Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-06-18
MASS MEETING.
Endorsing the Nomination
 of Benjamin Harrison.
ASSEMBLED.
Fine Music and Eloquent Speak
 ing.

The park was brilliantly lighted las | night, the 14th, with fire works, whiis | numerous gas>iats made most cheerfu the elegant band stand, erected by tb prlvate su 1scriptions of the enterpris l ing citizens of Tucson, and which i
 both sub=tan;i .l and ornamental. Abou
 o'clock the crowd began to assemble
 soon followed by the Pnilharmonit Brass Band. Seats were provided and
 uumerously occupied by lad es, and lit
 tie children gaIly dressed. The commit
 tee and spe lk3rs were, Ben Heney
 Judge Wm. Herring, Chas. Drake, Cbas
 Wright, Colin Cameron. Gen. Thomas
 F. Wilson, Judge $ oln, Herbert Brown
 Al $ o'clock the baod started the bail
 rolling by playing one of those love y
 airs tbaS tends to enthuse and make
 happy the hearts of all who hear. In
 the meantime Roman candles d.stribut-
 ed their green, ulue and red against the
 sky and large crowd faced tte speak
 CTS platform.
 The etlnd was occupied by the speak
 CTS and the Philharmonic Baud. Ben
 Heney President of the Territorial
 Republican League also pres Ident of the Local League pre-
 sided and stepping to the front of the
 platform in a neat and graceful manner opened tLe meeting. Mir. Heuey stated that Jas. c. Blaine Was man loved by the American people but the majority after close scrutiny of facts and ma ture deliberatloE had endorsed the wise administration of President liar rison and he now beng our standard bearer the Republican party would ac cept him unanimo ously." He then ID conclusion introduced Gen. Thos. F. Wilson, Gen. Wilson said: Ladies and gentlemen tt is with profound pleasure that l am given an opportunity to be present at this meeting tonight, inas- much as It was my great pleasure to be one or your speakers four years ago who ratified the nomination of Benjamin Harrison for President, 1t is now my double pl asure 10 be present upon aD occa -iOh of this kInd, phere,n 1t is now President Harrison that Is re- dominated. General Wilson after
 
 administration of the president, bowed his acknowledgment to lhe audience T. next speaker was Judge Charles Wright, who was introduced by the presiding officer as an ''eloquert speak CT and stalwart RsDu blican." Judge
 Wright humorously opened his remarks by stating that "hls understanding ot stalwart, was something large, gigantic m statute, smiling Tlea. anily. he called attention to the fact that hIs size WAS just the contrary" Mir. Wright then n deliberate methodIcal. and at lractlve sreclts of O IaioIy, for which he is gifted and we'll known, occupied the attention of his audience. He paid tribute becoming to the statesman hip of Blaine and called the peopl s close to the pOint that some of the and ablest pc litIclans Of the presided over the Minneapolis convention, that 1t was a convection, the scenes, excitement and generalship combined with ali ths shrewdness of politicians was unprecedented in the history of auy former convention held "a this great republic. MT. VT ght then laid bare the f.llacies of tariff re- form and claimed that there was not q man, woman or child in broad Amer that could write explicitly or define definitely this bug tariff reform as hHrped upon by Democratic statesmen h aIgebraical solution of the problem he held up ghostly cotton bae from the South and photographed to the cotton tie theory over which so much tariff ciamor has been made. In intervention he placed before the audience ln masterly manner the re- formation of American industries as laid down by Mckinley, and cited as au evidence of his good works the pop. lar lty in which he was held at the dInnea- pOiIs convention, and the mum of in- dustrIal wheels that had sprung into fe throughout the manufacturing cer- ters Of the East and West for the last four years. Judge Wright then IT. trlbutal peOfatiOn to the clean adminit- tratiOu of President Harrison, closed bis remarks, receiving hearty round of aprlaCse.
 Judge Herring of Tombstone wss next introduced. The judge seemed to be directly opposite from the previous speaker in slzA, ani from bs atneleJic anu the tanCr of his speech 1 he cou d claim 10 be stalw1rt of the l first degree-bt ing man Of large stat | le, open c0untenance and rud diy com- plexiLn. He was introduced by the | cbairman as one of the most eloquent | speakers iu the Territory. The speaker | .heD paid tribute to the talent and | worth of James G. Blaine. and called | lpon the audience tO bear m mird that ] Oecaute Blaioe was defeated in the | L> l ls Republicans believing in the same | Drincip.es and striving to accomplish | 5he same purposes and ends, that there | would be no division in the Repu blican 'an'Is. He amusingly cited several l anecdotes which were met with much | aughter and good f cling. He predict ] sd that good feeling would prevail and | hat the man from the west would | triumph. He gooC -nTturedly called | IpOn Blaine R -public8ns that if they | cit any soreness to shake 1t off aDc fall | ntO Inc. He in the same spirit of .oo1 nature called upon the Democrats Vho ought to be Republicans to fall in~ O line. Hs then likewise commented lpon the acts and administration Of Harrison, ana in viDdicauOn of his as- ertlons. called for a manifestation from be audience. which was given three ousiug cheers with good heart and yoOd will. The band at this moment ailIed to the tune of some excel ant music and HDon the cessation thereof, Chairman Hsney thanked the aess mbl- d audience and declared the meeting dJouTned. The night was a most i avorable one for a meeting and every hing pReeed off with 8 manifest good ceiling.