Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-10
.aA, Democratic Rally

sRatf Democratic Ashliy.
 Last nighl .t4e Democratic party of Yagapai county assembled in the court house for ths purpose of put ting on exhibition the candidates of their party for the .yarioIs offices.
 About half past seven the court house commepeed to fill snd before 1 the procession, headed by the Pres colt band, arrived, the house was. about one third full, consisting pf the lad es and gentlemen of repub- lican proclivities, who attended the meeting on Saturday night.
 Upon the arrival of the band to- getker with the Hon. Johp C.. Herndon, the house filled up Snd ! most of the sitting room was oesp- pied.
 The meeting was crlled to ordeT by Henry T. Andrews. who after sewing Q few words, stated to the aadience that be was Instructed To nSuie q chairman to preside at fie meeting from the audience, and he provoked to call Cor Hon. J, l.. Fisher. for that position. 1r. Fisher upon takisg the chair sal that thls was wbo23y unexpected honor, ana after acknowledging his appfeela- ton of it he proceeded tn announce the prOgramms,cS the evening, The first speaker was Reese M. Ling, whom the chaIrmEn stated, wnile Mayor of the city, he had made police judge and aftsg a few felici- tous remarks he eseOr.ed Ling to his place on the rostStlIn. Llng started out well, took saCeasion to refer to the whistling eBgssss and the exempted railroads, and tgpund up by saying. that he WIS the -ssn- didate for district attorney. aae he wanted the office and be- wanted q awful bad. Further along in his talk he took occasion to advertise the firm of Andrews and Ling by saving. lat he last term of court out of five criminal eases which he tried he never lost one. showing that he did not a locomotive whistle or any exemption to have his horn footed He stated that it he was elected he would try his cases in court aad not in the newspapers, the pertinenee of which remark he
 audience seemed to fail to appre- eiale. He eulogized tine nominees on the democratic ticket with the ] exception of the candidate for pro
 bate judge.
 /, The next speaker on the program was Woolen Blanket Oliver. high chief of the democratic primary bob
 tail ticket. who stated that he did
 nos know that he was expected to
 make . speech until about noon. that the office for which he is can
 didate was unsolicited, and that he
 was only making the race because
 he was called upon. as a sacrifice to
 his country. He said: ''You all re- member when I was in the fourteenth
 legislative assembly I passed a bill
 taking of the tax on eating houses, a ,d while not like my co-patriot, W ho took of the tax on billiard and DO ol tables, who is nos seeking re- ele ction. yet for the services that l per, ,'ormed in behalf of my country i ou ght to be returned to the legis- latute this fail. have always made a goo,l officer and if elected l will do my vest in the interest of YaTapai 9unty." Selah.
 The audience then called for Henry (Toldwater. which gentleman res,,ondad aud said that he was not ou bile speaker. thanked the audi ence and sat down.
 The speaker of the evening, the man V ho thanks God he has no record. Hon. John c. Herndon, with a bundle of manuscript in his strong right hand, then proceeded to ad- dress the aadience. He was very grateful for the honor shown him and stated that he was ready to meet the strong men of the republi- can party; apologized for pot having prepared a speech that would do 1 him justice before his many frjsnds,
 While running for congress- on an anti-corpora:ion ticket he failed to explain his connection as an attorney
 for the principal corporations Ill
 Yavapai.
 There was a small torchlight pro
 cession prior to the meeting, but
 neither in point of numbers present nor in enthusiasm manifested, dic
 the meeting compare with that ol
 Saturday night.