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WILSON THE PROPHET.

The speech which Candidate Will son delivered in Clifton and elsewhere over the county was devoted almost en- tirely to the trusts, for the remedy of which he of course, has a patent cure all. For an hour and half the writer sat and strained his ear expecting to hear an exposition Of the blanks of the platform demanding an eight hour law, a mine inspection law, an anti blacklist law, etc., this being the home of hundreds Of laboring men, but not q syllable was heard or the subject It take up those blanks which deal with the railroads and show how the crip- bling of the transportation companies would be the salvation of the people but not word.
 The speech was i1 fact the old calam- ity cry of former years, with new subject. Then it was the want of free silver that had made us all slaves; now it is the trusts; in two years it will be something else.
 The voters should remem Der that Wilson has been here before. Then he told you that unless the democrats, with their silver pauacea, were put in power, you would all be reduced 10 beggery. Are you beggers? Now he has another bOgaboo, but fl he was wrong then, he is wrong now, if he attempted to mislead you then, he is trying to do the same thing now.
 Wilson's explanation of the settle meut of the coal strike was novel in- deed. We learned that it was Willie Hearst, after al, who settled the strike, and not President Roosevelt, whom he ungraciously compared to a bowling coyote. How do the people of Arizona like this allusion to their honored president, the rough rider, the friend Of labor?
 The ERA does not believe that the people will be greatly moved by the buster of Wilson. It is we'll to re- member that prophet of calamity should occasionally in the cycle of years show that he prophesied correctly. It is only necessary that the thinking man should cast his memory back to the day Of free soup houses and Coxey's army, and compare that period with today, and then ask himself if he wants another siege of democracy. Your own intelligence is better guide than the hypocritical statements of politicians. When you go to cast your ballot, remember the days Of '93 and the desperate conditions to which democracy had brought the country through the administration of the very same physic with which Wilson wishes to dose the nation again.
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THAT CIRCULAR.

On last Saturday and Sunday the county was flooded with an annonymos circular fierccly attacking the recoru of las. V. Parks, sheriff and candidate for re-election. The origin ol the CIT cular is unknown. The copies were mailed from San Francisco and were evidently not printed in this county
 Speaking for the republican central committee and for the republican can didates and especially for MT. William son. who is also candidate Tor sherln' the Era hasteus to disclaim all Know ledge of this circular and also all sym pathv with such campaign methods The circular was evidently the work o sponsibility.
 Mr. Williamson has made the fol lowing statement, attested by affidavit showing conclusively that he had nc connection with the origin or pro- litigation Of the circular:
 Personally appeared before me, the under
 signed one Dan k. Williamson who being duly sworn dcposes and says:
 That in reference to circular letters received TeHcCting on Jas. V. Parks and signed J. Smith wish to state that am in no way Connected with the same and that positively the first ever heard ot 1t was from Conductor H. H. Will nams at Duncan, Arizona. Sunday morning october 26th. do not know where or by whom Il was written and believe it to be n case of ner sonal spite. and condemn the same in the most positive terms.
 | entered the race to make q clean open cam palsn. ana have done and will continue to do so until the end, so help me God
 DAN R. WILLIAMSON. subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th u'i oi October, i9O2 B. A. BOYLES Justice of the Peace in and for No 3 Precinct County of Graham, Territory of Arizona.
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da "A prominent republican said Satur
 uay Last, We have ho hope of elect
 Ing put three candidates on our ticte. cI T nope nope to elect Mclean for the com. eII' fitt for supervisor and Tom So;,t , o,; o; .ecorder'" This is about the sitn. ati0n; tbe valley candidates on tbs s'.o' o Pu Puotlean ticket have all been aban-
 II ne valley candidates have not baer d. nor has a single man m tue tlcket been abandoned. Tho ra- l, uoiicanS expect victory for the entire and have ample evidence unon "nich to base their belief. The eas, 'nu VIII not desert the valley and the alley should stand by the east era
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THE gratify ,ews comes from the republican teorial committee that the election obrrison is considered practically cen. He has made a splendid canvad has gained steadily in the estima and esteem of the people. The spopularity Of Smith only secured a majority of 1000 two years agoilson has no person al following, nust depend entirely upon his part,ength, and it is now evident that will not carry him through. ThA predicts victory for Morrison Tuesday.
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Denounced by RepubHCan
 Central Committee
HEADQUARTERS REprBLIcAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Solomonville, Arizona, Oct. 20, l9o2'

