIolced in the fact that We have railroads reach ing to the East and the West and ex tending to the remote corners of tue earth. He rejOiced that through them commerce was extended, revenues realized, countries opened, resources developed, homes made, towns and cities built. He was an employe of the railroad, but they paid him no stated salary. His relations to them were as any other citizen. They em- ployed him to-day and some one else tomorrow, and to their credit he would L.S . f.. control his conscience. If elected he would do hIs duty and in doing so would know no friend. His first duty would be to the county of Pima and he would see that those duties were performed, not only with vigOr but with rigor. On the railroad question he in- tended to be hoard ID this campaign.
 Mir. w. C. ..Ivis being called upon said there 2 many stransers who did not know the politics of this city and for their information he gave the fol- lowing figures taken from the official records of the last election: c. T. Etchell, Republican candidate for Treas urer, received 4Sl votes to his opponent K. N. Leatherwood's 459; c. R. Drake, Republican nominee for Recorder, re- ceived 56l votes to his opponent g. W. Carpenters 373; F. B. Clifford, Repub- lican candidate for the Legislature, re- ceived 5j3 votes to his opponent NJ. G. Samaniego's 4S4. The latter received the heaviest vote on the Democratic ticket and he was 69 votes behind his competitor. There Is, Mir. Davis said, every possible reason for believing that the city Is more largely Republican now than 1t was at tbat tune. The remarks of Judge Smith and NIT. Davis were re- peatedly applauded.
 Col. Zabriskie stated that John Logan, of Illinois, was expected to arrive iu Tucson some time during the coming week and believed that he should bc rendered public reception. He would, at all events, meet him, and, if possible, induce him to remain over and make speech, and ID that case a special meet ing of the club would be called, for Democrats as well as Republicans were anxious t. hear him. The club then ad- journed to meet again next Friday even- ing.