The Arizona sentinel., 1874-10-24
A POLITICAL C0MMUNIcAx0N

SIR-On the evening oftaf 20th
 instant, there was a heetinE held
 at the blacksmith shop of Horner
 & Donaldson, in this city, and for
 fear a false impresSion may get
 abroad as to the nlerits of said
 meeting, thereby doing injary to,
 the best interests Oftilis county,
 in leading those, in ignorRnce of
 all except the mere fact 0 there
 being a political gatheripg|ef citi-
 zens, to attach any importance to the proceedings of the meeting,
 we consider it our dutv to eflight-
 en all in the county, through the
 columns of your paper upon this
 matter.
 It is a well known fact through
 out this town, that this sOsc alled
 meeting of the Workingnen of
 Yuma, was the reSult'Of a practi-
 cal iOke-the particulars of which
 if is unnecessary to state-go'ten ! mp with the sole inteutsaa ef nav ing q little harmless amusement, and simply to enhance this smuse- ment, and for no other reason, a number Of people attended the
 meeting, The surprife If sll was | great, when c. w c RaV-ll, in
 calling the me- ting to order, de
 clared that it's object was tonemi-
 nate a Legislative ticket. there
 being much dissatisfaction smOng
 the people at the Foundations
 which had already been mate, in
 other words, that no Legislative
 ticket could possibly be Ierfect
 unless his name was placed saere-
 on. To give some idea of the sur
 prise and disgust of all present,
 and of how thoroughly the asser-
 tions and action of Mir. Powell
 were repudiated, it will be only
 necessary to state thatin all that
 gathering of nearly sixty. men, there were not more than seven
 who voted either way CIT aii ' tslg,| tien put to the meetiu2 |
 Neahr was put in nominatioe for the Council by MT. Roweli assi
 duly chosen, but MT Neahr was
 not present and it is known by all in Yuma that he has steadily de- clined and still declines to 4ccept any office at the hands of the peo- pie of this county. The worth of Mir Neahr is well known by all and fully appreciated, so known and appreciated, in fact. that he has been approached time and time again, during this political canvasS to accept nominations for different offices, but he has inva- riably and persistently refused.
 The name of c. w. c. RowelI was then put in nomination by Dr. William Barney, seconded by General Stephen Sumner, for member of the House of Repre- sentatives, and. he was chosen but how? There were not more than six men who voted either affirmativeIy or negatively, and vet the chairman declared his in- ability to decide whether the preponderance of voices lay with the ayes or the noes. A showing of hands was called for. and ab0nt twelve men responded to the calls collectively. The hands being few were easily counted, and the chairman declared in the affirma- tive for MT Powell. It is necess- ary to state here, to show the clOseness Of the vote, that MT. Powell held up his own hand to assist the affirmative response. The two other nominees of the meeting had already been chosen at a previous legitimate meeting, and are in no wise responsible for the use of their names in connec- tion with that of MT Powell.
 We next come to the speech of Mir Re veil, in which he made as- sertions m9nifestIy not true, and gave himself credit for results which are far from being due to him. His address contained the following points 1St. That when he went to the Legislature two years ago, the county was in debt with nothing to show for it, and that he, in originating and having put in force the Court house and Funding bills, had reduced such Indebtedness and given to the county their present puDIi. build ingS. 2d. That ha was the only person who would takn the con tract tO erect the Court house for the amount of bonds authnrizai to be issued. and that ha npt want ing the contract. went among thA capitaiSts Ofthis place and tried to induce some one to take it, but failed of success. 3d That his interests being solely in the coun- ty. entitled him to consideration
 Now let us get to the facts on these points. In the first place, the bill for the building of public buildings and the Funding bill | neither of them originated with MT Powell, but were drawn up by a party in this town, then re- 1 commended and signed by Messrs Fisher and Baker, of the Board i of Supervisors, and sent to the delegation at Tucson, through the I'M,