Solomonville Arizona, Oct. 20, 1902 To WHOM CONCERN: =. p lIIf If tbe Renublican central committee of Gra- comfy and of the candidates on the republican tcket dnonnce the annonvmous circular that has been GIT tbronebout the county making personal attack unon James V. Parks and others We denounce the author of the circular as coward and characterize the article beous in the extreme ana t .ho Domocratc central committee to cooperate with | Rennbcan central committee in devlslng plans to de tnc+ and punish this assassin of character
 IMMERSION FRANK DYSART,
 Secretary. CIallii"ii'
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Col. WILSON, in order to soru
 aa.i"n tpo' ol the Maricopa county dele S"'ion' which was necessary for bis erection by the democratic convention piedSed himself to favor the Ton,r basin reservoir project to the ercIn9 S'on oi every other similar proiec, in Arlzona. Graham, Pinal and Ciia o ecun'ies are greatly interested in gov ernment operations at San Carlos and tue voters of those counties sbopld ra- ',enoer that Wilson is absoIptelr pieuseo to defeat such proposed op.r. I'ions. He has deliberately sI,nns I eopie of these counties in the face .ua they should resent it as any honest
 ouia resent a gratuitous effropt.
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COUNTY ASSESSOR.

The people are being urged to SUD-
 port the democratic candidates for
 supervisor at all hazards in order to
 avert the calamity of having a repub-
 Iican assessor. The Era dislikes very l much to refer to the delinquencies of i any Of Graham county's past officials.
 but if there is one thing needed above
 all other things, it is an assessor who will take an assessment-a thing that has not been done in Graham county Tn recent years. Last summer and the summer before the board of SUD- ervisors sat as board of equalization Tor weeks endeavoring to secure fair valuation as basis for taxation. They Jprac tically made the assessment of
 u1tcrry uur ur.rrdyr,y- needed Is an efficient business who will go over the county and taI,a tne assessment in a thorough and S, tenatlc way. If Mir. Hili has oS
 rlates who will act with him snch nau Will De q selected and a fair and i ,';I1 piete assessment of the countv VIII De made. This is a matter of tb nosU vital importance and is indaaS i 'nc CT the most urgent reasons wb,. , 'ir. fitt and Mir. Welker should hS :.
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Hon. Robt. F.. Morrison and party will arrive in Graham county on Thursday and deliver his first address at Stafford on that evening. On Fri- s-- ', - on the evening train, and speak al the Library Hall at 500 o'clock. On Sat urday he will go to Metcalf and deliv- ming will speak at Morenci. The ERA bespeaks for Mir. Morrison n hearty reception and a careful consideration Of what he has to say.
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A gentleman who came in last nigh

