Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-09
MEETING WAS
VERY NEAR
ENTHUSIASTIC
Republican Smoker" Aided
BY Band, Secures Audience
In Thirty Minutes-Leaders
Bear Up Bravely.

1
That was happy thought of Chair
man Holmes of the Republican cen
tral committee in securing a brass
band for the Republican smoker last
| night. Eight o'clock rolled around
with only few cheerless disciples
Of the tariff and trust policies herded
into Medigovieh hall Then the
musicians, like the circus band, were
called to the rescue. The windows
were thrown open that the strains
might reach the street. Results were
slow, but the "Ramrods" of the affair
backed up the band and spurred them
to desperate endeavors.
| Tie platform was decorated with
| the stars and stripes. the rear was
fringed and draped il black ot the
Afro-American hue, the latter decora-
ton receiving scant notice. The meet
ing as a whole, to put 1t mildly, ~=s
| not riotous with enthusiasm. The
! front seat, known In camp meetings
as the mourners' bench, was occupied
by Kinsey, Morris, Hicks and Caven,
all candidates on the Republican
ticket, some subtle psychological sug-
gestion prophetic of the coming cleo
ton, having guided them to this
place.
At least one statement which was
absolutely truthful. was made Thfs
was by Chairman Holmes. He ex-
planned that the program was a long
one. Music was interspersed between
tie speeches. either to enable the
audience to recover from the proceed
ing deluge of orakory, or to try to
put some life and enthusiasm into the
following speaker; it, was impossible
TO determine which,
After being introduced by Frank
O'Brien, Chairman Holmes assumed
charge. He bore up bravely under
the failure of the attempt to creste
enthusiasm. He paid great tribute
to the Democratic city council by
stating that had be the power to write
the platform of the Republican party
of Bisbee he would make one of the
planks an Endorsement of the progress
sive campaign of improvement which
has been made by the city. OF
course he referred to the four Demo
cratic members of the council, as the
two Republican aldermen and the
mayor were absolutely unable to pass
a single measure of improvement auu
did not do so. And as he is a cour-
teous man, he also Included in his re-
marks, although he did not say so, the
Democratic city marshal and the
Democratic street commissioner.
Judge J. NJ Ross, of this CITY.
was then introduced as the tall
sycamore of Cochise county The
Sycamore showed signs left by
Democratic storms that have swept
over Bisbee in the past, and he
won't be improved any after weather
ing another which the Democratic
weather bureau aas predicted for this
section about the 25th of his month.
He paid a tribute to all the ticket
stating among other things that all
the modest Hughes wanted them 20
do for him was to vote for and elect
him. He laid great stress on the fact
that the candidates on the Republi-
can ticket were so irresistibly attrac-
tive that the Democrats couldn't help
voting for them. In fact several OF
the speakers dwelt on this phase, and
to a man up a tree it looked "a
though their sole hope of victory was
getting the Democrats to vote foI
their candidates. The Judge" con
cluded by stating that if they got out
and worked hard and with world
enthusiasm they might elect the
ticket.
Mr.. Sames, CT Douglas, was the
next speaker. He said the people
would not follow party lines, and that
the Republicans of Bisbee should see
a ray of hope in this. He and Joe
Morrison failed to tally, as Joe told
EN- to vote er straight" sSames
said he knew Charlie Hicks and his
fidelity to his Office, evidently refer
ring to the persistency with which n
hangs on to it by asking for a third
term. Being a stranger in the city
his compliments to the Democratic
administration were probably over
looked by the Republicans present.
The speaker stated that Bisbee had
made more improvements in the past
two years than ever before in her
history. in evident ignorance of the
fact that every measure of i'm
provement had been passed ny Dem
ocratic majority in the council and
carried into execution by Democrat
ic street commissioner. Being
stranger he could not know that May
or Caven had never East Tote or Ne-
toed a bin since he has been in of
fee
DIR. C. L. Caven was then intToduc-
ed. He stated that he had not been
educated as a speaker, Offering this
explanation doubtless, through fear
that he audience might think othe:-
wise after hearing aim. He said a
few words in defense of "his" admi
istratfon, gave some statistics on
microbes and other bugs, and toi1
about how he had helped bring the
street cars into Bisbee. AS il
would probably not have interested
his audience the doctor neglected r
state that he was heartily in favor of
the first franchise asked from Z
city by the street railway comps"
which provided for cars only to the
Copper Queen store and totally neg.
lected Tombstone Canyon, provided
for no schedule for a car once an
hour OF once a day. that said nothing
of motive power, whether to he push
ed by billy goat or pulled bv a bIrro.
nor specified the kind OF rails to be
laid. This. he failed to mention, to