Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-08
IVES MADE A
GOOD SPEECH
Though it Must be Con-
fessed He INDUCED In
Considerable BuncoTnbe
and Some Tiresome Spread
Eagle Business.

1t was quite a nice speech that Eu-
gene 5. Ives delivered at the Third
avenue theater last night. Mr.. Ives,
as most of the people know by this
democratic nomination for the United
States senate; and the object of his
speech here last night was to tell the
people of Phoenix and vicinity why he
should be nominated and elected
And it must be confessed that Mr.
Ives made out quite good case. That
is where his legal training comes in.
He is probably the best lawyer of the
entire aggregation of democrats who
think they ought to go to the senate
and therefore it is not strange that he
should make out a good case when
presenting his candidacy.
But while Mr.. Ives made quite n
good speech he could probably have
made a better one if the crowd had
been larger For there was only a
1.-THE of the number that had been eX-
pected In introducing Mr.. Ives, J. II.
LangstOn, who gets the Craftsmanship
of all these meetings. deplOred the fact
that SO few people attend the meetings.
He called attention to the fact that we
are now operating under a direct pri-
mary system and he said he thought it
strange that the people take so little
interest in the authority that has been
vested in them.
Mr.. Ives also spoke along the same
line. He compared the matter of max
ing nominations under the direct pri-
mary system TO similar work at vast
convention where all the electors are
delegates And he Std il is incumbent
upon all the voters To attend the meet
ings and thus decide which candidate
is entitled To his suffrage.
AS has been remarked already, Mr.
Ives made quite a "hearable" speech.
But he did indulge in considerable
buncombe in denouncing the president
for his course with regard to the ju-
dietary recall veto message. He said
this is the firt time since the close OF
the revolution that free government
has been assailed in this country. and
he spent a good deal of time talking
about governments Of, for and by the
people. palladiums of liberty, the sac
red cause of human freedam and other
matters of that sort. Occasionally he
drew a bit Of perfunctory applause, and
whenever that happened he looked as
pleased as a baby with a new tin rat
tie
There were several other matters Mr..
Ives touched upon. OF course one was
his plan for extending the time of
PAYMENTS for the Roosevelt reservoir
This has come to be one Of the most
popular of all the arguments and none
of the democratic candidates are ov-
erlooking it. even though they never
thought of it until it had been sug-
gested by n republican.
Mr.. Ives said he couldn't take time
to discuss every public question with
which the senate might have 10 deal;
but he did take time to discuss several
of them. The most important one, he
declared. was the constitution. He
advised the people to eliminate the re
call of the judiciary at the coming
election and to re-incorporate that
clause in the constitution at the ear
lest possible moment. He said every
man should vote that way if he be
Iieves in the wisdom Of the recall or
not
Mr.. Ives speech lasted until late In
the evening and by the time he had
finished il is safe To say every one VINO
heard it had had enough.