Arizona republican., 1902-10-24
A PROHIBITION NIGHC.
An Address by the Party's Candidate
 for Delegate to Congress,

Hon. Ostora Gibson Of Tombstone, the prohibition candidate for delegate to congress, addressed a meeting of members of his own party in this city last night at the epubucan-democrati meeting grounds, corner of Washing ton street and Second avenue, last night. It was rather more than an as semblage of the members of the prohi- bition party, for the attendance in cluded many persons who are not pre- hibiticnists. The audience was q great deal larger than the most sanguine members of the management had hoped to call out. There were no ac- cezsories Of rcd fire. dynamite or brass band. The crowd collected quietly and slowly.
 MT Gibson was known Cnly to the temperance element of the city. He is an active worker in the l. o. C. T. and kindred organiza tions and is at pres ent grand chief templar of the l. O. G.. T. He is well known in the vicinity or Mesa, where he used to reside, but for some time past he has been living in Tombstone, where he is engaged in the practice of law.
 Nest of the candidates on the county prohibition ticket occupied the speak CTS stand with him. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Green of the county central committee, and it was opened with prayer by Professor George. Blount.
 The Prohibition Glee club, consisting of A. P. Walbridge, sang a very appro- priate dialect solo entitled (Which Way Does Yer Musket Pint" after which MT. Green introduced the speaker of the evening.
 Mr. Gibson may not be classed as a great orator, but he is a clear and earn est talker. The earlier part of his speech was devoted to an explanation of the reason why the prOhibitiOnists had nominated a straight ticket. MT. Gib- son took the public into his confidence and admitted that there was little hope of success in the approaching campaign, which was to be ore Oi is sues rather than of candidates SO far as prohibition was concerned. The election was 10 be only a stage in the growth of the movement.
 Neither could there be a friendly CO., operation between the prohibition party and any other party which did not be- lieVe that the liquor traffic was wrong. It was not enough that candidate for office should be a temperance man or an abstairer. He must be worker against the traffic in his official life and more than all the party must be kept growing until it should be strong enough to put the evil down.
 With its destruction the speaker be- lieved that much of the misery of the country now traced to other causes would disappear. The industrial un- rest for instance, would pass away. If the woTkingmen of the country had saved the money which they had spent for strong drink they could by this time buy the railroads, the anthracite coal mines, the steel works, run thom themselves and have no reason to strike, for they would be their own masters. Neither would there be any complaint oi overt taxation, for the money spent in the prosecution of crim- inals and the care If the poverty stricken would be no longer needed.
 The evil of the liquor business, the speaker said was recognized by the law of the country, and it was per mitted only by Q license. Even the su- preme court Of the United States had