The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-10-29
The Peoples Convention

The socalled Peoples Convention" convened at the Court House, in lhis place, 9 the 22d inst and great was the suppressed indignation of the Mccormick gentlemen who bad SO far engineered the movement, when upon examining the dele gates present they saw that but six of the twen. ty.four or five precincts lp this county had sent delegates to the convention" Mercy how chop-ftllen they looked. What a compensation for the letters they had written, urging a general attendance and how poora return for the atsurd stories they had circulated in regard to the great spin niat eriH ed iH he Democratic yaytyt But, seeing one stray sheep from the Democratic fold present and goat that had been taken into the flock, through mistake, they gained courage. This sheep was l.. A. Stevens, whose head was mighty sore, because the Democrats had not nominated bim for Supervisor. The goat was no less a per. sonage than Dr." ". C. Soulc, who had failed Co
 induce the Democratic Convention 10 give him a nOMinntion for Representative. WhiIe speaking of this gentleman, we might well say that we have in possession letter from a gentleman in WlckeDburg, requesting us to The public against this samc Dr." SOulc, whom, the writer of the letter tR. W. Coombs), accuse. of being q confidence man and swlndler, hc having cii Wlckcnburg without even paying his board bill, all Of which we believe, for the fellow had some printing done in this office, during our absence, and although he has promised to call around and pay his bill several tIaes the promise Is as ye, all we have. Yet, this man was made Secretary of the Mccormick. Peoples Convention, and is now told, clcclioneering for Mac, and his ticket He ought 70 be sen. 10 Pima county to assist the notorious Mickey.
 We have said that but six precincts were repre- senied by duly elected delegates The remaining precincts were represented by Prescott gents, who said they had proxies, most of which had been brought bere by His Exccllcncy, the Governor A. P. K. saord, who, instead Of being at the capital attending to business, is up here enactiug the role of button-holing politician, and it l. said, prom :. isng our people to use his influence to have the capital and surveyor generals office brought here from Tucson, If they will just eject Mccormick, and thereby help the clique to rsake mooney out Of lbe 2d parallel railroad route, the land office and other fat things. It will be seen that the Govern or addressed tho Convention. Although he Is politician by trade, he could not see the use Of drawing party lines here, especially as he wants l to go to Congress next time, and as the drawing | Of party Iiijes would bc bad Tor cIrpet-baggcrs
 Yet be and Mccormick clccticrIeer with Repub | lcaDs ydrely parsan grounds | The Republicans Of this place have not, however, forgotten McCortnck's support of An ! drew Johnson his appointment of Democrats 10 | office, and his crow over the Democratic victory | in 1885, when he hoisted rooster over the re- turns and wound up with the classical phrase
 Everything Is lovely and the goose hangs high!" We have nothing 10 say against a majority of the Peoples candidates. they arc good men, especially tbose nominated by the Democratic | Convention and endorsed by the Peoples" " But, ! Is 1t not strange that after having said so murh about there being too many men on the Demo | cratic ticket from the southern portion of She ! county, who would go for the division Of the | county, the People should have "spt upon | the same rock." Yes, even worse than the Dem ocrats, for John Smith, the who first pre- sentcd a bill for the dyislon of the county, was nominated by the People" But then, this ar ! gunent was used by the McCormickites when they imagined there split in the Democrat | ic Party here, which was ali a mistake, as they
 have fouad to be the
 | The big sght was made over the nomination for
 Sheriff, ard charges of fraud filled the air W. ].
 Tompkias charged his dcicat 10 the holders Of
 proxies, and deaosnced the whole convention as ! a rotten, corrupt assemblagc The nominee, F.
 c. Peck, Is just good fellow, and nothing more
 He has, until now claimed to be Dem ecrst, and | we believe, opposed Mir Mccormick. He Is heal | ihy and can stand the tbreshing that will bc ad-
 uini.tercd 10 him by John II. Behan, on election day.
 The convention would have indorsed hr. Nc. Cormick had il not been for motives Of policy, there being mca op the ticket who are
 strongly opposed to Richard.
 1 TlR resolutions put forth arc well enough, but
 would have come with better grace from meR, sho had done something besides holding office, to-
 wards dev vslopng the resources Of the Territory.
 Goodbye, Peoples party" Ae people will
 write your obituary On the Sth of November.