Arizona republican., 1898-10-16
WILSON'S SPEECH.

One who would try to anaIyze the speech of Candidate Wilson, delivered in this town last night, would find himself groping in the far past. The candidate did not get closer to the present than 1878 in his argument except when he touched on the state hood issue and tried to minimize the heroic achievements of the Rough Riders, and brazen,y claimed Ad miral George Dewey as fellcw dem ocrat For the most part he dwelt on the period in the financial history Of the country immediately succeeding the so-called fcrime Of '73" It was a surprise to most of his hearers that he did not embrace the "crime" itself in his declamation; however, he satis- fled the local democratic passion for ancient history by Gevoting several minutes to the immortal Nelson and the battle Of Trafalgar. To one fa- miliar with the speeches and Writings Of Senator Stewart of Nevada the thought could not help intrude itself that the general had been reading Stewart to good advantage. Certainly in his palmiest days as senate cham Der emptier Stewart never got rid of more pletitudes or false premises or falser reasoning in a given time than did Candidate Wilson in the hour or more that he assaulted the air with his f1ambuoyant 1tterances. It was characteristic of the man that he de- voted most of his time to the issue that in the last few weeks has been off, cially declared dead by the democrats of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other states and by the republi- cans of Oregon. Tc hear him declaim- ing about the acts cf the parties way back in the seventies one could not help see that the old "greenbacker" strain was strong in him. The nearer he got to present issues the more his lack of accurate information impressed itself on the intelligent portion cf his audience. Judge Barnes Of Tucson, who sat directly back of him, must have realized the hollowness of the democratic fabric when the. candidate referred to the Yavapai county rail- road bonds as illegal and fraudulent; for Judge Barnes is on record as say ing that the Yayapai bondsunquestion- ably were valid obligations of Yav- apai county Judge Barnes made this statement when he sought to main tain, before the supreme court of the United States, the validity of the Pinal county bonds. Wilson probably didn't know that Judge Barnes had commit ted himself on this question, but if he had known it he would not necessarily have modified his assertion, for he, himself, on at least three different oc- casicns has said that the bonds were valid and that ultimately the territory would have to pay them. The spec tacle of these two leading lights Of democracy standing On an anti-bond platform is enough to set all the burrcs in Arizona to praying. Per- haps the "nerviest'' declaration of the candidate last night was that in which he claimed Admiral Dewey as demo- crat. It is well known that the ad- miral is a republican member of a rock-ribbed Vermont republican fam fly. The candidate displayed h.s coarseness in his references to the governor of Arizona. In attempting to show that the republicans are in- sincere in their cry for statehood he emphasized the fact tha. statehood is about the last thing the democrats of this territory desire. Of no candidate has it ceen more truly said, that the more he talked the more votes he made for his opponent. As the cam paign progresses and the people are able to compare Wilson with Brodie the greater will be the latter's major ity. The people of Arizona will not give their suffrages to a plain, ordi- nary everyday calamity howler like Wilson,