Arizona republican., 1896-09-25
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY
A Housing Ratification
 Last Night.
Telling Arguments in Favor of
 Silver.

Hon. Marcus Smith, H. M. Wills and
 Other Prominent aOratots Ad-
 dress the Mnlt'tuds.,
 Last night the first great gun of the campaign was fired by the Democracy of Phoenix. Our DemocTatic breth- rem spared no peins or expense to make the fl .rst ratification a rousdng one and be it said to their credit they succeed ed admirably in awakening enthusi- asm.
 The exercises commenced with a torchlight procession, which started from the military plaza at 8 o'clock. Along the Mne of march on Washing ton street fireworks and red fire helped out tine enthusiasm. There were fully two hundred torches in the procession and about 200 more who marched without torches. Major Ed Schwartz acted as grand marshal. He was fol- lowed by a band and the leaders of the party and the nominees in carriages. Campaign uniforms also figured prominently i'm the parade. The line of march extended from the military plaza west on Washington street to Second avenue and Adams street, | where the speakers of the evening were to argue free silver to the multi tude.
 There were fully three thousand on the grounds and there was great en- thusiasm shown whenever silver was mentioned The bands and glee club played and sang several airs before the speakers of the evening were an- nounced. Henry M Willis, the bril- liant young lawyer and chairman of the county central committee, was the first speaker He explained the cause of the rally and in part said as fol- lows:
 eve have demanded, and we still demand, that the money of our con stitution be restored to its time-hon- ored position and our demand comes as a right of a people whose freedom is guaranteed by the mast sacred and magnificent constitutional government. Free and independent people was the proclamation of Americans through blood and fire in '76, and Free and in l dependent people, will again be pro claimed through the ballot of '96. . l "And yet today there are thousands of American freemen calling out in their blindness to return to the sub serviency to foreign power that we broke away from century ago, with the loss of life and limb. Poor, mis- tguided wretches, they know not what they do; the sheen of gold pours over them and they are blinded to all but personal gain.
 '"The Republican party of this ter ritory has brought upon itself the righteous condemnation of all true Americans After proclaiming amid firm demand for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and after sending their delegates to St. Louis instructed to do all in their power to secure such a plank in the National Republican platform, a few days ago they met in convention again and by back side winding somersault they came down on a platform with their backs to silver and America, and their greedy faces
 directed toward gold and Hanna and
 John Bull. Such tergiversation, such
 backsliding is caused by but one i'm polling influence, and that is the hope
 and expectation of public patronage
 They knew that they could expect } nothing from Bryan; they knew they could get nothing from Mckinley as
 silverites, consequently to get any thing anywhere they must approach the throne of Hanna and say in con trite spirit: We have been led astray i've do not believe in silver as we sai(
 we did; but we believe as you believe
 and we want to be placed under youl control and guidance. But please good MT. Hanna, don't forget abou our offices in Arizona we are good Re l publicans and will serve you well.' But above their parity, and standin,
 in relief against a background o
 blackest changeableness, there stoot and yet stand the two young men, who
 prompted by their convictions, re
 mained true to them, and had tn, : courage to stand up against over
 whelming odds in that convention, ana : we honor them for their sturdy man l hood"
 MT. Willis endorsed the action o
 The Arizona Republican for standin,
 true to the principles enunciated a
 the territorial convention held las
 May, in the following language: \ ''The newspaper that has fought fo Republican success all along and tha 7 was among the leaders in the ire t silver movement, now stands alone. de } serted by all those who at one tim
 very recently were strong with it t.
 secure support for the free silve
 movement. We honor all those wh
 had the courage and the manhood f. |. roma i'm hr11o in tho nrinoipIo, n,