Arizona republican., 1892-07-07
AT PRESCOTT. Democratic Ratification
 Blow Out. Amusing but Irrelevant Stories Are Told. And Substituted for Solid Cam paign Arguments. Details Furnished of Other Matters of Local and Territorial
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PREsCoTT, Ariz., July 6.-[ Special. T. Last Saturday was tine time set for the Democratic ratification meeting and the great unwashed came together to eat crow. The performance commenced with torch-light procession headed by the Prescott band. For fear they would not have another chance to burn powder this year they fired forty-five ss- Jutes. The court room was well-tilled, majority of those present being Re- publicans. To avoid the real issues of the day the speakers of the evening told amusing stories, some of which were very good if they were used to pass away the hours in NOah's ark. It was really refreshing to see with what cunning Hon. Harris Baldwin handled the silver question. Simply because the Democratic platform fa- vored silver, he reasoned that Grover would not veto bill if passed by con gress. Imagine the man, who vetoed more bills than all other presidents to- gether and who wrote his celebrated Warner letter before he eveh had taken his oath of office, to approve of mes ohiS iOA hhV EONN pA tliN PCNplN because their representatives want him to. There is more fierce anti-silver men in the country than Grover and Mir. Baldwin knows of. He is such gold bug that were he run through the cy- naide process there would be found but the very smallest peecentage of silver. Hon. J. c. Herndon had the wind com- pletely taken out of him in talking l..gA a,,,,r be. saw the hooioo words Free Trade" staring him in the face; the great Ger man American, Charles O'Mally was bearer of the insignia, his transparency being inscribed with Democratic le- gends such as Free Trade" "Grover will be in Clover" etc. AIr. Herndou used the exploded argument of trusts against protection; it is strange that trusts should be q creation of protec- sion when they prosper more readily in free trade England than here; how ever, the stuffed prophet" said so and 1t would be treason to contradict him. Judge Wright in his speech eulogized Garfield, Cunkling and Grant and brought down the house thereby. His manner of telling his story was very good.
 Betting on the election has com menCed, one prominent Republican having wagered $l25 on New York
 Gov. Tritle is spoken of very favor. ably for congress and the Republican convention can do no better than nom inate him, as he would prove the strongest kind of candidate.
 The feeling against the Commercial Mining Co. is quite bitter owing to u great reduction in wages all along the line.
 We have had the hottest weather here for four years, but are enjoying the very finest kind now. As we have noI horse- races on the Fourth it is quite uncertain whether We shall have rain that day. For a sure producer ofEain in Prescott there is nothing like horse race. Our base bal boys are going toI Williams to play the A. X r. club; iiI they play with their usual luck they will not bring many laurels. We are so used to getting beaten by Whipple that there was a sense of the mysteri- ous in the air when the boys actually won last Sundays game by a score of l7 l5.
 It is pity ladies cannot vote at all elections in Arizona as they do enjoy electioneering; at the election for school trustee they put candidate in the field at 2 o'clock and by four had boiled 100 votes for him, majority boiled on that day. J. M. w. Moore was their candidate.