Arizona republican., 1900-10-24
PIMA FOR MURPHY
Housing Meeting at Tucson Addressed by Msssrs MeCowan and Willis.

respondenre of The Republican)- )-The
 republicans Of Pima county covered
 themselves with glory last night ir
 their highly successful rally. The ar
 rang ments were perfect, the audience
 was large, representative and enthusi-
 astic, and it is firmly believed thal
 votes were made for Gov. Murphy and
 the republican county ticket.
 Colonel Zabriskie was the chairma Il,
 and after a few bright remarks he in- troduced Col. $. M. McCoWan, of Phoe-
 nix. who delivered a rorcible. convlnc-
 ing address. which was received with
 applause. It is difficult to select eX- i trac.s from his splendid argument. but
 among other things he said:
 | Why fly at danger like blind bats in
 q rage? Why cling ta I party whose
 paramount issue is a whftened specter. ! Tor imperialism is So void of life tha [ | Its bones rattle like a shrunken skele- | ton $ tossed by summer winds. Why | forsa ke a party that keeps it's promises. that glorifies the republic, that brings | prosperity everywhere, for an aggrega- | ton whose history and record is sum med up in four years of silenced in- dustrieS: four years of bankrupt hopes: Of unreluitted tOl: of empty banks ard treasury; of commerce dead; of gold sent all abroad; of confidence hid ing and breeding in pitiful solitude; of imperial:$ric armies of men with idle hands and busy brains incubating the germs Of discomfort and rebellion?
 Why swap .ha generous gifts we now so abundILtly enjoy for The damocrat- n f q nd hAn nd h1 ,ly of hair?
 ''SupposH We smother prejudice and lcok at politics from q business stand point. Are We better off today than we were four years ago? Are the balanc- es more often Cn the right side of the ledger? Do We get more for our cattle. our sheep and wool and other things we raise and make than We got four years ago? CHere the colonel went into q comparison of the markets as they are today and as they Were during Clevelands administration He con tinued:
 Then If We are better off, why desire q change? And whyi not give the ld-' ministratlon policies credit for bring Ing about the improved state of affairs? We dGnt need ,o vote the democratic ticket because We vera Don that-a- way" Suppose we think our own thoughts and make up our own minds, and vote for our best interests and the best interes,s of the community in which We live.
 I'd rather have one full dinner pail than sixteen full pO)r-hOuse,s. I'd rath- CT have ] land full of trusts with plenty of labor at good wages than . land with no trus,s and no work at any price. Td rather listen to the jingle of sound dol lars in the pockets Of Amerioan citl- Zers han to the. jangle of the chain on the legs of American trLmps. I'd ra h. CT see Americans free and independent. with mort ges cancelled. with money in the bank and with a hallelujaIl chO- rus of joy forever singing in the heart of the sweet Amrri"an wife than to see SO00,000 people in ',he Philippines dwelling under the arbitrary rule of traitor Aguinaldo and d half million of his tribe.
 "Id rather hear the music of the busy and the laughter of the glad in our glorious land than listen to the h. ments and curses of the idle and the walls of the hungry. I'd rather see Major McKinley's imperial army of boys in blue striving to maintain the honor of the flag. and to secure for all time unlimited markets for the Amer tcan producer and manufacturer than have a return of CleVela nds imperial armies of tIamps seeking work they could not find. and subs!sting on Amer- ican soup houses.
 Col. McCowan gave exhaustive Tea sons why Arizona should be admitted to statehood, scored Mark Smith for his presumption in seeking reelection ca a record "as hare and as bald as deai mans skull;" eulogiZed Frank Murphy in eloquent phrase for his work in Ar iZona'S behalf: defended Governor Murphy for his attitude in the .DoGld af- fairs and mining proclamation and closed with an eloquent peroration that . elicited rounds of applause.
 The next speaker was H. M. Willis. | Of Phoenix. who gave a pleasing ad- 1 dress covering his reasons for leaving | the democratic party and joining the | party of progress and expansion. He l spoke particularly on the subject of the | bond question. going into its legal ! phases scoring Judge Baker for his in- and untruthful statements. presenting a fair and unprejudiced : statement of the case. Mir. Willis is a pleasing, clever speaker, and his re- marks were we'll received.
 The meeting closed without anyone leaving the hall or losing his interest.
 It was enc of the most successful and vGte-making meetings ever held in Pima county.
 Pima is now in line for Cakes Mur- Iay and bets are daily offered that he will carry the county by a good ma ior- ny. The county ticket is considered to be safe, yet the splendid young fellows who have the campaign in charge are not leaving D stone unturned to secure he biggest kind of a ma jority
 DEFENSES OF PARIS.