Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-10-13
i hou,audS Gather al Military
Plaza.
Col. 4 ,briski, Delivers an Eloquent
Address an 1--we I.su,S.


tarv plaza last night to listen to the
address of Colonel ]. 4. Zabriskie, of
The meeting had been well
advertised and the turnout when
greeted the speaker showed conclusive
1v that his fame had preceded him. AS
n further evidence OF the interest tax
en- the audience was excepuohally
oliet and orderly, seeming intent on
catching every syllable, save for the
horde of "kids'' that infested the out
side of the assemblage and in their
iollity could not but disturb other PEG
Die. AS we grow older we learn things |
and suggestion or two might hot De
amiss at this time.
There is no one except the parents.
NOT even an officer of the law, who
c9n keen young Amrica quiet at pup
lie outdoor meeting, without resortlnS
to measures that would incense the
said parents and make them think
their Young hopefuls We're imposed
upon.
Political meetings are expensive YET
they are the only means by which the
REPRESENTATIVES of the various partleS
can come in contact with the masses
of the people. Those who nave at
tanned to the age of reasoning IN such
matters are just as DESTROYS of hearing
rs the speaker is of being heard. Would
II therefore be not only courteous but
fair for parents TO leave the boys who
want 10 play. at home. or make them
accompany them and sit quietly down
in the seats and behave themselves.
Another suggestion that both central
committees should consider is the mat
ter of erecting some kind of a canvas
or lumber background to act as a
sounding board for the speakers. 1t Is
almost impossible for q speaker TO be
heard on the plaza these chilly nights
when he is called upon to address a
crowd and TO fill all outdoors with
his clarion tones.
But to return to the meeting. Mr..
Edwin S. Gill. chairman of the county
central committee called ii TO order
and in a few appropriate remarks in
troduced Colonel J. A Zabriskie, men
tioning as he did so the fact that the
sneaker was an old pioneer in the ter
r-ftorv and knew whereof he spoke
when he referred to local conditions
which obtain. Also that Colonel Fab
riskie was former claSSmate of gal
liant Joe Wheeler. and Republican as
he was. paid glorious tribute to that
horOred hero.
Colonel Zabl+skie then took the plat
form and for nearly an hour held the
--s-qIIv SnaakS eXtemnoraneouSly. but
owing to i'll health he had been forced
| to reduce his subject to writing. This
! Of course dptracted from the fire of his
| elouuence hut what was lost in that
respect was more than made up for
by the polish of his rhetoric. the ex-
| artneSs OF his arguments and the earn
! estneSs of its delivery.
| TIE began by referring TO the QueS-
tionS which have arisen since the last
presidential election and which have
relocated to the background many of
| the issues of the last campa ign He
/ Sffota- tsI -r1le TTH1TCT1T condition of the
| country when rhe present adui4,.i-4-a-
ton took the reins of office, described
| the difference in methods of the two
parties and held up for comparison the
situation today and the conditions ex-
listing two years ago. He referred to
the foreign trade of the country. show
! ing by reliable figures our prosperity
during Republican administrations. In
the matter of experts and imports the
balance of trade has always been in
our favor since 1874 except during
| Democratic adminiStra ton.
He took up the battle-cry of the De
mocracy which is in effect that Re
| puhlicanS claim the glory of the Span
| iSh-American war and hone for sue
cess this fall solely upon that issue.
| While paying high tribute to all who
| participated in this wOndrous achiev-
ment and admitting that the success
| ful ending of this trouble was suffi-
| cient on which TO base claims for sue
cess, still the conduct of this war was
! only one link in the grand chain which
connects the Republican party with all
/ that stands for the most noble. the
most glorious in the history of our
/ country. as we'll as the means of her
! greatest prosperity.
| He then spoke of the American for
! eign policy during the present admins
| tration. of the many veXed questions
so wisely settled and the many ques-
| tons now arising before the American
, people, asking in all fairness who
should be trusted with these great
duties. Those who have been success
ful in the past or the party which has
been tried and found wanting?
The speaker next paid the highest
possible tribute to the brave men who
50 recently have sacrificed their lives
in their ccuntry's honor and especially
did he dwell on the valor and the man
hood of Buckley O'Neill that pa triot
whose loyalty reached out and above
party lines. who having everything
10 live fer was not afraid to die
Continuing, there We're others equal
" brave. vet more fortunate who had
needed their country's call. but lived
TO return and receive the plaudits of
their cOuntrymen. To these men we
owe everything. Such a man is Col
Onel \. o. Brodie, the Republican
nominee for Congress.
With similar praise for the noble wO-
men who have sacrificed so much in
time of the country's peril. he closed
and chairman Gill read the following
letter from Colonel Roosevelt in reply
10 letter informing him of the nomi-
potion of Colonel Brodie Captain Nc
ClintOck and Sergeant Grindell.
"OySter Rav. L. l.. Sept %. 1898
Hon. f. s. Gill. Chairman Republican
County Central Committee. Phoenix, ,
Arizona:
MY Dear Mr.. Gill:-The news you
give me delights me. Colonel Brodie !
was literally my right-hand man; Cap !
rain McClintock. one of the most gall
liant officers in the regiment, and Ser
geant Grfndell of equal excellence in +
his position. I congratulate you most !
heartily. Faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The evenings entertainment was
greatly added to by the exhibition of .
magnoscOpic pictures, which cast upon
an immense canvas many familiar
scenes of the Spanish-American war.
and the pictures of many of our we'll