The copper era., 1911-10-06
HON. LAMAR COBB 7
 TALKS ID VOTERS.
Creenlee COunty's Candidate for Congress Outlines His Plat [ form Before His Home
 People and Meets 2
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IN GILA COUNTY THIS WEEK
Is Highly Pleased With Encourage meet he has Received Through {
 out Northern Arizona


 Hon. Lamar Cobb, ,Greenlee county's candidate for representative in con4 gress from Arizona, arrived in Clifton on Sunday afternoon from speaking | tour of Northern Arizona.
 On Monday evening at the Airdome MT. Cobb addressed the voters of his home town and was accorded an en- thusiasiic and hearty receptiop' a qd was the recipient of pledges. of 1 hearty support on the part of his fel- | low townsmen.
 MT. Cobb left on Tuesday morning for Stafford and other points in the Gila valley. From there he will go to Globe and thence to Maricopa | county, making speeches along the way. According to his present iteni- ary he will close his campaign for congress in Morenci on the night of October 23rd.
 During the week Mr. Cobb has mailed to every voter in Arizona a copy of the speech delivered by him last November in the Constitutional Convention when the initiative and referendum proposition was before the convention. This speech is an able defense of this principle incor- porated in the constitution regard less of the opposition of the repnbli- can members of that body. ''Cobb for Congress-" emblazcned upon a campaign button, has been sent broadcast through the territory and as the campaign progresses it is be- coming more apparent that Green lees candidate for congress is being favorably received wherever he goes by all classes of voters.
 MT. Cobb's political record in his own county and throughout Arizona is an open book. There is nothing to conceal. He has taken decided and fearless position on every public question before the people of Ari- zona and as the representative of this county in the Legislature and Con- stitutional Convention has always acquitted himself with honor to him. self and credit to his constituents.
 MT. Cobb has the acquaintance of
 
 democratic party, throughout the na- tion, than any other candidate for congress. A native of Georgia, he enjoys the personal friendship of such men as Clark Howell, Hoke Smith and Tom Watson. His six years resi- dence in Washington, D. c. added to his acquaintance with prominent men of public affairs. He would not go to Washington a stranger and would be able to enlist the assistance of con- gressmen and senators in the affairs of Arizona.
 At the Airdome on Monday even ing MT. Cobb had a heart to heart talk with his fellow townsmen. After pledging himself to the principles of the democratic party in the nation, MT. Cobb endorsed the work of the Constitutional Convention of Arizona of which he had the honor of being A member. He dwelt upon the import. ance of the mining and agricultural industries of Arizona and pledged himself to the work of furthering the interests of these industries by na- tiohal legislation. MT. Cobb stated that his efforts would be coucentrat- ed towards securing an appropriation from the government for the pur- pose of prospecting for artesian water in Arizona, field, which if ex- plotted by the government, would re- turn big interest on the investment.
 In speaking of local affairs Mr. Cobb said he was neither ''corpora- tion man" or corporation hater." That he had always stood for what he believed was right, both for indiyid- ual and corporation, and added that he stood on his record in his home com immunity where questions effectiue corporations and the people had been an issue. =,
 That Mir. Cobb will carry his home county by an overwhelming majority is foregoue conclusion and the fu- dications are that Gteenlee county will have the honor and distinction of sending the first representative to congress from the new state of Arf- Zona.