Arizona republican., 1898-11-08
AS IT WAS CLOSED IN PHOENIX
Monster Republican Meeting at the Patton Grand Last Night Addressed
 by Hon. Robert E. Morrison of
 Prescott and Other Speakers.

The warmest political campaign in the history of the territory was closed
 last night. Notwithstanding that the territorial campaign was really ended
 last Saturday night, last nights pro
 ceedings were a continuation of it. There were two republican meetings, one sic the Patton Grand and the other, an overflow meeting, at the old opera
 house. The meetings were preceded
 by monster torchlight procession
 headed by the Indian school band. Every available foot of space at the Patton Grand was occupied and many
 were unable to find entrance TlE. great crowd was held through long meeting addressed by Hon. Robert F Morrison and other speakers.
 When 'the speakers of the evening
 and the Indian school band arrived at
 the Patton Grand opera house there
 was nothing but standing room, and this was taken up by the crowd which followed the band to the opera house.
 The enthusiasm, which was so marked throughCUa the meeting, began vixen
 the curtain arose and the band in the
 rear Of the stage behind the scenes
 played national airs. On the plat
 form were Chairman Gill of the county
 central committee, Mayor J. c. Ad- ans, Wade Rulings, Hon. Harry Buck.
 MT. Tom Bennett, Hon. Robert Nor
 rison and Dr. Belden.
 Chairman Gill presented Mayor Ad- ans as the chairman of the meeting. preceding his irtrodact.o0 O. the
 chairman with brief address. He said: "The people of Arizona hold the destiny of this territory in the hollow of their hands, and by their actions to-
 morrow they will decide whether we are to go on under territorial vasSa- lage, or whether Arizona is to become a state and send to represent her two members in congress and one member of the senate. ] do not believe that you are going to throw away this bright future.' He referred to the demonstration of the Democratic Rough Walkers" on Saturday night, saying: "We have witnessed a spec Gacle that brings a blush of shame to every man, woman and child in Ari- zona. No more disgraceful scene has ever been enacted ill the territory
 Mayor J. c. Adams spoke for half an hour and his address was one of the best of the campaign. It received the hearty appreciation of the audience, which was shown by the frequent ap- plause and cheers. He said in part:
 Wilson today poses as the dyed inlthe-wool silver Moses Of Arizona, yet but a few months ago he was serv- ing as the attorney-generalo Of Arizona by appointment of a goldbug gov ernor under goldbug president. He poses as the champion Of the people and the bitter foe of all mOnopolies, | yet within one short year he was the l law partner of the attorney of that be- 1 nevolent society known as the South 1 arn Pacific Railroad company. A law i yer very long on wind and very short l on clients, a lawyer who has been ! charged with taking money from | Apache and Navajo counties and in | stead of using them to pay the expense | of court costs, as the court records ! show have not been paid, he has used | he money for the purpose of trying to | 3ocst himself into a s5,000 job in | 
 "You hear a great deal about the | prison contract. This contract was made by the board of control created y democratic legislature for dem }cratic governor, Of which he was made chairman, and had sole power O appoint and remove the members # it. The last legislature met and Arizona had a democratic governor md the legislature was almost unanl- rously democratic. Did you hear hen about having any of these laws epealed? Every law that the demo- ratio speakers are bowling about was assed by democratic legislature, as nly one legislature since Arizona vas a territory has been republican, nd not one of these laws was passed y that legislature. And today the outhern Pacific railroad and the dem crats are trying to elect Ives, the wner of that prison contract, to rep essnt Yuma county in our legislative uncil.
 Who is Frank Cox? What and -hom does he represent? He receives ) 900 a year for his services and he arns every dollar of it as the repre- of that great monopoly that 7 as for years sucked the hearts blood = ut of every community that has ever . cen cursed by it's presence. Every lrmer, every miner and evsry la6orer ! nd every merchar. in Maricora county s as just cause to remember and curse 1 le highway robbery that has for c sars been perpetrated upon this cOun a : by this corporation, whose history i as been one of robbery and extOrtiOn. a rank Cox has Stumped every county T Arizona and has sung the song and 2