Arizona republican., 1914-09-05
.l500 PEOPLE
 HEAR REESE.L|NC
Opponent of Mark A. Smith for Democratic Nomina- tion to United States Sen ate Holds Speaking at the City Hall Plaza

The followers of Reese NJ. Ling, can- didate for the democratic nomination for the United States senate against the present incumbent, Marcus A. Smith, and a number of citizens of Phoenix and the valley gave that gen. tleman his homecoming last night in political rally held in the plaza of the city hall. Between one thousand and fifteen hundred people were present, giving close attention to the proceed ings during the evening.
 A great deal of interest was occa- stoned by the report circulated during the afternoon that a certain telegram had been received here by J. L. Irwin from President Wilson, stating that he (the president would consider it great loss to the public service should MT. Smith not be reelected to the sen ate from Arizona, and that this tele- gram would be discussed from the speakers stand.
 It is true two of the speakers, MT Ling himself and Judge Barnum, who came here from Oklahoma some time back, referred to the telegram, but neither of the gentlemen would admit that they had seen either the original or a copy of the telegram and had only l been told what the telegram purported 1 to contain. MT. Ling used it as text l for a speech upon the attempted coer- cion of the voters of Arizona from the presidential headquarters, something that he stated was unwarranted, un- called-for and undemocratic He dep recated the attempt to mix in the af- fairs of Arizona's own household by the chief magistrate of the nation 1 At another time during the speech, however MT. Ling announced his cor dial support of President Wilson and his loyalty to him in whatsoever he had done or might do touching the af- ] fairs of the nation as administered by him.
 | Judge Barnum excused the receipt of the telegram here on the ground of "lapsus nuetralitae' on the part of the president, superinduced by the overwhelming nature of the conditions he has been through in the immediate past. He, however, said he had not seen the telegram; neither did he know | of his own knowledge what was in it. | Judge Barnum adjured the people to vote for MT. Ling. A. A. Betts, presi- dent of the Reese Ling for Senator club did the same thing in introducing 1 the chairman of the evening, Sam Bar rett, while Judge Mcbride. of the city court, did likewise, insisting that of l hn r Ling.
 The candidate was in good voice and had no difficulty in being heard all over the plaza. He was greeted With some applause, and immediately launched into an explanation of his Americanism saying he was for Amer ica for Americans and hence supported the 80 per cent law. He charged that Senator Smith was not for this law and dramatically exclaimed, If Sena-
 tor Smith will come out tomorrow in
 support of that law I'll quit the race.
 He was loud in his praise of the
 present state and national administra l.
 tions, but resented being coerced, and
 said that no man, be he either Presi-
 dent Wilson. or any other, could force
 him to do anything to which he was
 opposed, and that he did not have tc
 go to Washington to get a certificate
 of good character. He thought that il
 was somewhat out of the ordinary fol
 the present senator to have to do that
 as surely the people of the state ht
 represents ought to know him wei
 enough to give him whatever certifi-
 cate he was entitled to, in view of the facts of his career.
 He promised to save the farmers o the valley s7,5OO,OOO in the cost of con. struction of the irrigation project her,
 if elected, reading from the report O
 the congressional investigation com
 mittee of two years ago the figures
 representing what he said was an un
 just charge against the farmer. H,
 denounced the twenty-year extension
 bill as well as the Water Users asso
 citation as having no warrant in law tc
 contract the additional debt over thu
 stated estimated cost of constructio, of the dam, $3,S70,OO0, and promised also, if elected, which he said he would
 be- to see to it that no republican iron
 New York was ever appointed his pri vate secretary
 Frank Trott Explains
 Speaking of several democrats wh had signed a statement while the con . stitution was pending in the convention denying that it was a democrati measure, he included Frank P. Trot
 among the signers and directed atten