The Arizona sentinel., 1906-10-10
Democratic Rally.

Democratic Rally.
 The democracy of Yuma county held grand rally Monday night in Masonic hall. tho principal features of which were the speech of Hon, Mark Smith and the ratification of the democratic county ticket. Most of the candidates were on the stage and were presented to the audience by Mir. C. L. Brown, himself candidate for probate judge. Nlr. Brown delivered very able ad- dress in his introduction, and it is safe to say thai the democratic nominees are new pretty well known and will have no trouble in identifying thcni- selves most anywhere in the county: th0ugh as q precaution, it might have been well to have taken q snap shot of the group as they lined up before the audience, 10 nuke sure. The present. ation of the candidates followed the speech of Mir Smith, but it is here ad- vanced to first position because of its overshadowing importance-to the nominees.
 Attorney ". F. Timmons, who pre- sided over the meeting, introduced the Hon. Marcus A. Smith, who made the speech of the evening. He devoted his whole time to den0uncing joint state hood and pay jug compliments to wom- ankind. From every standpoint the speaker was justified in saying nice things about the ladies-especially was it wise for him to 60 so as they had a large representation in his audience. His objections to joint statehood, how ever, were not so we'll founded. He referred to the S5,000,0G0 provided in the statehood measure as a school fund for the new state as bribe to vote for the measure, and spurned it as hate ful thing. He truly said thai such a thing had never bcfore occurred in the history of state making. But why any progressive citizen of either territory should regard that magnificent dona- tion from the federal government as bfibe is beyond comprehension. He objected to the union with New Mexico because, as he stated, the people of the two territories have nothing in common with each other; they have different laws from ours, different customs, speak different language, etc, etc.-in short he deprecated such union be- cause there were too many Mexicans in New Mexico, and being greatly in the majority would control the desti- nies Of tke new state. The speaker was very ingenius and oily in present. ing these objections, trying hard not to give offeuse to any of the race that might be present. But to cap the eli max he fatly contradicted his own theory by drawing q picture of what would happen under joint statehood to the poor, down-trodden Mexican popu lntion, who would then have to submit to Anglo-Haxon Domination. This is where Mark got his wires crossed.
 Mir. Smith referred eloquently to the splendid prosperity now prevalent throughout the territory and the coun- try generally. perhaps forgetting his argument during former campaign, when be predicted industrial depres- sion and dfre disaster unless we should get free coinage of silver" h this he paid D fine compliment to the wise republican policy which repudiated the l6-to-l fallacy. I!e also cast reiiec- tion upon himself as 8 prophet. It has been suggested that if the Hon. Mar GUS was wrong cn the money question, he might be wrong ia his joint state hood predictions. He was i.ot in good voice and aroused bat little enthusi- asm. It is safe to say that not vote was made by the address, which was merely ;n appeal Co sentiment without a solitary reasonable argument against joint statehood.