Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-09-23

RALPH CAMERON
SURE To WIN
MORRISON
SAYS
ONLY APATHY AND OVER CONF
DENCE AMONG REPUBLICANS
CAN BEAT ANGEL TRAIL
CANDIDATE

race tor delegate to congress on the
bit h. The firm belief uf Robert T.. Nor
rison. who has jus, returned 10 Pres
colt after accompanying the nominee
on - speech making tour through the
princyai towns Of the four northern
counties only one thing can prevent
"A great republican triumph November
;, according to Morrison, and that is
over confidence. ',lf the election was 10
take place tomorrow. Cameron would
come 10 the range between Yavapai
and Naricopa counties with over 1900
plurality over Mark smith.
~ am not IN the habit Of making
political boasts. In fact. I believe !
have the reputation Of being rather
conservative in making claims before
N. votes are ess,,' said Mr.. Morrison
last evening, "but IL , was ever con.
WINGED Of u political outcome in ad-
vanc. of It's happening, am thorough.
" convinced tnat Ralph Cameron il
going 70 win his dght Wy an overwhclm.
ing majority.
Cameron held four big meetings
while | was with him q, Kingman.
Williams, Flagstaff and W,nsiow. In
all the political campaigns III which I
have taken part never witnessed
such enthusiasm ~ that which ] wit.
Messed nj the Camcr6n meetings. We
were met ut the train at every town
we visited 10y big delegations of the
leading men 1T the town aud section
and escorted 90 our hotel The rcccp
ton committees were non partisan in
their nature. but score. 81 democrats.
many 81 ihcm the best known men of
Northern Nri1onn. tonk Cameron by
the hand and pledged him their sup
port and votes. Scores nf leading dem
ucrats are making no secret of their
intention of supporting Cameron. !
believe that Smith himself is hurting
HE own campaign moro than aGy.a:ng
else. was told by men who attended
his meeting N, Winslow or Williams
that he made the statement that later
IN the campaign the territorial commit
tee would issue a pamphlet which would
l~ sent 10 every voter setting forth IN
detail the many things he has accom-
plisned for Arizona in the past twenty
"Ali over The north the voters are
wondering why Mark Smith, il he is
80 filed with the record Of his accom-
plishm~nis. does not spi, them out
in the territory and the men who have
attended Mark Smitn's meetings have
attended expecting to hear smiths an
swers 20 the republican charges thai
he has done nothing, and that his Office
has been treated % \ sinccure.
"At the Cameron meeting ever,
hall was crowded 10 its capacity ano
many were unable 10 gain attendance
People drove many miles TO atten,
and assure Ralph Cameron that the,
were tired Of twenty years of nothing
done. and that they intended to place
him in congress and then expect him Il
40 things for Arizona. Especially en-
thusiastie was the meeting at Winslow
There the opera house has seatin,
capacity Of 400 Every seat was occu
pied, the aisles were filled and man,
could not gain admission. There ais,
many democrats came 10 Cameron will
pledges Of support ! found that thu
Young men ~ northern Arizona are 70
ing 10 Cameron in body. Ii is no
because Ralph Cameron is n republi
can, In, the people in the north know
him and they believe in him. The ide;
has gotten abroad throughout Arizoni
that Cameron il n winner and one,
that idea Is firmly seated in the mind
of the people you can no more stop an,
mans triumph than you can stop
great river rcdchinpN the sea.
"Mark Smith : campaign is pattern
ed after that of his master Bryan. l
is anything 10 catch votes. Why, h
even had the andatity in one of hi
meetings up north to tell the farmer
thar IL Taft is elected and n republican
congress, the tariff ~ 10 he 40 revised
as to place wool on the free list.
would ike nothing better in this cam
paign than to take the stump will
Mark Smith and answer his own argu
ments. He would defeat himself by M
overwhelming majority The tnrca
of republican congress putting WOO
on the free list makes one think on
of two things either Mark Smith
suffering FROM softening of the bair
or else he imagines his Northern Ari
IONA wool growing hearers are them
selves suffering from paresi< In 1870
the Cleveland congress put wool on tn
free list, Will Arizona growers eve
forget the consequeDces' The WOO
product Of Arizona .rotted in the war,
house until Mckinley and rcpublica
congress restored the duty and woo
leaped many cents In price. The woo
growers have been making money eve
since. Yet Mark Smith has the auda'
ity to go before wool growing cor
stitucncy and claim that the republ
can congress and president are goin
TO take away the prosperity repul
ican administration has given them.
"Camcron, Ms ! stated before, wi
win and win big, II the republican
only take of their coats and work M
I'll election day. The only danger MOI
is apathy-0yor confidence. Camera
~ making campaign unprocedente
in the history of Arizona. He leave
Springervillc Monday on horsebac
trip of l25 miles through the wilde'
mountain section of eastern Arizona
ending up at Clifton. lie will me,
hundreds Of voters who never befor
saw delegate to congress and he
get all their Votes He'll win sure.