Arizona republican., 1903-05-05
Astounding Figures That vot-
 CTS Should Study
Businesslike Talks by Thoughtful Men Showing Why the Republican Ticket Should Be Elected In the Interest of Good Governm ent.

NllS. ne LHtdlei " dS HOl CTONutu Dul lJ was well filled and filled in a way that was cause for congra tulatiOn on the part of all interested in the meet ing. There was absent entirely that element controlled by the heelers, that under current Of municipal life which such meetings as the one in the theater are designed to destroy; that element that in an ordinary political meeting is present with its hireling applause and its uncouth bravado. The house on the contrary was filled with taxpayers and their wives, representative citizens, honest laboring men. men who make the dollars that sustain the munich
 pal government and men who desire
 to protect their interests irrespective Of party. The back of the stage and
 table by the side of the speakers were
 both decorated with American flags and the whcle front of the stage was
 banked with flowers. The Forbes or chestra sat at one end of the stage and the Pioneer band in the balcony Other occupants of the stage were the republican candidates. Secretary Pres
 colt Of the central committee and J. A.
 Marshall who presided and Judge Kip
 bey. Dr. Duffield and J. C. Adams who
 with Walter Bennett, the candidate for mayor addressed the meeting.
 When Mir. Marshall rapped for order
 the entire assemblage rose while the
 band played America, after which the orchestra rendered a selection. MT.
 Marshall in a most happy vein told how
 Phoenix could secure a good govern
 ment and then introduced Judge Kib-
 bey as the first speaker. Mir. Kibbey
 spoke of the gathering as an assem-
 blaze of neighbors and especially noted
 with pleasure the presence of SO many
 women. He said a good national gov
 e!nment depeEded on good local gov ernments. The beginning must be made at home and the great mistake of Phoe-
 nix as well es other cities is that the
 business men do not devote enough
 time to public duties. He then asked
 the audience if it could point with pride
 10 the government that Phoenix has
 had for the last five C. six years In explanation of how that government could be betteTed he reviewed the re-
 publican ticket, not as republicans but
 as citizens and men in every way
 worthy of the confidence of their fel- lows and competent to fill the offices for which they have been named
 Dr. Dufiield. who spoke next. made no effort al Cratory but handed out
 few cold facts and in no uncertain
 tones. He said that if there is q fair count today the republican ticket would
 be elected. What he meant by a fair
 count was that if the people who live
 here, who pay the taxes here. who
 have families here and who expect to die here and go 10 heaven from here.
 can get 10 the polls and place their
 sentiments in the majority the repub-
 lican ticket will be victorious from
 Bennett to Kinney. But" he said. If
 the election is run by the fellows who are colonized in the First and Third wards and elsewhere, the fellows who
 don't live here. who don't pay taxes here, who don't have families here. who
 won't stay here long enough to die nor go to heaven when they do die. have charge of the election then the demo- cratic ticket will win. He spoke of the list of grafters that the republican cleo ton officials have in hand and pre- dicted that some of them would be kept from voting. others would be sworn in and it was to be hoped some of them would eventually go to the penitentiary. He went into further deA tails of the grating business, told how the Young Mems Democratic club was trimming up the city treasury and the people were paying for the trimmings. He spoke of the raise of salary of health officer from $40 to S100 per month with but very little to show for IF in the way of benefits, and detailed | other expenses and ways in which the money of the people is being frittered 1 away.
 Walter Bennett was called for and | when he responded was given a rousing | cheer. He spoke of the way the heel | CTS controlled elections and gave as the | reason that those directly interested i failed to give up sufficient of their time i to guard themselves against such | crookedness, failed to participate in affairs. He made a short | speech and said he disliked speaking about his own candidacy but felt that some explanation was due 10th him self and the people. He said when the was first rendered to him 1t was by the citizens committee of 1C0 | and he did not understand it to be a partisan affair and as a good citizen rather than as a republican he con- sented to the use of his name. He spoke Of the promising conditions that are before this people; storage reser- Voir. beet sugar factory. a transcon- tliAtIlldl idllMdJb elc., ana appealed 10 the people to do their part; be ready to meet these new conditions with a re- formed city government. He said that he had always been a republican and in closing promised that while he would never forget he was republican. if elected he would be the mayor of all the people.
 J. C. Adams was the last speaker and what he had to say was all meat. He hastily referred to the use of his name by the opposition for thP purpose of false impressions in respect of himself, denied any desire for office pr the securing of office for others or my interest save that of a citizen in protection of his own and said he had 'epea tedly defied the democracy or any lne else to prove the inaccuracy of his statements regarding municipal affairs. )y the records at the city hall He hen waded into present conditions and past history. He said that present con litiOns were responsible for the fact that q committee of nine leading prop rty owning democrats in the First