Arizona republican., 1914-10-25
Governor Young, Dr. Nel- son and Captain AleXan- der Speak Before Hun dreds, While Democrats Are Greeted by Twenty
DRY AMENDMENT
 WELL RECEIVED
Certain Now That Southern End of Cochisc County Will Roll Up Good Vote for Progressive Cause on November ,
Especial tc The Republican,

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 DOUGLAS. oct. 24.-Damp wealth el. and chilly night air did not deter several hundred men and women voters of Douglas from gathering to- Light in the Columbia theater to is ten to the stirring speeches of the progressive state candidates The democrats. however, holding a meet ing one block away, and despite the aid of the Ninth Cavalry band, had only about twenty present. They att tributcd the lack of attendance to the inclemency of the weather.
 George l.. Young, candidate for governor on the progressive ticket. eXcelled tonight in his talk. It was a pointing of the way to a realiZa- tion of the higher ideals of good government, an instruction in the methods of securing efficiency in the administration of state affairs and the inauguration of economies that must result in the lowering of taxes and the saving to the citizens of Arizona of thousands of dollars annually.
 It is very evident here tonight, fol- lowing the dry amendment argu- ments advanced by the speakers, par . t.cularly by Captain QJ. l.. E. Alex ander candidate for attorney general, that if the vote of this end of Co chise county would determine the status of the entire state, Arizona would go dry by an overwhelming ma iority. The remarks of the speak CTS when dealing with the question of state wide prohibition and in re- ferring to the prohibition plank in the platform of the Arizona prog ressive party and the pledging of the candidates of that party to the proposed dry amendment, were greet ed with uproarious applause. Not alone the women in the large audi . ence, but the men, representative citizens, men from every walk of life, merchants. miners laborers an l professional men, all acclaimed the principles of that plank of the prog ressive party as one means of raising q burdensome yoke from the necks of the citizens of the new state.
 Dr. J. Bernard Nelson. candidate for the United States senate. swung into line tonight and caught tae spirit of the audience with his re- view of the necessary legislation for the advancement of the welfare of Arizona and the pledging of himself to work for Arizona first and the country afterward if elected to sue ceed Marcus A. smith. He said that there is much that an active, honest and sincere senator may secure co.' Arizona at this time, and he be- lieved that he was of the caliber that would secure results from the constituency that sent him to Wash ington.
 As a result of tOnights meeting. # is certain that the progressive cause nas been strengthened. David Ben . shimoi, d well known Douglas attor- ney and one of the leaders of the progressive party in this end of the county. tonight expressed himself as confident that the Governor Hunt faction in the vicinity of Douglas has practically been wiped out anI that when the returned are being l counted on the evening of November 1 g.. it will be found that the strength of the present governor and his asso- l ciates on the democratic ticket in this | section is more fancied than real