The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-22
REPUBLICAN, RHLLy
MORRISON ON THE ISSUES

Yes, the Republican rally at the
opera house last evening was well at
tended. In fact. there was an excep-
tional crowd present. The question
is, who or what was the drawing card ?
Of course the Republicans with one
accord will declare that Colonel Bob
Morrison was the magnet. They
closed their eyes after the boomerang
and said it could not have been any,
thing else in the world. However,
any one who stayed for the real per-
| formance of the evening found a ready
explanation for the crowd. "A Night
OFF, was the real attraction and the
card which drew at least half of the
so-called Republican audience. Take
these people out of the house and the
crowd would have looked sad indeed.
! Take out the Democrats and that full
house would have looked like a small
dence Take out the women and Mr..
Morrison would have had to address
| the platform and a few of the faith
full. Then it was only an ordinary
meeting, after all.
At any rate the band cut loose about
1880 and up went the curtain on the
first act. Among those on the plat
form were George Washington Pittock,
John E. MCGEE, Judge Ferguson and a
few others more or less prominent in
the G. O. p camp The 'Old Alcalde'
opened the meeting by introducing the
first speaker and the second best in
the beauty show, Colonel ]. A. Zabris-
kie. His address was short and to the
point as far as the Wakefeld-Vail
company is concerned. The rest, not
even Mr.. Roscoe Dale, seemed to be in
the discussion of the county ticket.
Colonel Zabriskie goOd-naturedly ad-
mitted that both tickets were good, but
like the Irishman's opinion of whisky,
he seemed to think that the Republi-
cans were just little wee bit better.
1t was just about this stage that the
coon minstrels were introduced as
usual in a few songs that were popular
in the campaign before last. Never
theless one of the minstrels made the
crack of the evening when he re-
marked: Il got mine, and Central
Mo'ison is goin' to get his
The people at the opening of the
campaign were introduced to the Re
publican candidate as Colonel Robert
E. Morrison. They have received no
notice since of his being promoted in
the ranks, unless it is in the G.. o. p.
camp. He has only been in political
battles since the campaign opened,
and If he has been breveted for mer-
itorious service, it has certainly lbeen
by the Republican board of strategy.
At any rate the chairman introduced
him as General" Morrison, and he
repeated it several times, SO that the
audience would become familiar with
it. However, it leaves the people in
doubt as to which is preferable, Colo
mel Bob or General Robert e.
@The speaker OF the evening began
his one hour spnnt by throwing a few
boquets promiscuously at old Pima. at
the old pueblo and at his audience.
He then launched forth into one of the
most erratic political harangues ever
heard in a. campaign. 1t was plain
to see that he was courting applause,
and he played to the galleries at every
opportunity. One-half of his argu-
ment consisted in eulogies on Repub-
lican Presidents, from Lincoln down;
on the Rough Riders and their
officers. The other half was made I'D
OF assertions only He then switched
OH on to trusts, and seemed satisfied
with the statement that only II per
cent OF our industries are in the hands
ct me trusts. He declared that the !
republicans were always opposed to
these giants. He called attention TO |
the existence of combinations during
Cleveland's term, and said conditions
were the same now, 'onIy they were
more numerous"
Colonel Bob or General Robert E. |
Morrison was delighted to inform his !
hearers that the Republican party had
ound solution of the trust question.
rhe audience settled down for a long
Inc OF argument on this point, but it
vas brief. He declared that President
Roosevelt had solved the problem by +
appointing board of arbitration to
ettle the coal strike. The audience
ooked muddled. The speaker ex-
'lained this conundrum by saying
hat similar board could be appointed
n all such cases where the greedy
nagnate was practicing extortion. He
i'd not say that the board would be
ppointed before the people declared a
trlke. No, the laborer will first have
o be squeezed until only one breath
8 left in him. and then the Republican
'oard will step in. This in brief was
lis argument on trusts.
Yes, he also told his dog story, but
he application was so far-fetched that {
he audience could not see the point.
lis discussion of Territorial issues
onsistcd only OF assertions. How E
Yer! he read a clipping from The Citi-
en- On Statehood, and very cunningly
sft otf the concl"ujon. 1t was Hon.
IaTll Smiths argument IL full.
ALIURTNG COFFEE