Arizona republican., 1900-11-06
Campaign Closed With a ROuS-
 ing Demonstration.
A Monster Meeting of Republicans at Doris Theater - Addresses by Judge c. w Wright and Others Judge Bakers Expiring Effort.

l
 night by an imposing torchlight pro
 cession, followed by a monster mass
 meeting at the Doris theater. The par
 ade was enthusiastically received by
 the thousands who lined the streets, and
 cheers for Murphyand statehood almost
 shook the adjacent buildings in their
 volume. Accuracy forces the admis- | sion that there were somewhat fewer
 torches borne than in the motley az
 gregation that followed behind under
 the banners of 16 to 1. But it was plain
 tO every beholdcr that their muttos had
 no reference to silver but meant 16 | torches to one voter, as by far the | greater number of torches were in the
 hands of boys, most of whom have not
 outSrown their knee pants. Their
 demonstration was also augmented by
 q contingent from the South Side. It
 was equally as apparent that practi-
 cally every torch and high hat in the republican procession meant vote for Murphy and statehood.
 The enthusiasm on the street, how ever, was only d preliminafy exercise,
 for thousands of throats, and wasn't a
 marker to the wild and tumultuous ap- l lIlause that followed later at the mass
 meeting.
 Doris theater was packed almost to crushing limit. Spellbnders were ad- vertised and they filled their dates.
 The Indian band was ir touch with the general feeling >of enthusiasm, and played as it never played before. Every speaker was greeted with continued ovations and cries of Ines all right"
 When the curtain rose it revealed the stage drapcd on either side with i'm menSe flags and d moment later the county candidates and speakers took their places. J. C. Adams, chairman of the territorial central committee, intro duced Colonel $. M. McCowan as chair man of the evening. He was greeted by prolonged and vociferous applause.
 When the noise died down sufficient ly for him to be heard he made a short but eloquent address on the political situation as ittis presented tc the pco- pie of Arizona today. He spoke of his stunping tour over the territory in be- half of Murphy. and statehood, and commented upon the promising out look for great victory at the polls to- day, He drew a beautiful word picture of his vision of the future, of the peace and prosperity of this nation in the years to come. He finished his re- marks by telling a story of how dem- ocratic chairman had accidentally stumbled on to the truth in presenting Mark smith to an audience. He n- tended to introduce MT. Smith as the nestor of the democratic party, but through q mistake he said nest egg. So it iS," said the speaker, Mdrh smith is the nest egg of Arizona dem- ocracy and Arizona, like a stupid old hen, has been sitting on the egg for ten years and hasn't matched thlnG-
 The chairman introduced Judge C. w. Wright of Tucson. He needed no ln- troduction. for he is well known in Phoenix and was loudly app!auded when he made his bow.
 His address was in his usual good natured vein. He brought a laugh with his first utterancc and every fact was sandwiched between d joke or q story. But there was good logic in thc stories and the speech from beginning fo end was d sound, forceful and busi- nesslikc argument for the election to- day of N. O. Murphy for delegate to congress.
 He explained at length the import .anc,, of the contest that is to be settled today. leading up. of course, to state hood-the real issue. He outlined our system of government, spoke of the duties of q congressman and why thelr election was and is of right a matter or politics. He then aptly illustrated the difference between a congressman and a delegate. the latter having no vote or voice in law making. He is but an agent and has no politics, so far as representing his territory is concerned.
 With the interest of the people ot this territory and the personal interest of dhe delegate united, what earthly | figure should politics cut in the mat ter" he said. This brought him down to the man and the issue. What IS needed is the best man-the man who can do something.
 He set the house to laughing by a lit tie Illustration. Suppose" he said, that you had appendicitis. l can talk fcelingly about that subject, for l but recently got out of bed. Who would you send for under those circumstan- ces? A republican? Or q democrat? Rather, wouldn't you, send for the best doctor you could hear of, and wait till you got we'll to talk politicS?'
 
 Then he went after Mark Smiths public record in his own peculiar style and skinned him alive. He felt at lib- erty to do so for Mark Smith was his friend personally" He said that in Tucson the other night Rochester Ford said Governor Murphy was his friend personally" but his public record" was what he was after.
 Judge Wright had looked up the def milton of public record" and found that it meant a record of things ac- That left him with mighty poor ma aterial to work on, as the only thing he could find that Mark Smith had ever done for Arizona was to get a statehood bill through the house once so it could be killed in the senate.
 Then he told how Fort Lowell, which