The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-10-29
CAMERON EXTENDED
BIG RECEPTION.
Third Visit Demonstrates That he is
More Popular Than Ever.

Monday evening Clifton was the
scene of red lights and torches in
honor of the presence of Ralph
Cameron, republican nominee for
delegate to congress, and the crowd
that assembled at the opera house
barely had standing room, which
clearly illustrates that he is the most
popular candidate ever placed on
the head of the ticket. Never in the
history of Graham county has a re-
publican Candidate for congress at
tracted as much attention as Ralph,
and his vote in Graham county next
Tuesday is going to astnnish those
who are counting on $50 ma jority
for Smith. In fact it would not be
surprising if Smith lost Graham
county this time.
Ralph Cameron came to Clifton
this time principally for the purpose
of defending himself against the
accusations which have recently
been published against him by
some of the democratic leaders who
heretofore have been considered
above such methods. The present
congressional campaign has witnessed
many charges against Ralph in his
own county, where he served two
terms as sheriff, one term as super
visor and at present is serving an
other term as supervisor. 1t does not
therefore seem probable that if
Ralph's record as sheriff of that
county was not satisfactory that he
would be serving the people at this
date. Mr.. Cameron has been going
like a machine for the past six weeks,
nevertheless he is the same Ralph
and in his speech last Monday even
ing went after those who have &C
cused him and deied them to prove
anything that they haye charged
him with.
The procession, which left the A.
& N. M. depot after the arrival of
the special train from Metcalf, in
which there were l5O torches and
about three times as many people
was the first demonstration of this
kind ever seen in Clifton. That it
looked good for Cameron there is
little doubt.
In company with Cameron were
Hon. Joe Morrison, of Bisbee, and
Hon. John B. Wright, of Tucson, and
the entire delegation of county re-
publican candidates. Hon. H. V.
Anaya, of Tucson, and Refugio Muir
rillo, of Metcalf, both prominent
Mexican speakers, also addressed the
Mexicans in the audience. The
speeches were most interesting and
Mr.. Morrison left no ground unturned
in his efforts to convince the people
why Mr.. Cameron could serve Ari-
IONA in a more satisfactory manner
than Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Wright, who
has resided in Tucson, the home of
Mr.. Smith, all his life, and who by
the way is the most logical speaker
who has appeared on the platform in
this ca mpaign, presented to the Cliff
ton people a bunch of facts and fig
ures that went home, and did not
look so hattering for Smith. He also
told them the reason why Smith
never carries his own county and un-
covered many other things which did
not look good. Many of the old time
residents of this county who were
present remarked after the meeting
that Wright had told the truth, as
they lived here long enough to know
something about it.
All of the speakers we're cheered
a t special intervals, but none of them
received the ovation that Ralph did
when he told what he thought about
those who had accused him wrongly.
The Pythian Sisters netted a neat
sum from the entertainment at the
Empire Theatre last Thursday even
ing. The sisters desire to thank the
management of the thea tire and those
who patronized the entertainment,
thus assisting in making the affair a
success.
Programme For Tonight at the Empire
Theatre.
east Lynne