Arizona republican., 1911-11-18
H. A. Davis, one of the Democratic Candidates for the State Senate, Deliver ed a Speech" Last Even ing.
TALK WAS REAL
 CANE-BRAKE KIND
The Only Effective Address Was Delivered by Deputy Jeff Adams and it Con- sisted of Just a Single Sentence.

Easily the best speech at the demo- cratic meeting at the Third Avenue theater last night was by Jeff Adams. candidate for sheriff. Jeff said:
 T am a candidate for sheriff. all right; and if you elect me. you will always find me over there on the job
 That was all that was required. for the crowd yelled it's delight. A big bouquet of roses and carnations was tossed to the stage and presented to the speaker Jeff blushed like a school girl. but he took the flowers.
 Brady O'Neill presided over the meeting and a large number of county candidates were present. A good many Of them made speeches, too. or rather they contented themselves with tell ing about their respective candidates and soliciting the support of their hearers.
 The most of them did that. but not all The notable exception was H. A. Davis. candidate for state senator. Davis speech was about the dizZiest thing that has been heard in the Third Avenue theater during the cam raign, or at any other time. for that matter
 Mir. Davis is an orator. Honest he is: he admits it. You couldn't get that idea out of his mind with handspike. And the way he Orated last nght would put a back fence Thomas cat to shame.
 His remarks were largely devoted t0 the "constitooshun." as he called it. He said this "constitooshun" had been written by democrats. but that the naughty republicans are now try ing to steal it. "Ain't you a-going to stand by this here constitoOshun ?' demanded H. A in a pained voice. and then he waited for a reply. But the reply did not come.
 T tell YOU. my fellow citizens he continued in that ma agnificent orOtund
 voice that reminds one of a buzz saw going through a knot. T tell you that we have been betr-r-r-rayed by Ralph Cameron" Here the speaker paused to jab several holes in the atmOs- phere. We have been betr-r-r-rayed by Ralph Cameron. Yes. sir. We have and I don't keer who hears me say it. I'll tell you what Ralph Cameron | done. He helped pass the enabling
 act and that there enabling act dis franchised a whole lot of the people of this grand and gee-loriOus state of Arizona. That's what Ralph Cameron | done
 And then there's President Taft.
 my fellow citizens. What has Presi-
 dent Taft did? I'll tell you. He ve- | tOed the statehood bill. Yes. sir. that's | just what ne done and I ask all of | you to rebuke him by voting for we | democrats"
 After Davis had talked about thirty | minutes-maybe it wasn't as long as that but 1t seemed much longer-he | said: Now. I'll proceed" And he | did. He proceeded all right. but he
 never got anywhere. The above ex- 1 tracts are about as close as anybody | could get tO the text of his remarks
 When Taft vetoed the statehood
 bill it was the beginning of the end ] ah." shouted H. A. but he forgot to
 tell low or why.
 Davis wound up his Cane-brOke | oratOry with an urgent appeal to the | socialists tO vote for we democrats. = ! which isn't at all strange. consider
 ing that Davis is in reality a socialist | himself
 Does that man belong to the Vest | ern Federation of Miners" was a | question put to the Republican repre- | sentative by stranger who had | dropped into the meeting It is unfortunate that So few peO-
 pie can hear Davis in his speeches"
 Unless there is something radically
 wrong wide dissemination of those | utterances would inevitably elect the l republican nominee. It is uuthinka-
 ble that any large number of people
 would vote for Mir Davis after hay ing once heard him.
 A fair sized crowd attended the l meeting. but many of the audience
 left before the speaking was con- ] cluded