Arizona republican., 1900-10-09
Democratic Candidates Came
 in to Be Endorsed Again
A Big Meeting in Which the Smith and Wilson Adherents Seemed to Be Equally Divided-Judge Baker Present.

Frank Lyman, anyhow. called it a rati- fcation and that is probably what it was. The ticket hadn't been ratified for more than a week, and since then it has been subjected to some pretty hard wear in the eastern part of the county. When it returns from it's west ern tour it will have to be ratified again.
 A very fair audience, composed in part of republicans and Smith and Wilson democrats, about equally divided, as one might judge by the volume of applause at the mention of the name of each of these twin can- didates. was called to order by Chair man Clark of the county central com mittee. who introduced F. H. Lyman. NIT. Lyman was originally a republi- can; next populist. Descensus facilis Averni est. Now he is a democrat. Mir. Lyman explained in a general way that the republican gait was too fast for him and he got out. Then he at tached himself to the populist party, and when it collapsed he waited by the roadside until the democratic wagon came slowly along. MT. Lyman still loves the republican party as he re- members it. the party of the fathers, but he is down on modern republican, ism, the kind that has no other object in view than to fill the land with pros perity and happiness, even if it has to revamp old ideas and make them fit the times. Less prosperity, says MT. Lyman, and more old-time theories DEMORALIZING DINNER PAIL. The dinner-pail, MT. Lyman admitted, was full. but he regretted that the peo- pie of this country preferred to keep their stomachs full and go empty Of theories. Mir. Lyman made several eff forts to arouse applause and two of them were successful. A man in the rear of the audience faintly clapped his hands and another in front caught the infection. The rest of MT. Lyman's address was made in gloomy silence. broken only by his own voice
 1t seemed to be the idea of MT. Ly- man. who. like Cassius, is "lean and hungry" that this country is long on prosperity. When people have their bellies full. have bank accounts and i are thus given strength and courage to engage in the struggle for still more. they are not, in MT. Lyman's opinion, apt to have time or inclination to form high and noble ideals; it is better to be hungry and idle and so have the time and inclination to think of the things that might be. Mir. Lyman IS for Bryan. At the close of an impas- stoned argument against expansion the Pioneer band played medley incon- gruously including The Star Spangled Banner, Long May She Wave"
 
 district attorney, skillfully steered his craft amid the shoals. He talked of free silver with impunity, praised the republican ticket, pulled for his as sociates and himself, betrayed secrets of the late tour of the eastern part of the county and furnished undisputablo proof that J. E. Walker, who desires to be entrusted with the courDty's funds, is unreliable in the matter of water melons.
 CAPT. CRENSHAW'S APOLOGY.
 Said J. W. Crenshaw: T have no apology to make tonight, except that am a democrat" man sitting by a Republican reporter observed: God knows that's enough" Captain Cren- shaw then proceeded to offer in extenu- ation of his complicity with the demo- cratic party the fact that he was born in it and could not help himself. He pleaded. too, that he was only particeps criminis. Beside him there were Thomas Jefferson. James Buchanan and others equally guilty, whom he could name if he had to-
 Captain CrenshaW, having satisfied his audience that he was not wholly and alone to blame, paid Governor Murphy a high tribute. He liked him as a gentleman and respected him as a public official. He had given the ter ritory two administrations as clean as it had ever enjoyed For this reason. if for no other, he hoped the governor might be retained in the territory and that Mark Smith might be sent to Washington as delegate.
 At this juncture Captain Crenshaw undertook to eliminate Colonel Wilson from the campaign, declaring that Mark Smith was the only candidate. Colonel Wilson's name was greeted with the most vociferous applause. Wheredt theSmith people. at the mention in the next breath of their candidates name shouted themselves hoarse. Moth ing less than a standing vote would
 
 represented. COLONEL WILSON'S PIPE DREAM I
 That Colonel Wilson was d candidate said Captain Crenshaw, was a mistake. 1 The colonel dreamed that he was a ! candidate but he wasn't. and he would find that the party in this territory this fall were not engaged in bringing dreams to q realization. The gallant captain spoke of some of the county candidates, and here is where his in nate democracy became manifest. If there was one office more than another, ! said he, which his party should make an effort to secure, it was the sheriffs office. More patronage. more places, , were attached to it than any other
 Having run down the list of county | candidates the captain made a bold ! but difficult jump to his peroration-j and stumbled. He took il out of his :