Arizona republican., 1900-10-05
THE MESA MEETING
MT. Smith Reviews the Cussedness of
 Some Democrats.

The democratic county candidates are now unalterably yolled to Mark smith $ chariot. The county central commit tee chose for the vigne,te of the county ticket the Silver Dollar which by strange coincidence Is the vignette selected by the Smith convention for their ticket. It now remains for Secre- tary Akers or the board of supervisors to decide whether the Silver Dollar is th- main circus or side show. In the latter event there will be no regular democratic county ticket in this county
 County candidates followed Mr. Smith as far as they could without go- ing out of the county. He was com pelled to leave them at Mesa on Wednesday nigh, and they are now wandering .aimlessly around some where on the south side.
 Persons from Mesa yesterday said the meeting there the night before was of the nature of Il frost. The Wilson democrats We're moi naturally very en- Ehusiastic and the Smith democrats seemed wanting in confidence. If the candidates get no more votes out of that crowd than they goJ applause they will be in bad way on the evening of November 6. Beside Mr. smith all the county candidates spoke, except stout and McFalL AIr. Smith told that old. out ever new and interesting story of the Phoenix convention which put him into hole out of which he could not crawl with credit to himself and hanor 10 his friends. Mir. smith had not then heard of Col. Wilson's simple device of Tipping coin. pr =suma bly a silver dol lar. The judgmen; of the dollar would be one which any Bryan democrat could with horor subnl1 L..
 Now that he Was in for il he said he was going. as Senator Chauncay De pew said, to do his damndsst and he in vited the cooperation of all democrats Every Vote for Wilson Mr. Smith said, Was half q vJt. for Governor Murphy. Mir. Smith painted a heart-rendias pie ture of the condition of things if he should not be elected to assist Nlr. Bryan. Or, rather, he painted the an omalous condition of thc election of Mir. Bryan, which was a sure rhins. and the election of a republican delegate. He said he was Col Wilson's Warmgst and best personal friend and he described in most pathetic manner the c1ipuels futi!- effort to withdraw and tn" sue cessfui conspiracy of his false friends to keep him in rhc field. Having dis posed of the Wilson faction. MT. Smith directed his batteries against tns re- publicans. He introduced the Yavapai and Pima bond matters. As at Phoe- nix, Mr. SmIth neglected To tell the whole story or say that Governor Mur- pny in securing the extension of the funding act under which it was pro posed to fund these bonds only fol- lowed the instructions of the next pre- ceding democratic legi stature eX- pressed in a strong m moIial to son gress.
 Mir. Smith described in most elO- uuent and pleasing manner how he had restrained himself from securing Statehood during his p=n years in con gress. He preceded d talk on national democratic issues by an appeal to dem Ocrats of all sexes. colors and prevIous conditions of serviuude to get together and heave, oh! heave him back to con gress.
 pr. Ford viewed wt,h alarm the part of the tax he paid 'on his $75.G00 worth Of property which went to nay the interest on the Yavapai and Pima bonds. If he had known what was g1- ing to come to bass. the doctor said, he believed he would have invested his money in d south Sea island. where there are no bonds or taxes and where everything man has is his'u