A gentleman who came in last night from Stafford, we learn that Dan Will Hanson is running for sheriff in Gra- ham county, like a scared wolf. Our informant says that he is gaining in strength every day, and is especially strong at Clifton, N orenci and in the northern end of the county. MT. Will liamson is good citizen and has many friends in this vicinity.-GlObe Belt.
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It Is unfortunate for the democracy
 that Mark Smith should deem it neces.
 Sary or expedient to give precedence
 to the statehood question as an issue
 In the campaign, and especially to
 resurrect the defunct argument that
 the attainment of statehood depends upon the political profession of the gentleman whom we shall elect to rep-
 resent Arizona as delegate to congress.
 certainly, if there were anything in
 that contention. the republicans would
 have much the better of the arpument
 but used by them for many years. it was com batted by the democracy. and so successfully that the republicans themselves, in their territorial plat form this year, abandon it as unten- able. We can appreciate Mark Smith's dilemma in choosing an issue that he can safely urge as paramount for he has doubtless discovered that the breech and a danGero;es- -fa..I.u-ia mi'n which to attack the enemy. Tba issue in Arizona is tho da
 otopnent of her resources. whn 'ecognlzing the rights of all oIas
 we should do our utmost to rno' harmony and to build up the ta-u;.
 U population and wealth. We can o' ahoru to array labor against o,n; ai' but rather we should indu"a ;earer ;1;.er appreciation of the rasnoa, ,,,.nes ,,,.n oi each to the other and an { yean better understandine ba. 'een them.-Globe Belt (dem1. Oe- {
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LET the democratic voters remem- that Chas. NJ. Shannon was cruelty slaughtered in his own county by a crowd with axes to grind. It required heroic work on the part Of Ben Craw- ford to secure the Graham county dele gation for him in the territorial con- vention. The wire pullers preferred
 Wilson, the chronic office seeker, to
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THE mass Of the voters are natural ly skeptical of the cordiality of the pompous individual who has strutted along the streets for years without giving them second look, but sudden ly unbends when he is nominated for office. One or two Of these individ- uals have surprise awaiting them on electiOn day
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Last summer Mr. Colquhoun, in the kindness of his heart, wrote note to Sheriff Parks. This letter is now being used for campaign pur- poses, no doubt without Mr. Colqu- houn's consent or endorsement, and it's publication will undoubtedly be very distasteful to him, as he has no desire to become entangled in county uolitics
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Word comes from Solomouville tha | the plank in the republican county platform regarding the influences which some times operate during court sessions to defeat the ends Of justice has had a good effect. A greater respect was shown for the court at this session than at the last.
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J. R. WELKER and W. A. Pitt are both we'll equipped for the office Of supervisor, in that long years ot ex- perience has given them close in- sight into the conditions which exist. They are both pledged to economy and the reduction Of the tax burden.
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REPUBLICAN
 PRINCIPLES. The Platforms Upon Which the Party Depends for Political
 Supremacy.

form adopted by tho national conven- tion at Philadelphia in 1900, and at St. Louis in 1S96
 Two call attention to tho complete and unparalled success of republican policies adopted and conducted under tho provisions of those platforms, by enactment Of wise and judicious laws by a republican congress, and their enforcement by q republican admins tration.
 "Wc call attention to the glorious trlumphs of those administrations in the fields of war and diplomacy.
 We are proud of the ad ministration of William Mckinley, which marks in the history of our country an epoch as great and far-reaching as that of the first great republic president-Abra ham Lincoln.
 We rejoice that when Divine Wis dom, in its infinite mercy called hence our third martyred president, the re- publican party had given in Theodore Roosevelt a great and worthy sue CCssOr. "Wc endorse all territorial adminis-s trations provided for Arizona by Presi- dents Mckinley and Roosevelt and command them to the people.
 "Wc congratulate tho people of Ari- zona upon tho brilliant prospect for statehood, and we maintain that the political complexion of the territory should have nothing to do with our claims for admission. cor1tettrN t,t,l.s- 1-lsat ths trusts.aro not due cratic commonwealths, under wbich n laws creating great and perniciops | concentrations of capital are greatly fa- cilitated. ia- we congratulate tho people of Ari- c zoha upon the adoption by n rannb1i- II can congress, at the rccommendatior e '' republican president, of a wise m 'nd 0enehcent system of water stor. or lge. SUIT NJ All labor has the right to and if is e' 'eIl that It should organize to the end nat the relations between the or,- da loves and the employer shall be of tho in, losest mutual interest. We We pledge the republican party to G,r for ne enactment of such just and eouit- ati Ole legislation as will teud to the hos, pull lterestS and well being of labor uor we arc In favor of notifications of e present laws in reference to the aoa Natlon of mines and the outpnt the ereoi' and We pledge our party to pub nservattve and beneficial iegisla,;o, tick reference to the same. whf We congratulate our sister renub1io end Mexico upon the niuetv-second ar, wall, 'ersary of national independepca
 course Of celebration. NJ
 favor the exclusion of Chinese fitte
 tlien labor. hot,
 qregoing declaration Of prin.
 commended 10 the consider pot''
 Ne people of Arizona with claI,
 n their opposition to inc espec
 Von, and their efficacy in Nelsc
 iwant.
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VOTERS shoe on their guard against unfai unlawful methods of securing on election day. Let every vemember that he has the constnal right as citi- zen as the | States to cast his ballot as he 1t and that no one has any righhterfere with him. Walk to the ike a man and vote as your judg mic tates.
The copper era., 1902-10-30

