Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-11-07
REPUBLICANS AT CAMP VERDE.
Arizona Enthusiasm Such as Has Never
 Been Experienced There Before.

Arizona Enthusiasm Such as Has Never
 Been Experienced There Before.
 Camp Verde, Ariz., Oct. 30.- Editor Journal-Miner.) The republican can Messrs. Haggott, Morrison, Ashley, Myers, Knoblock and Thomas Campbell, spoke here on Monday evening, the 29th inst. Never in the history of Verde valley has there been as large or more patriotic political meeting. Colonel w. s. Head acted as chairman and was just in that happy mood of mind so as to be just awfully interesting. He went back into history on expansion from the time of the Louisiana purchase clear on up to the very last of our recent acquisition, and this historical re- hinder came just in the nick of time, for I tell you since the shelving or dumping of Is to 1 ism and preach ing up expansionism and imperialism has been talked about so much some of us cool, bald-headed people have been seriously considering whether some people had lost their reason or was only common Dam Phools. think the bosses explanation makes matters all O. K. on that line.
 E. A. Haggot was first to speak He, in a clean and logical way, gave 8 general talk for the party candidates and that awful steal known as the P X A. c. bonds, an act of the legisla ture passed by a democratic legisla ture apd brought into existence by demccts, tazes levied and interest paid by democrats every July anC January for seven years, rails rolling stock and all taken away under demo crats and the debt repudiated by democrats. The legislature of Ari zona petitioned and memoralized by democrats for N. O. Murphy to ge the bonds legalized by act of con gress. Then turn about and want tC spill all their swill in the name O honesty repUdiationist on fair Arizona and try to make campaign issue O it, stink if perpetrated on the terri tory the youngest child now living would not get removed from its nos ! trils.
 The other candidates all made shor ', ,IIr,..,- Mr. NTo,-r;-o,, oloeoI tb speaking by a long historical speecl of an hour, giving facts and figure from Abraham Lincoln's time dow to date, which was by far the ables speech in that line ever delivered il Verde valley. He showed the folly O all such talk as imperialism or mill tarism. showed we had less than on soldier for every thousand of our peo ] pie, not more than a soldiers foot fo the protection of all us people here il Arizona. unless that foot was one O of that old pioneers Stink Foo 1 Dunn) feet not over one hundred pee l pie in Arizona would know We had an army at all-then they would all hay l to be in one county.
 Tommy Campbell told us a soon as he was nominated he Tt ceived letters from Phenix on tn Verde water question. Told us as h was a Verde valley. Yavapai count Arizona boy born and raised here, hi all was with us and believe ever one believed every word he said am I think he will get a good vote hert as will also the other candidates. A the close of the meeting Hr. Hea turned the gavel over to the youn people who danced three or fou hours. Every one voted the meetin and dance a success.
 I see they are having trouble in tn democratic party over those who ar kicking out of the party traces. I aI not surprised for some of the fort and odd suckers around the couI |, house have to be brought up by han, or on the bottle as there is only teat for about a dozen. l have heard i said the candidate for sheriff said h wished he had some one to ru against so as to make it interesting Unless I miss my guess he will thin he had all the interesting time h wanted in that line. 1 hear Nh Adams. of Jerome. said he voted fo the poll tax law so as to move its Tt consideration, but failed to move Adams, like his name sake steamboa Adams of old. has great ideas of wha the people need. Steam Boat Adam run for delegate to congress way bac in the sixties. One of his ideas wa the navigation of the Gila and Sal River with steam boats with big broa, wheels something on the order of ou present traction engine wheels, an, when there was water they were to ac as water wheels and in places wher ! the river sank they were to carry tn boat over dry and for protection it wa to be provided with a double turre ! guns one in front and one behind i I case of Indians it could be turned O . the enemy and in tight pulls either O land or water the firing of the gun a the rear acted as pusher by the re coil of the charge or a shot from tn front or bow would make the vesse back out in case they got strande, like some of our democratic friends 1 think we had enough of democrati statesmen from Jerome the last thre sessions. Mir. Campbell knows ou people and has no jobs or dirty linel to wash. or excuses to make for pas b!umders. and if he votes for a bill fo the purpose of reconsideration yo can rest assured that he will make tn move and stay with it. As we hay but one member of council there i not a man woman or child in all Ari zona who cannot trust Jim Doran. H k the ideal candidate for us all. H is honest and faithful. Vote for hin as We need him this time bad.
 G. w. H.
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