Arizona republican., 1902-10-18
MESA 0UTPOURING
 FOR MIR. MORRISON
There Was No Hall Big
 Enough for the Crowd.
The Same Favorable Impression Made There as Elsewhere Further Exposure of the Statehood Argu- ment.

Mesa was the next stopping point on the triumphal tour of Hon. Robert E. Morrison last night The people of that wide awake town did not believe it was possible to bring out so many people to political meeting. but they were there. The largest hall in the place was inadequate to hold the crowd.
 A special train which left here at half past six o'clock arrived at Mesa little after seven. MT. Morrison, who had spent the day at Tempe, boarded the train along with many oi his friends. At Mesa the train was met by a large delegation preceded by the Mesa band.
 The crowd, which was new a large one, was led by the band and the Pi- oaCer band of Phoenix to the largest nall in the town. People had come in from the surrounding country. The streets were filled with vehicles The capacity of the hall is about 500, and it was filled to the limit Many who were anxious to see and hear Mr. Nor risen were unable to get in. Upon the
 
 county candidates.
 The enthusiasm of the audience had been manifested upon the arrival of Mr. Morrison in the city, and it grew until the last word had been spoken The first speaker of the evening was Judge Kibbey, who was introduced by the chairman. Judge Kibbey spoke fer the most part Of the territorial issues, Ina n1G 1lzr "a prosperity which had attended the rule of the republican party. He concluded his address with a eulogy Of MT. Nor rison, who he said, though not so large a man physically as Colonel Wilson, was immeesurably larger in his capac- ity for usefulness as a delegate to con- gress.
 The reception of MT Morrison when he was introduced must have been ex- tremely gratifying to him. The warmth of it was never surpassed at a political meeting. The audience reminded him throughout the address that it was in full sympathy with him.
 He discussed the trust question in a clear manner, and he went over the platforms of the two parties, showing that the republican party of the terri tory had given the farmer and the la borer an earnest of it's purpose to bene- fit them. On the other hand the dem ocratic platform promised what it could not perform, and which it was well known it could not The party had never done anything oi value for any class of citizens. either in this terri tory CT the nation at large
 The most telling part of the speech Of Kr. Morrison was the exposure of the only argument of the territorial democrats in favor of the election of Col. Wilson, that it is necessary to se- cure statehood. That is doctrine that Marcus 4. Smith is inIustriously preaching in the south MT Morrison quoted an interview in the Tucson Post with Senator A. c. Foster of Washington. a somewhat higher au- tEority than MT. Smith, in which he said that a republican senate would not be particularly inclined toward a territory which had no other merit than that it had gone democratic.
 The impression created by Mr Nor riscl at Mesa was the same favorable one that he has made wherever he has been during the campaign. His next stopping place will be at Florence.
 At the close of the meeting Chairman Lewis announced that a water meeting would be held next Monday.