Arizona republican., 1900-11-04
IN A JOINT DEBATE
Judge c. W. Wright Meets Rochester Ford, the Author of the Late Cam paign Bond Circular, and Dis proves the Most Important State ment Contained in It-Pima for Murphy.

Tucson, Nov. g. 3.-(SpeciaD.-Ne in the history of Tucson was a greater triumph scored by a political speaker than was achieved by Judge c. ". Wright at the opera house tonight Rochester Ford served notice upon Judge Wright this afternoon that he challenged him to find one statement made in the circular issued by Ford in relation to the Pima county bonds that was untrue. Judge Wright was pre- sented at the meeting by w. J. Kirk patrick, and. he entered at once upon what is regarded as the best speech he has ever made. and there was never greater enthusiasm shown by Tucson audience.
 Judge Wright read a statement in the Ford circular as follows: Under this funding bill the supreme court of the United States held on January 3, 1899. that the bonds had been legalized and that it was the duty of the loan cOnl- mission of Arizona to fund the bonds"
 Judge Wright, upon presenting this statement, said he did not believe it was the holding of the supreme court, and he wished to give Mir. Ford twenty minutes to respond. Mir. Ford stepped
 
 He said he believed and so charged that Governor Murphy took an active part in attempting to force the bonds upon Pima county. He presented a copy of the decision of the supreme court and said it was the duty of the coni- mission to fund the bonds in question.
 Judge Wright, returning to the plat form. entered into a legal argument. giving d complete history of the entira bond matter from the beginning to the end, meeting Ford at every point, and completely swamping him. He con- cfuded by saying: "If the supreme court had held that the narrow gauge bonds must be funded, then what ara we doing in resisting the funding of the hondsY'
 The house went wild with applause as Wright proceeded to review the bond case and defend the position of Governor Murphy. He said that the governor, if he had wanted to fund the narrow guage bonds, all he had to do when the decision of the supreme court was received by him was to call the loan commission together and the thing could have been done in ten minutes Judge Wright told of his trip to PhOe- nix and of the promise of Governor Murphy that he never would fund the bonds until he was ordered to do so by d higher power The governor theE told Judge Wright that he had always be- lieved these bonds to be fraudulent and said that the decision of the su- preme court wiped them from the face of the earth, and as long as he is gov erTor the bonds would never be funded Judge Wright brought down the house when he said if Governor Murphy was running for congress to amend this law he ought to employ Mir. Ford as his lawyer. Continuing, he said: ''I want to say to you that the decision of the supreme court of the United States has never held that the narrow guage bonds of Pima county have been vali- dated by an act of congress-
 The speaker eulogized Frank Mur- phys work in upbuilding Arizona and the assistance given him by the gov ernor. He compared the efforts and energy of the governor with the work of Smith for Arizona and tremendous applause came from the house.
 Concluding he said: Now I appeal to you as honest men, as patriotic Ari- zonans, and ask whether you are go- ing to send the man who represents a policy of construction to congress or man who represents a policy of wreck?" The crowd stood and cheered when Judge Wright finished. The democrats are fearful of the effect of the magnificent speech. The defeat of Smith is now conceded and Pima county will give Murphy at least 15O majority.