Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-10
IMPRESSIONS
 OF A LISTENER
THE MAYER MEETING AND ITS GOOD RESULTS---A HOT DEMOCRAT GETS COLD FEET---HAGG0TT PERF0RATES DIRTY SCHEME--0THER NOTES.

Editor Journal -Miner-As one of
 those present at the republican rally
 at Mayer Saturday night, I was deep
 ly impressed with the attitude and
 enthusiasm displayed towards the re-
 publican nominees, not alone shown
 by the republicans present but by a
 number of well known democrats, as
 well. Among the latter might be
 mentioned Geo. B. Scammell, who
 has been an enthusiastic democrat in
 this section for years. Mir. Scammell
 was openly and earnestly urging his
 many friends to support Governor
 Murphy for delegate to congress on the grounds of future prosperity and good to the territory and Yavapai county in particular, declaring that he firmly believed that statehood was only to be secured in the near future by his election. There were a num- Der of others of equal prominence do- ing the same thing.
 George E. Browns beech in ex- ploding the illegal bond bug-a-boo was a hair litter and eye opener to those present who had been told by the democrats that it was all Mur- phys fault because the county had been placed in a position where it must sspay a debt honestly and will ingly contracted.
 A. J. Doran's talk was typical of the man-plain, honest, straightfor- ward and to the point without any bluster, pledging himself, if elected, to serve the whole people without party feelings. He pledged himself strongly to aid in the repeal of the obnoxious poll tax law.
 He was followed in a short but rousing talk by J. E. Morrison, candi- date for district attorney.
 E. A. Haggott, candidate for treas urer, then made a plain, business like talk to his neighbors and friends, many of whom were in his employ in the Blue Bell mine, in which he ex- plained in few words some charges against him concerning the recent trouble in the Blue Bell. He ex- plained tha5 when sinking was begun on the Blue Bell he promised the men S4 per day of eight hours for ma chine men and S3.50 for helpers while they were sinking, explaining that when drifting commenced he would have to cut to S3.50 and s for ten hours, that being top notch wages in the county. He had followed out and kept every promise to the letter, but when it came to the point where he must make the cut which he had said would be made, the men were in cited by one or two irresponsible men to quit work. When things had been fully explained to the men, however, they resumed work, and were prom ised, as soon as the mine was on paying basis, the old scale of S4 and S3.50 for eight hours. This plain ex- planation brought forth hearty ap- plause, and showed that the citizens of that community had full confi- dence and trust in him.
 The pathetic side of the occasion was when s. c. Rodgers, candidate for probate judge, explained how he had for the past thirty-three years, given the best of his efforts and life to the upbuilding of this county and | now was an old man and needed the help and support of our citizens for the position for which he had been 
 Frank Meyers, candidate for asses sor, made many friends by his pleas ant visit to the camp.
 Charley Ashley, well known by most of our people, was given hearty welcome and will carry a heavy vote in Mayer and surrounding country.
 T. c. Job, candidate for the legis- lature, was warmly greeted by the au- dience and in a few minutes talk added host of friends to his already long list, by his plain, open, business like presentation of the needs of the territory and county in the legisla- ture, promising, if elected, to be un- firing in his efforts for the good of -he whole people.