Arizona republican., 1906-11-02
Mr.. 0'NEILL'S HIRED HALL
WHAT WAS SAID THEREIN
The Democratic Candidate for Coun-
Gilman Expresses His Views on Leg
islation and Things in General.

isIatien and Things in General.
But for the Signor di Lambardi con-
cert at the Doris theater last night,
there would undoubtedly have been a
larger attendance at the one-man con-
! cert Of Signor di O'NeiIli at the Hard
wick, hardly. Signor di O'NeiIli is the
stage name of the democratic candidate
Tor the council from this county, known
in real life as Eugene Brady O'Nein.
Mr.. O'NeiIl had hired the hall him
self and had a right TO say what he
pleased. The crowd gathered about the
place early, some of the members of it
for the purpose Of seeing who else came
but there was no serious intention on
the part of many, of actually going in
But the weather threatened to be blus-
terry outside, and as it looked as if It
would be rather blustery inside there
was not much choice
The advantage of being on the in
side lay in the fact that one could
sid down. Though Mr.. O'NeiII is not
exactly d stranger in this community
he had arranged with G. II. Davidson
TO introduce him to the audience, so
that it would not be in doubt about the
name of the orator for as Mr.. O'Neil
stated later, he did not want to conceal
anything; he wanted to be open ana
above board.
He took up the subject of reform
Reformers, he said, as he had found
out, sometimes did not have clear sail
ing. He and Diogenes had both had
rather hard time of it as did also his
friend Aristides, at the hands of the
ward heelers Of Athens, but he even
tually came out on top as the speaker
himself expected TO do sometime. The
Greeks having been thus disposed of,
Mr.. O'Neill departed from the Hellenic
character OF his theme and began talk
ing about Arizona legislatures. From
this time on the speech reeked with
corruption. Mr.. O'NeiH had detected
conspiracy among the railroads. the
saloons, the gamblers. the anti-equaI
suffragists, the mining interests and all
the enemies CT good government and
morality. The combination had been
successful in every legislature which
had ever assembled in this territory,
and would be successful in the next but
for one thing, and that thing was the
speaker himself.
Mr.. O'NeiH erred in assuming
that everything or much that he said
was true. He had a bag full of docu-
ments which were intended to be in
controvertible, but then Mr.. O'Neill
had compiled the documents himself.
He linked the enemies or society to-
gether in manner which wouid have
surprised them and related stories of
criminal association which had exist
ed only in his mind. There are scores
Of such reformers hanging around ev-
cry session OF the Legislature. They sus-
pect combinations and speak of them
as one who is on the inside, when as a
matter of fact, many of the supposed
combinations have not been thought
Of
Mr.. O'Neiu divided the criminals
into two classes-the honest and the
dishonest. One who resorted to i'm
proper means in order TO defeat good
legislation, because it would harm his
section, or his constituents. was an.
honest criminal legislator But one
who assisted him in the defeat of such
good legislation, was a criminal legis-
lator. s,daf
ture was most gloomy and left the
hearers of Mr.. O'Neiu little to hope for
He proved conclusively to his own sat
isfaction that it would be impossible
10 send an honest member from the
north or from the south. Mohave
county would neither nominate nor
elect an honest man, because of the
INNING interests. Inc other northern
counties would necessarily send dis
honest men because of the dominance
of the sheep interests. Nothing was
to be expected from Yuma, Pima or
Santa Cruz because of the overshad-
owing Southern Pacific. Cochise was
not to be thought of under the cor
rupting influence of the Copper Queen.
Graham and ella too, were hopelessly
swayed by the mining interests. The
speaker did not say what would hap
pen in Pinal But it was certain that
eleven of the counties would each send
bad and corrupt members to the legis-
lature. The only thing that could be
done to conquer them would be to
smother these corruptionists under an
overwhelming majority in the person
of Mr.. O'Neill. Then there would be
something doing
Going back to tbs Greeks:
when Thebes Epaminondas rears
again;
When Spartan mothers shall give birth
to men;
Then may'st thou be free, but not till
then"
It is thus up to Maricopa county to
give birth to Councilman O'NeilI.