Mohave County miner., 1894-09-29
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY
An Enthusiastic Audience GfeetS Our
Next Delegate to Congress,
Hon. !. C. HeFndon.
Eloquent Addresses BY Hon. John C..
Herndon and Judge Wilson.

That the citizens Of Kingman and vi
cinity were to be treated to genuine ole
democratic mass meeting on "Wednesday
evening was manifested by liberal dis
play OF posters inviting them to assem- bic
at the courthouse to listen to addresses
by two Of the most eloquent orators ol
tho territory. And when the hour sp
preached cannon booms testified to the
enthusiasm felt by our people TO show
their qualification in meeting such ster.
ling democrats as Messrs. Herndon and
Wilson. Long before the hour named
for the meeting, crowds Of people could
be seen vending their way to the court.
house, and the hall presented gay gal.
lazy Of handsome ladies and sturdy gen.
tlemen, and we'll may we be gratifed at
such an audience, for there are few towns
In this great territory, that can turn out
such an intelligent and representative
audience. The large hall was densely
packed with people OF all different polit.
icAl persussions. Every party was rep.
resented, and ell we're willing to be con.
vinced, that the democratic policy was
the policy TO resurrect our great natural
resources. It appeared alike to tue old
pioneer, ss we'll ss to the tenderfoot, that
oil Of Kingnsn we're there, and II there
we're any left in the city outside Of the
courthouse We verify belieye Diogenes
with the improved method OF a million
candle e,actric power light would have
had to be resorted to to hunt up those
not wishing to par icipa'e in this great
political meeting.
judge Murphy. with a few introduc
tory remarks stated the object of the
meeting, and upon nomination by L o.
Cowsn Hon F. y. Dennis was no AMI
mously chosen chairman OF the mseting,
who then proceeded TO name the follow.
ing gentlemen as vicepresidents. Messrs.
N. Murphy, Geo NJ. Bowers, w. II
Lake, j. Logan, G c. Bowers, Daniel
Smith
The chairman made some Fictitious
remarks, which were greeted with long
applause, tes,ifying to the esteem he is
held in by his fellow citizens regardless
Of party affiliations.
The first IN order Of the evenings ex-
ercises was genuine treat. as the au.
dence was delighted by the singing Of
the "5tar SjAnglsd Banner" by Mrs.
G. G. b ,wers and Mr. John McGregor,
and AZ The sweet tones of our national
anthem ebbed away, the qualification Of
the meeting was displayed by thunder
ous applause.
The chairman then introduced Mr..
Herndon, the candidate for Congress,
and eulogized the gentleman as we'll
worthy to represent this great common.
wealth Of Ariz,na in the halls Of the
nations legislative assembly. He called
attention to Mr.. Herndon's abilities to
champion silver, the great product Of
this section; he mentioned the candi.
dates enthusiasm to participate IN the
creation Of the new state Of Arizona,
and when he stated that the people de-
manded the gentleman's election, the
desire of Kingmsn that he should be
elected, was manifested by continuous
applause.
Mr.. Herndon. gentleman IN the
prime OF manhood, typical pioneer, a
sturdy Arizonian who has spent the best
years of his eventful and usefnl life in
this sun kissed land, opened his eloquent
discourse by saying that "old Glory"
protects. shields and is veuerated by MS
all, democrats, republicans and popu-
lists 81 came not here" says the
speaker, "to make war ON any party
come here to reason with you, and show
you the best way and plan to advance
the interest Of our great territory, the
principal and all absorbing Issues in the
present campaign being the creation of
a new state and the restoration of our
product, silver, to its former position.
was sitting in my Office attending to
my legal business, when friend Of mine
came urging me TO make the run for
Congress. He so worked on me that
finally concluded 10 try my luck and I.
must say that was highly gratiied by
the friendly support / received at the
Prescott convention, which endorsed me
for the important position Of Delegate to
Congress.