The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14

From Tucson he went home to Tombstone. Us
| miles away Here there was an nproario,nlss
G nSaStsnf and tse s%n vent Wild
| Marcus canyassed IL as carefully US he would
city entirely nns ans S f. sm It'll. town
Mexico, 0S somc q the stores there do { thirty.
bs ssn ss, mss sfe Ss Cigars
and kentucky whiskey In tho United states.
e%ynG the t9se a n wh sna
| astic meeting at Nogales. 1t was thoa typi-
cal frontier town. Now Il has grown to be on I. .
q the prsttest and most prosperous towns In
From Nosales he. went to crittenden. and
t G"R nTstenseR oana large mestnss
the Great Cochse e9nntry. making frequent n
could meet twenty or more persons; On ON, one
Of these trips he vas coming back from Fort
He had spoken e in Bowie the night before. Mr.
Bean. his opponent. was coming up from
Marcus's county going north: They IN, net ~, az
Wilcox. There was great crowd at the STA
ton. it was the first time that they had met
during The Sanpaign: Mr. Bean came sn up it to
that endeared him to the people Of the Terri;
tory. sald Smith you are young man,
wish n IN the new run
ming. That don't want you to win"
sorry to see you and your constituency differ.
seen a man. woman. or child in this Territory
The words were uttered in mn oren. manly
ash;on. and created n big laugh and hurrah.
To Mr. ntter s %bsb T asan him 5
mn9sEitty in the pySesans SnnpagHn cb gbnS
election ci gave the Kentucian 75o de carried
every county in the Territory except Mohave.
and Undoubtedly lost that because he did not
have II chance to visit but one voting precinct
In the county.
had travelled in that campaign. Marcus, re-
yG %nG bs wSs On to assat sn
much on \ luck hourl. should say that |
travelled zoo m!lEI by rniIroad and that thai
issst h@if o. it was on GsFsebaek., In my cam
Wee that t. old judge Huston gave me- II read
Jaw, with tho Judge in Lexington. He said
that he had made, his Ito great Joke, with his
was leaving him he added. .lcmemher. Mar
Gus. that life i, serious. II you want to sue.
afford t" show much levity. Young man. be
solemn: be solemn as an nss."
How much o. a majority did yop have in
ter had subsiiied. "''' ''0>'> ""'.' ''' e
think something oyer 1900" replied the
Afi H dolrga,ttc gate, There were 5000 or
Dd Won run fhort Of water in your
well. no." replied the Arizonian. equally as
grave. "On mountain roads there are long
wagon trains. with fifteen or twenty mules in
the lead. and four or five wag ms strung out
behind. like II limo OF cavalry. They ALWAYS
have barrels and barrels Of water strung on ut
the side. and they would rather give you that
than whiskey to drink.
-" Did You find whiskey political factor"
Mr.. Smith was asked.
We'll, :. he rrElied. "Arizona Is yery, much
like New York. Wherever went treated the
miners and others whose acquaintance I had
made. would take II look at the crowd see
how big it was. pitch five or ten or twenty
dollar gold piece down on the counter. and
ask them all up to take a drink. After drink
ing and shaking hands with every man in
the crowd. it was the right thing to bid en-
all go"d-hy and walk out without ever looking
about $500"
How soon did you hear the result OF the
election" was the last question.
My friend" was the reply make no mis-
take about Arizona. She has rs good tele-
graph facilities and "a bright newspapers as
YOU have in the East. At 10 o'clock on cleo
ti,n night knew that was "A winner. T-le-
grams from Col Beans own home showed me
that was carrying his county. and l knew
that my own would give mo n phenomenaly
big majority. was sure that l had won the
fight. and the figures bore me out when the
official count was made Come down to Ari-
iona and see how 1t is yourself"
AMOS J. CUMMINGS.