Arizona republican., 1894-11-03
Meeting at Gardiner's Hall Last Night.
The Heavy Weights of the Party
 Brought Into Action.
Flowers, Music. Oratory and Two Fatal and Unusual Instances
 of Oversight.

lll6 ulDaIlOn or the Democratic
 territorial and county campaign took
 place at Gardiner's hall last night. There may be scattering shots from country school houses and isolated To- calites tonlg ht and Monday night but the great event of the Democratic can yass is over.
 For several days prominent Demo- cratic chieftains have been hocking to Phoenix from the uttermost parts of the territory and everything was ready for the final demonstration but time and Marcus A. Smith, the big medicine man of the tribe. He came yesterday morn- ing and there was no longer need nor excuse for further delay.
 The hall was moderately we'll filled and the crowd was orderly, we'll dressed and good-looking. There were flowers and music. The tuneful efforts of the Pioneer band were supplemented by the Democratic Glee club, whose mem
 bers, Malcolm McNair, J. c. Kellum. Oscar Williams and J. D. Martin, have for weeks gone up and down the coun- try filling the air with so much har- mony that the regular song birds, the I6aJQGT harmonists having no room for their har- Hony have abandoned the country and have gone up Salt river waiting for this Democratic glee club to finish it's en- gagement and come up too.
 Ex Governor Zulick was made chair man and there was long array of able vice presidents and to the casual ob- server 1t looked as if all details had been properly and carefully arranged. But there had been at least two serious oversights by the committee on arrange ments. Hon. Marcus A. Smith who was next to MT. Herndon, the principal feature, was forgotten. He waited long and patiently at his hotel for the recep- ton committee to wait upon him. At last he despaired of the committees ar- rival and set out alone for the place of meeting. He wandered around town a long time and finally appealed to prominent Republican woe ktr to con- duct him to the Democratic rendezvous. They arrived there some time after the meet ng had begun and the lost dele gate was met by Chairman Fickas at the head of the stairway and led in confusion to the platform.
 Governor Hughes, as the Democratic chef magistrate of the territory and in sympathy with the object of the meet ing, naturally expected 10 be there. He, too, waited in his office with his oVercoat on his arm for the appearance of the reception committee. He waited In vain. With true Democratic sim pllclty be was forgotten, and with a due regard for proper form he remained In his office, lad his overcoat aside and resumed his official duties.
 In the meantime things were pro- gresslng after fashion at the hall.
 The ba Id quit p.ayilg, tn, gIee club quit singing and the thread of events Was picked up by Mir. Herndon, who | addressed the meeting on national politics and recent Democratic legisla- tlon. He favored the income tax, but 1 that Is already established and 50 is not i an lssle. He deprecated the objection l to 1t by MT. Hill and other obstructive 1 Dem mdcrats. He was also in favor of | the abolition of the sugar trust and | made the astounding statement that l the present Democratic congress had 1 alm5d a partially successful blow at the | trust. He related the ficI ion that there l came near being $50 900, ,000 issue under Harrison's administration. a statement supposed to off-et the fact thaI there actually was such an issue under Cleveland's s administration.
 Tn speaker reverted to the affairs of himself and Arizona and entered into an explanation of the circumstances under which as district attorney of Yavapal county he had rendered an op nion that the mines, claims, pros- pects aud holes in the ground were sub- jert to taxation.
 MT. Herndon's speech was received with moderate maa='lre of enthusiasm and a it's close Chairman Z1lick seemed In doubt as to what ought to be done nex5. He consulted while with his