Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-09-24
A TIDAL WAVE
 OF APPROVAL
THE MORRISON RATIFICATION LAST NIGHT UNEXcELLED IN THE PAST
 HISTORY OF POLITICAL ASSEM- BIAGES OF NORTHERN ARIZONA.
Plain Language Advanced in Argument on All Matters and No Personal
 Mud Tactics Rendered..
CLEAR, CLEAN AND COURAGEOUS.

We believe that republicanism in politics will signally triumph in Ari- zona this year, and from the Little Colorado on the east to the Big Col orado on the west there will answer the appeals of devotion and patriot ism of the people to the cause of maintaining that principle before us
 -republicanism. Facing that which is before us today in peace and plen- ty, why should the narrow and con tracted, the uncertain and the un- steady prevail even in Arizona poli- ties when considered from the con sistency of the political complexion and the industrial rating before us today at Washington. In other words why in all reasonableness can even commonwealth of the compar- ative insignificance of Arizona afford to combat the magnifcence of the national regard by Haunting in her face the crimson blanket of hostility. Are we today so powerful that we can defy the nation7 It is time and high time that Arizona, humble as it is, be obedient and conservative, and yet manly. Last night proved it and why.
 Behind the opening of the cam paign of the congressional fight there prevailed the patriotism of the party holding the reins of government, the statehood question in its hands, the national irrigation question for fruit ful solution, the prominence of our industrial proportions, the possibility of an administrative regard in public improvements all for once, har- mony.
 Who is there that is so close mouthed that will take away from Robt. Morrison the noble sentiments he expressed last night as ke opened the campaign in behalf of his party and himself, and place him in the narrow and inconsistent channel of partisan vituperation and personal selfshness. Did he not openly and candidly state to the people how he felt and what he believed to be the truth, and did he not do so in fair ness and sacredness to himself and to the people? On all matters did he not wage anything in the issues before the people in the spirit of fair ness and truthfulness, and was there anything uttered by him that was vicious or unreasonable, antagonistic or rebellious in personal or a poli- teal way to any man7 Was not the formal opening of the campaign last night an honest one, even to dem ocrats?
 Never before in the history of Ari- zona and its political strife has such meeting taken place, and from the purity of purpose in national issues to even the rights of labor in Yavapai did not Mir. Morrison speak patriot ically in the first and nobly on the latter! Did not his hearers feel a kindred in his sentiments as he gave to the wage men of this section the regard due them and their vocationi Did he not also suppress what is alsos known of his opponent in the line of labor hostility that the democratic candidate for congress has to should CT in this campaign in public con demnation? Of all the political gatherings ever to take place in Yav- apai, none has there been that had such clean and pure expression of principle. It was so with Governor Brodie as he advanced to the front in a modest and vet loyal step to ask the people to do d duty, with Judge Wells as he combined business methods with good political judg- ment in this instance, with F. NJ Murphy, as he, too, took the indus trial reins in his hand again and asked a political recognition for Mir. Morrison, and so on from MT. Forest, the chairman who presided over the meeting with dignity.
 The county candidates were also imbued with the same spirit of fair ness, and from Joe Roberts for sheriff, H. E. Armitage for the legis- lature, E. E. Kirkland for treasurer, Dan Campbell for supervisor, and others, there wasn't broken link in the partisan chain of either a spite ful or personal character.
 The republican ticket entirely had a good beginning. It will have a good ending.