THE late Mir. Bryan is still devoting many columns of his Commoncr to prove the statement that there is no prosperity. As soon as he can get to it, he will take up tho cudgle in favor of the theory that the earth is fiat.
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w. F. HAGAN and c. w. Beck would make splendid members of the assem- bly, and would represent the county with dignity and ability. They are both clean, honorable business men of long residence and any confidence placed in them will be amply vindi-
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ALEX. MCLEAN will not go to the council as the special representative Of any interests. but will represent the whole of Graham county. He has the ability and honesty and will ma ke a splendid representative.
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SIX years, ears and two years ago, Marcus n Ymped the terri- tory pointing1 at only by the -, r-~S E,-, s=- = -id AIT zona hope toISe her mines and prosper. No notes with pleas ure a marveleaking and tremen- dous advancein the process of development. free silver do it? Did low tarifit? It was the t-i- umph of repuism that did it.
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NO MAN in Graham county is bettar n'Ied to discharge the duties Of nro. oa'e Judge than A. E. Nelson I'm por'ant duties devolve upon this off. oiai' ana 1t should be filled by man adapted for the wort M" Neison wants the office and the of9ns wants him. oiiice
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Sanitation means good health. Good health means everything. If you need flush closet, kitchen sink, bath tub. wash bowl, water boiler, etc, the Cliff ton Water company will furnish aud place in position at actual cost Of lahur and material. Estimate furuishted up- on application at office in Gila Nallry Bank building. All work guaranicol-
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Bulletin regarding the taxable prop erty owned by the several candidates shows that the democratic candidates sl4,6s5 in property and the republican candidates s2l, ,l26.
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After all, it was hardly fair 10 weight Rawlins down with such an editorial load.
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Kelly advises the defeat of all carpet baggers, and Little has the shortest residence In the county Of any Of tho
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MARK SMITHS PLEA.

The speech which Mark Smith mad e in Clifton and is making elsewhere over the territory is remarkable for its ingenuity and sophistry. The bur den of it is that the democrats in the senate are all in favor of statehood Tor the laudable and patriotic reason tha: out of the territoryis supposed to come democratic state The republicans are opposing It fe the utterly mean and selfish reason tat it does not give sufficient promise O becoming 8 repub- lican state II the territory goes re- publican the demoeats will desert for the patriotic reasoiabove referred to, while the republicans - but that's another story.
 Analyse Smith sargument and you find within it the dement's of iuconsls- tency and sophisty. It will not stand for a moment the est of common sense. That Arizona mus go democratic and New Mexico and klahoma republican in order to secure tatehood Is not only an absurdity, bui is more-it is an insult to every maber of the United states SeudlS, duSSIldt OOuy "OuAo oO well, no matter what the result of these elections, tvepudiate the whole l matter in orderto purge itself the charge of occupyig mean and selfish position.
 Statehood willtever come to Ari-
 zona by trickernr childish posing. The senate will ns be moved by the
 cheap subterfug. which are some
 ,;r,as ,Sad tO swaa Detit iurv It will
 admit us on our nrits or not at all ,and
 does our honora citizenship desire
 1t otherwi--"
 It is true, Of coIse, that the person aIity Of the delate will have much to do in brinsingSe senate t;. to a right
 and is it nos in tie line of common reason that deegse affiliating with
 the majority coud o this work more
 effectively than Getanding with the minority?
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MARK SMI1ould be invited to go to New Meand Oklahoma and make speechG the republican tickets.
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Strange that Wilson should have forgotten to tell Us of the horrors of imperialism and militiarism. Strange,
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The Sun Insurance office is ,h,,
 tn sne world. J. E. Thomson don,, nave nave 10 send away to have his noIiciaS i
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PRESIDENT psEvELT's success in settling the grt ,al strike was a sad, sad blow to tha pcratic politicians. For a time tE bped against hope that the mind wold refuse to accept the terms, br nov the last straw W is gone. For mths;hey have shouted that Rooseve wa the tool of the "Money PowS ad to see their cher ished hobgobh uhorsed is indeed blow. The wt of it is, that they must weep alG Is the public is re- joicing in the'ength and patriotism and achieveHts of it's honored president.
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LosT-Silver fob chain, and lock-t with monogram w. II. r. Liberal rec ward for return at this office.
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MOrrison's Visit.

