Arizona republican., 1890-11-02
AT THE OPERA HOUSE
DEMOCRATS HOLD A FAIRLY Ar
 TENDED sIEETING
But zuliok is Away and the Perform anoe is Incomplete Several Curious Speeches Made.

At Patton's Opera House last night the Democrats held forth to fairly well-flled house, the audience having been drawn together by Democratic handbill announcing the intended ex- position of Republican rascalities.
 It looked little queer to see the Democratic speakers take their places, to address a Democratic audience, be- tween the portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Harrison and Morton; but such was the case, for the stage decorations had not been changed since the able addresses delivered rom the same stage by Colonel William Herring, Webster Street and Ed s. Gull only a few days previous.
 After the Pioneer Band had played "Dixie" and few other appropriate tunes, Mir. w. T. Smith introduced the first speaker of the evening, Mir. M E. Collins, as follows; "I now introduce to you a man that has been q lifelong Republican, and who is here for the purpose of refuting something that has been said about Mark Smith. l will now introduce to you Mir. M. E. Col lins." Some applause followed this,
 Mir. Collins came forward and said; "I'm glad to see you fellows all here to-. night" [Laughter.l Mir. Collins wanted plre government under the constitu- ton and the laws. He wanted to say in answer to all statements of Colonel Her ring, that Arizona hadn't yet come to the point of administering her own laws, and there is where he took issue with Mir. .Cheyney and with Republicans generally. It had been said Cheyney was in harmony with the administra., tion. He, the speaker, was not, and he would prove there was not man in the house in harmony with the admin istration before he was through. [Ap, plause.l The administration had not dealt fairly with Arizona, and was iIl favor of the Land Grant Court, an infa- nous measure with judiciary powers among others, and to be foisted upon our people under the approval of the administration and it's tools. Mark Smith was the only hope for the people of Arizona. MT. Cheyney was green, was ignorant and wouldn't know enough law to answer common inquiry of how many acres there were in Arizona of the Mexican land grams, When starting for Washington he would imagine him. self great man and would wake up in Washington to find himself an inexpe- rieneed boy. Mark Smith had expert enoe, influence and was man. Such a man as Ingersoll would come out here and not only run the land court, but run off capital from purchasing, and So impoyerish the country that even old time Arizonans would have to leave.
 The Republicans had had still hunt and the Herald had charged that Smith had introduced bill to take away -four homes." Twas false. Among Major Evans papers the speaker had found the original bill, and it was only bill to forfeit the Peralta grant, and the Herald had charged Smith with intro ducing a bill to establish land court, telling a miserable lie." Applause. l There was nothing of the kind in the bill. Mir. Collins didn't belong to either party, and thought he might go of by himself.
 The next speaker was Frank Cox, Democratic candidate for District Att torney. Frank thought Webster Street hadn't treated him with spirit of fair ness or even professional courtesy, and had misrepresented him before the pec,- pie of Maricopa county. He had not neglected his official duty, or ill-advised the Board of Supervisors. 1t was the law that the possesory claims and inn provements should be taxed Those claims were largely held by wealthy corporations or wealthy individuals, and why should they not bear their part of the burden of taxation, as well as the small holders of land claims?
 His other advice to the Board was the law when he gave it, and was subse- quently changed, which WelHterl Street well knew. Mir. Street could nisrepre- sent, like the rest of the Republicans, and he could tell turkey and oppossuIn stories, but all the turkey MT. Street would get out of this election would be at the speakers house, and that pretty cold turkey, too.
 Mir. Parish was next introduced to the audience, and closed the amusement of the evening by general denounce- ment of the methods of the Republican party and praise of the Democracy i; when the meeting came to an end, but not before Chairman SmitA had an- nounced that MT. Zulick had gone to Tempe, but would hold forth to the faithful once more before election, ut the Military plaza in Ph9nix, on Mon day evening next.
 Thus ended the Democratic speak {;