Arizona republican., 1914-11-03
THE VANISHING
 0f CAMPAIGNS
Democrats Close With Small Meeting at Elks', and the Anti-Prohibitionists With a Mixed Wet and Dry Outpouring.

The population of Phoenix gave it. self over to attention to public mat ters last night The democrats closed a campaign in meeting at the Elks' theater and the anti -prohibitionists in a monster meeting on the, court house plaza addressed by Hon. David $. | Rose of Milwaukee and John B. | Wright of Tucson. The democrats had counted without the other attractions so that when the meeting was called to order the house was little more than half filled, though later in the night many from the streets drifted in Hon. w. L. Barnum presided and in his first introductory speech he al- luded to the counter attraction, which he described as the death grip of the prohibitionists and the antis. MT. Bar mum presented what may be regarded as the democratic view when he said | that while interest in this matter was commendable he regretted that many citizens had allowed that issue 1 to obscure others still more import l ant.
 1 The first speaker was Hon. Carl Hayden, whose reception was mark | ed with more warmth than had been
 accorded to any other democrat by a
 Phoenix audience in the course of 1 the campaign. It may be said that
 as an orator, MT. Hayden has made
 extraordinary development. He is a
 tal1er to the point. His remarks
 were in orderly arrangement. fe
 recited the legislation that had been
 enacted within the last nineteen
 months during which congress has
 been in continuous session. He next
 spoke of the legislation which had
 been passed, affecting Arizona and
 then he described that which had
 been planned for the further agri
 cultural development of the state. | Regarding the bill for the exten-
 sion of time for repayment for the
 Roosevelt project, MT Hayden ex-
 plained that a provision for fixing
 the exact value of the project had
 not been inserted for the reason that
 the secretary of the interior already
 possessed that power under the re-
 clamation act and he had assured him that it would be exercised that
 the amount the farmers under the
 project would have to pay for it. would be measured exactly by the
 benefit they had received and not by
 what had been expended on the pro-
 ject.
 | Sidney Osborn, secretary of state
 and candidate for reelection made
 his first appearance before a Phoenix
 audience since the campaign of three
 years ago. His remarks were brief
 and in a happy vein and in the
 course of it he showed that such
 charges against the state adminis-
 tration as had been made would not Happily to the office of secretary of state
 | c. M. Zander. candidate for re-
 election to the tax commission, fol-
 lowed Mr. Osborn with remarks
 more or less extended on the subject
 of taxation It was largely in reply
 to criticisms of a statement the com
 mission had issued showing the great Increase in the assessment of prop erty and the comparatively small re- lduction of the tax rate. MT. Zander, l lOllON HE llit StHtIdl llllt Ol uCAVAiEN | by the administration, explained that
 the schools had absorbed the enor- nous difference in taxes raised by the two systems, amounting to about
 sSOO,000 But he did not answer the frequently asked question within the
 last two months whether the schools,
 excellent as they are, have been inn
 proved $S00000 over their condition
 of three years ago, when they were also excellent.
 The arrangements at the court house plaza meeting were elaborate, The grounds had been well lighted land room Mad been prepared for all
 so that the "drys." if they should at ltempt to capture the meeting as they had done before, to the discontinue
 of MT. Rose, would not be able to
 monopolize all the space. But the lmore active of the "drys' were else
 where, intent upon business of their own Yet there was a sufficiently large number of them in the audience of about 5000 to manifest their disap- proval of the sentiments of the IspeakerS.