KANSAS Jayhawkcrl Isn't it awful,
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House for rent furnished. Apply to NJ. A. Ernest.
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A statement published in last weeks
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Gunther makes good candy. Try it. Young's Pharmacy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-14
kiDNAPERS RECEIVE
GOVERNORS PARDON
Principals in Margaret Taylor
Affair Will Go Free--End Of
Celebrated Case.

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.)
Columbus, Oct. 10.-Governor Nash
today wrote ''finis" at the end of the
celebrated Margaret Taylor kidnapping
case, of Cincinnati, which attracted
international attention last spring
Tho governor today granted a. pardon
to Mrs. Francis l.. Taylor and her
daughter, Frances, the grandmother
and aunt of the kidnapped child, who
were six months ago sentenced to one
year each, but who have since tha
time been under reprieve, Their con
viction resulted in the child, Margaret,
being restored to her parents having
been located in Italy with her aunt
Clara after an absence of four years.
Efforts to have Clara extradited fall
ed. The pardon is granted on the
ground that the convicted mother and
daughter are innocent and because the
father and mother of Margaret joined
IN the request for pardon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-14
DECISION
In New York Coal Conference Postponed Until
Tuesday Next BY That Time the Public
Will Know" Says Senator Platt

CNews-Democrat Leased Wire service.)
New York. Oct. 10. - J. p. Morgan,
Senators Quay and Penrose and Gov
ernor Odell went into conference
about $50 this morning, in Room 80
at the Fifth Avenue hotel. They re-
mained closeted for an hour and a
half and then the two Pennsylvania
senators took cab and started for
Senator Platt's Office at 40 Broadway.
Odell and Morgan remained at the
MOTEL. District President Duffy of the
United Mine Workers Is also at The
hotel but will say nothing.
The conference in Senator Plata
Office ended at LILO this afternoon. No
formal statement was given out but
Governor Odell and Senator Platt said
an adjournment had been taken until
next Tuesday. Nothing had been de-
cided upon they said.
by next Tuesday" said Senator
Plat, the public will know whether
or not there will be a settlement OF
the strife"
Previous to the conference j. p.
Morgan was asked If he would attend
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-14
Code Committee Ar
ranging Its Details.
COUNCIL MAY FIX
The Size of Board of Public
Works--Merit System Dis
cussed But no Deci-
sion Reached.
,From a star Correspondent,

Columbus, Oct. 1O-The sections OF
the codes dealing with the organization
of cities were taken UP by the joint
conference committee Thursday. An
agreement was reached on one impor-
tant provision. 1t was decided that
the board of public works should con-
sist of either one or five members In
all cities, council to determine the
size of the board. 1t is probable that
in small cities one member will be
deemed sufficient, while in the large
cities in all likelihood the board will
consist of FIVE members. The con-
ferees got into a tangle over the
board of safety proposition, motion
having been submitted to make this
consist of two directors. The house
members stood out for but one director
and the senate conferees argued for
two. The matter was laid over until
Monday, and meanwhile George B.
Cox, of Cincinnati, will be importuned
to oive in to the on man plan.
1t was decided to adopt the house
proposition fixing councilmanic sal
aries in cities of $4,000 and under at
49,
every additional 10000 in population
after it had been amended so as to
make $1,000 instead of 5000 the limit
to councilmanic compensation.
The question of the merit of the
system was taken up but was not set
tied At the morning session 1t was
decided to make the terms of all NUM-
cipal officers, except city auditors anc
police court clerks, two year ones
There is a constitutional provision
which requires police clerks to be
elected for three year terms. The life
of deficiency bonds was increased from
20 to SO years and sinking fund trus-
tees shall keep register of all bonds
Representative D1nman, of Lucas
made hard fight for rotary councils
but lost out.
1t may be necessary to leave a
three year term for the city auditor
Both code bills provide for this. and
the conferees have no authority to
change any provision on which neither
side differs. The committee adjourned
Thursday evening until O'Clock Mon
day morning