Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-11-03
The Fizzle at the Opera
 House Saturday Night.
HALF THE AUDIENCE LEFT
Before the Meeting Was Over It Started Out well but Never
 got to the Home Stretch.

boom ana DiuSter anu pfODioo dHl | bluster and promise and wound up witt the sickest most insignificant failure. The audience at the start was a mag nificeht obe Ladies we,e out in dog ems, and voters made the rest Of { [ houCe full. But O what a difference before the meeting was over. The speakers billed for the eve ming were al l fsllows'
 Mir. Herndon blank man from Yava pai county, a man whose biggest pride is that he has never done anything. Mir. Mark Smith, who never has done anything but Is not proud It. A Mir. Wilson of Prescott, who tried very hard to do something Saturday night but didn't.
 These three world filters where the attractions. They were al! curiositiee to Tucson people, and they draw a big house.
 Governor Hughes presided over the meeting, and introduced the speakers He made short speech endorsing state hood, and repeated that some argument of hls cockleburr friend. Judge Barnes, that to get statehood democrat dele gate must be elected. Mark Smith sad the same thing later. So did the blank man from Yavapsi county. They all wanted the republicans to vote them into office, and then they would get statehood and the republicans could go ahead and elect repub blican legislatures and get the representatives. It seems they are great believes in the adage that lie well stuck to Is as good as the truth.
 After his speech on his own account the governor, MT. Herndon was introdu- ced. He is a tall, nice looking man, and only that he said so, and thanked God for it. one could hardly believe that he had pever done anything. He started off with his story about Oakes Murphy and himself. It was iD regard to MT. Murphy's considerable acquaintance in Washington. Mir. Herndon wanted MT. Murphy to go to Washington with him, and introduce hlm around.
 He told tbat he was warned before hand that Pima county was strongly republican. He thought however, from the suspicious appearance before him, that Pima county was not republican.
 The speaker confined himself to national Issues. He said the democratic party fought in 1892 on the issue of reduction of taxes, and asked
 ''Has the democratic party redeemed its pledges?
 'Has it enacted anything that made the hard times?'
 He asked if the federal elections bill had made hard times.
 He wantd to know if the raising of duties on whisky, cigsretts and tobacco made the hard times.
 Everywhere throughout the territory he had heard the cry "Elect Cakes Murphy" He said he didn't know what MT. Murphy could do to bring prospe- rity.
 He then plead the old plea so wormy ana moldy, elect democratic delegate to get statehood. He told that MT. Murphy if nlected expected to get ap- propriations for public buildings and for turning the waste waters of the Colorado on the waste lands of the territory, and didn't see how he was going to do It.
 MIR. HERNDoN GIVES HIMSELF AWAY.
 The speaker said he was not there to explain or apologize and then proceeded to explain about how he wanted the miners taxed. If his own word is to be taken for 1t, few miners can cere to give him their support. He as district attorney WAS asked questions by the board of supervIsors of Yavapai as to taxing mining claims, relating to a circular letter from the attorney gener- al. The questions and answers were as fallows:
 Does this refer to all claims, patented or not?
 Mir. Herndon replied that it referred to then all.
 How shall we eesess them?
 Mir. Herndon replied, you assess patented claims as real estate; and uu- patented property as improvement on the possessory right.
 Should we employ experts to ascertain valuation.
 No.
 Does this include placer claims?
 Yes.
 How are we to ascertain the value of properties.
 IGis a question Of fact and not of law.
 The speaker disclaimed that he had been asked whether mining claims were essesssble or not. The foregoing comes as near refutiDg that claim as any Ari- |, thinking could want.
 lie concluded saying his life had been an open book for the past twelve years. A book. as Judge Wright said, like that issued by l.. ZeckeDdorf $ Go.
 MIR. MARK SMITH.
 Democracy still liveer
 You can't fool the people long or oftepr' @
 Mark Smith said the foregoing. He must know. He certainly does as to the latter proposition. Then he follow ed with what from a man of Mark Smiths standing would be considered weak ar gument. He said that if one-third of the repu blicaDs had stood in with the democrats we could have had free coin age. He then went on to say that the congressman Tn the east were not them selves, but the people behind them. Those people believed coining silver quoted now at 65, worth dollar, meant that dollar then would only be worth half dollar. So they feared free coin ange, and so instructed their represent. atives.
 He explained the hard times as not being due to the democracy with the following allegory:
 ''The moon rose at ' o'clock; a man died at ' o'clock; therefore, the moon caused the mans death"