Arizona republican., 1896-07-11
THE LOCAL SENTIMENT.

Bryan Appears to Fully Satisfy the Democrats of Arizona. Inquiry throughout the city yester-
 day afternoon found nothing save en- | thusiasm in the Democratic ranks in regard to the nominee. Two or three
 at the most of the Democracy say otherwise. The nomination was un-
 expected, yet none the less agreeable and it was cheering and happy crowd
 that left the bulletin board when the result was announced.
 | It is evidently a source of gratifica- | tion that the Democracy has come so | far west to choose its candidate, but
 the silver plank is deemed only fit for | just such man as the nominee. | Bryan is we'll remembered in Phoe-
 nix from his visit to this city last Jan
 uary. He spent but one day in the | city, coming here simply to see the
 capital of Arizona, while on a trip to the Pacific coast. Here he was pre-
 vailed upon to speak, for his fame as
 the greatest of the apostles of free sil-
 yer had preceded him. The solicita- | ton was as much from Republicans as from Democrats. Accordingly he oc-
 cupied the rostrum at the city hall that
 evening and for two hours held great | audience in the power of his words
 He was found to be a matchless ora
 tor, intensely in earnest on the mat
 ter he discussed,
 He left the next morning. At Pres
 colt he was welcomed and spoke
 briefly from the rear end of the train. | He also addressed an audience at AL buquerque.
 Bryan's personality made him many | friends in Phoenix. He left behind 1 him the impression of plain, honest
 man, who would be unaffected by ad- versity or success and who would hew | to the line regardless of the effect up-
 on his personal interests.
 l He is but 36 years of age, the young I est man ever nominated for the presi- dency, and the first to be selected from state so far west as Nebraska. He l is the proprietor and editor of the Omaha World-H Herald, one of the lead- | ing dailies of the west that long has | taught in the cause of free silver. He ! is the president of the trans -Missis- sippi congress, that met in Omaha few months ago, and is active in the ! work of the Mississippi exposi- tion that will be held in Omaha in 1897. He has occupied seat in con-
 gress for term, having been elected in strong Republican community through fusion of the Democratic and Populist tickets.
 During the afternoon Chairman Fickas of the territorial Democratic committee and Member M H. Will Hams, formerly chairman of the county
 committee, sent telegram to Bryan expressive of the qualification of the Arizona Democracy over his nomina-
 tion, and concluding: Arizona sends
 greeting and congratulations. God
 bless. your'
 Chairman Reno of the Arizona Pop
 ulist central committee was seen by Republican reporter and interrogated as to the prospect for an endorsement of Bryan by the Populist and free sil-
 yer conventions. He stated freely that
 he thought Bryan as acceptable to the Populists as even Teller would have been and said he believed that
 the St. Louis conventions would not
 endorse him, but would make him their nominee, without reference to the fact of his selection by the Democracy.
 This seemed the general sentiment of the Populists who were seen. Ratification of the nomination will 1 be this evening. It had been thought | best to delay the rejoicing, both to in clude in the presidential nomi-
 nee and to allow of the attendance of
 the residents of Tempe and Mesa. Act | ing Chairman Bullard of the central
 committee is active in the prepara- I !
 fireworks ignited and as much noise
 made as is possible