Arizona republican., 1902-10-14
9HoEN1x. ARIZONA. OCT. 14, 1902
Mr. Morrison.s Campaign.

Mir Morrison's campaign in the northern counties of the territory was finished yesterday by his speech at Hol- brook. So far. his canvass has been the most successful and encouraging ever history. Since his nomination. nearly four weeks ago, he has met face to face a great majority of the voters in Apache. Navajo. Coconino. Mohave and Yavapai counties. It is no exaggera- tion at all to say that he has been re- ceived with enthusiasm everywhere. A personal acquaintance of twenty years standing has enabled him to greet friends. But his personal popularity by no means accounts for the success of his campaign. He stands for some thing more than a desire for office. He has not been tramping up and down our mountains and valleys for years, .'laboring with his mouth" and implor- ing the people to send him to congress in recognition of some sort of divine right to the office. He did not seek the nomination. and his salary as delegate will not offset the necessary losses from his law practice should it become neces- sary for him to take his seat at Wash ington. It happens that he stands for issues and principles which appeal to Arizona citizens.
 With their fatuous propensity for do- ing the wrong thing, the machine man. agers of the democratic party in the territory have placed their party on the merely followed the traditional blun- dering of the national democracy. day. It should have been plain to the democratic politicians long ago that it was folly to oppose in this territory the republican policy of national expansion, for it was clear that of all sections of the United States the Pacific coast country stands to reap the greatest benefits from the creation of a vast commerce on the ocean which lies at our western doors. They and their democratic newspapers should have known that they could not do a more unpopular thing in Arizona than to set out on a deliberate campaign of abuse and islander against American soldiers in the Philippines. It was stupid in the extreme to howl calamity" in the face of the prosperity into which the territory had entered. In short, long before the party conventions were held. the people of the territory were already disgusted with the mossbackism and bourbonism of the democratic party.
 To make matters worse for demo- cratic hopes, no sooner was Wilson nominated than he began to cut the ground from under his own feet. He began to preach calamity and populism in a way to delight the heart of every socialist, and to dismay every conserv- ative democrat in Arizona.
 With not a ripple of labor troubles anywhere, with contentment and pros perity on every hand, he began preach ing to wage workers that they were slaves :that the men whose enterprise and energy had given them means of employment were their worst enemies and to make sure of firing the heart of labor against the best friends of labor. some of the most rampant apostles of socialism were sent to and fro in the mining camps to invite the miners to leave their picks and shovels and hear how a vote for Wilson would drive their oppressors from the territory. Having done nothing himself for the upbuild- ing of our industries, and possessed of but one idea-that he must get into congress once more by hook or crook Wilson was entirely out of touch with public sentiment. He was incapable of appreciating that the people of Arizona desire. above everything else after statehood. the investment of more cap ital among them. In all the Union | Arizona for the preachings of the dem |