Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-09-22
GRAND REPUBLICAN
 RALLY! The Largest Political Meeting ever held in MOhaVG County Endorses the Republican
 Nominees. Great Enthusiasm and Gen eraI Satisfaction Expressed with the
 Ticket.
Expressed with the
 Ticket.
Democrats go for Porter.

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 CT parts of the Territory, and to show
 how worthy he is of the esteem and
 confidence which he has at home
 we are pleased to quote from the
 AHa Arizona, published at Mineral
 Park, Mohave County, the account of
 the immense and enthusiastic re-
 ceptlon which greeted the appear
 ance of Judge Porter in that county. | The Hon. DeForest Porter, candi-
 date for Congress, arrived in our
 village on Thursday last and was
 warmly received by large number
 of old time friends and acquaintances
 of ten years ago, when he was the
 presiding judge of this district.
 On Friday evening the largest and
 most enthusiastic meeting ever wit
 messed Tn this county was held at
 the Court House to ratify the nomi-
 nations by the Phenix convention of
 DeForest Porter, for Congress, and
 A. E. Davis, for Superintendent of
 Pdblic Instruction, the Court House
 being filled mostly with voters, A few ladies being present. The m, ct
 ing was called to order by Hon. w.
 G. Blakely, who, in a few well timed
 remarks, nominated Hon. W. H.
 Hardy as chairman of the meeting
 and, having been unanimously elected, came forward and spoke at
 length of the importance of this
 fall election. He said it was appar-
 ent our present representative was
 not only not success but most consummatc failure. He had been
 in Washington neariy two years and
 had accomplished absolutely noth-
 ing, and change was certainly most
 desirable. In making that change
 the people, in his opinion, could not
 do better than to elect Judge Porter.
 He fully and cordially endorsed the
 nomination of Judge Porter, and ex
 pressed the opinion that he would receive the united support of the Republicans of Mohave county, be- sides that of many of the opposite party who would in voting this fall rise above the claims of their party for the sake of bringing about a change in the representative of the
 Territory for the good of the peo- pie. They had become satisfied that MT. Oury was not the man as he had confessed that he could get nothing for the Territory from the Government at Washington, and they believed that Judge Porter's election would result in great mate rial benefit to the whole Territory. It had been claimed by some that Judge Porter was unpopular here in Mohave county. This was mistake in So far as Judge Porter personally was concerned. Federal officials had been unpopular here, and that unpopularity only extended to the man while in office and did not fol- low him out of the office Judge Porter came here about twelve years ago, and he has been identified with the people and the Territory ever since. He had married and settled down and become a genuine Arizo- nan. He was no Carpet Bagger He was one of us breathing the | same loyalty to the Territory as any other pioneer, of whom Judge Por- ter certainly was one, and the speak | CT. in common with the people of Mohave county. welcomed Judge | Porter among them as an old, tried and true who had been absent in other parts of the Terri tory, but who, during his absence, had carried with him their esteem. Every one in Mohave county were | proud and happy to have again the of shaking hands with Judge Porter and in November they would be still prouder to go to the polls and cast their votes for him.
 The remarks of Captain were ire luently interrupted by applause and 1t their close the audience manifest d their approval by repeated rounds ,f applause.
 At the close of Captain Hardy's emarks Judge Churchill was loudly To ar6 | liter giving Q concise account of the that lead to the nom nation of Judge Porter at the Phe- lix convention, in which he showed hat the choice of Mir. Porter was he result of the calm and careful of that body, he gave ,Iacc to the standard bearer himself, he Hon. DeForest Porter, whose ppearance was greeted with great pplause.-Judge Porter made quite long spo ech, lasting an hour and a Ialf, during which he was listened Q with the most marked attention, nd his remarks were received with ( pproval by the meeting. We can- { ot give full report of the speech, l ut the eloquence of the speaker eemed to be Q matter of surprise to ( lany who had before then only ( noyn him as sedate, dignified and ( Judge of the District | nd Supreme Court where his pow q rs of speech were not exercised. T Ie touched upon the o Ean,zation