Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1884-10-25

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stances to the improvement of small
streams which never could be made
navigable. Mr.. Head said he was nc
free trade man. In the early years Of
the country, when the governments
finances were in bad plight and its
resources small, tax was put on i'm
ports, as the best means of increasing
the revenues. The country had pros
pered under this course and he be-
lieved it should be continued, but did
not believe that the exorbitant duties
now levied should be maintained.
Internal revenue should be abolished
the necessity which existed for its es-
tablishment had long since passed
away and it's further continuance was
an unnecessary burden on the people.
The government is in danger from the
present corrupt and wanton admins.
tration. 1895. - U.s.. r.
The speaker then went on to show
the Inconsistency Of the Republicans
in connection with the tariff nspwool.
He said he had been a large; buyer of
wool in this Territory, and claimed to
know something about the question at
issue. Several years ago the eastern
buyers had formed pool to bear wool
and by agitating through Congress
the tariff question, and by refusing to
buy, the price of wool was forced down
four cents. After having bought up
all the wool in the country at the re-
duced price, these same parties then
memorialized Congress to let the
tariff question alone as the agitation
injured their business. By the speedy
recovery in prices which followed, they
reaped immense profits. These are
the same men who are to-day accusing
the Democratic party of beng free
traders, and are trying to influence
voters against Cleveland. He cited
another instance of tariff abuse. A
tariff on sugar is maintained at all
eastern ports to protect the sugar in
terests of Louisiana, which is COM
pletely nullifed by its admission at
San Francisco, from the Sandwich Is
lands, under the Hawaiian treaty free
of duty, enabling one man to con-
troll the sugar trade of the Pa
ciic coast. Mr.. Head went on
to say that he believed in Inn
iting revenue to the requirements of
the government; that import duties
should be limited to actual wants, and
not made so large as to invite corrup-
ton. The Republican parry falsifes
in saying that Democrats arr, free ira
ders and want to destroy thd country;
they are not free traders, they. want
Eonly an economical admf tistration:
The country is at peace, theS South is
prosperous, Georgia is raising cotton,
Louisiana making sugar and invites
the world to her great exposition to be
opened in December. In CONCLUSION
Mr.. Head said he hoped for a glorious
Democratic victory on November 4th.
As candidate for Delegate to Con-
grcss he asked for the support of vo-
tiers, if they thought him worthy, and
also desired the moral support of the
ladies. i g.. .
Mr.. Head was loudly applauded at
the conclusion of his speech, which
was couched in good language and
devoid of buncombe and verbosity.
He was concise, discussed the questions
of material interest to the people of
Arizona and made his points clearly
and forcibly.
Mr.. Thomas F. Weedin, Democratic
candidate for Councilman from Pinal
county, was the next to address the
audience. After paying neat COM
pliment to the people of Globe, and
saying that the intelligence of the
country was found in the Democratic
party, the speaker made some mild
structures on the Republican party.
He denounced the National banking
system, the giving of excessive land
grants to railroads and monopolies,
and touched on other important mat
tiers. If elected to the council he
pledged himself to work for the. good
of the Territory, and said that the in
terests of Pinal and ella countieswere
identical, and their representatives
should work in unison for the advance
ment of the interests of the two coun-
ties. Mr.. Weedin is a fluent and
pleasing talker and made favorable
impression on the audience. 90
Mr.. E. o. Kennedy, the chairman,
in introducing Alonzo Bailey, ella
county's Democratic candidate for the
council, paid that gentleman a de-
served tribute for having contributed
largely toward the welfare of the
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