Arizona weekly miner., 1874-05-15
tApsBRTIsENRsT.L TO TIE CITIZENS OF ARIZONA TER RITORY e"~..

4th |; st, and the rcsnt of the action of thai Con yentlon and thy action In bringing about the tnet. ing of that convention makes h necessaty for ne to addresa you In relation thereto. address you, fellow citizens, for two pnruose dtst, for the purpose Of showing to you, by whr authority, and by whom the organization of tle Democratic party was commenced, aud what have had to do in pcrfectiug the organization thus begun. ... ..t r Secondly, having received the nomination Of that Convention, address you for the purpo.e Of advising you of what course shall pufsue anl l upon what conditions shall agree to become candidate and make the capvAss. My reasons for undressing you as to what ay thofity and by whom the organization wos cGcc ted, ls that the organization Is A success and is | authors arc entitled to credit l desire tbat ih, 1 facts be known, that credit may bc given to who's | credit Is due. Upon the other hand, II It tc | failure, and there Is responsibility attaching to Ip authors, on account Of such failure desire th- tha, responsibility rest where and upon whom properly belongs.
 | Having promised tbis much proceed to riy. you the facts in connection with the organizaic; | of the Democratic party In this Territory froa l its very inception down to the time of the a. Journment of the convention at Phenix, on ts | 4th inst, so far as the same Is within my know, l edge.
 | On the 10th day of February, 1878, and imm. | dlately aner the adjournment of the Legislature | the Democratic members of tue 1th Legislatir
 Assembly for the Territory Of Arisons, at the l sNNu Ot iuNoou, puiebAhh hO h'NSr, h~rp n
 meeting for the purpose of organizing the Dem
 ocrallc party, at which meeting, after it duly
 organized, were passed the following preamble | and resolutions:
 cal party Is necessary to its efficient Influence l and unity, and
 WHEREAS, There exists in the Territory of Ari-
 zona no formal organization of iae Democratic | party, be it
 Re,oIred, By the Democratic msmbcrs of the
 Seventh Legislative Assembly of said Territory, | That such organization shall consst of Terrilo- rial Central Committee, and County Committee, each committee to have . recognized head, or ! chairman.
 Reso!red. That the Territorial Central Commit. tee consist of members from eac of the counties, apportiOned In the ratio Of one Q each 100 voter. or fractional part In excess of hty, in such couD. | y, and that the county commits consist of sucb members of ihc Territorial Ceutai Committee as may belong Co such county.
 l ResoIred, That it shall be the tuty of the Ter | ritoria Central committee to all conventions and apportion from each county Inc delegates to such conventions.
 Resoired, That 1t shall be the dIty of the couu. ! ty committees to hold regular quarterly public | meetings in the several counties and 10 advise the people of the various action, of their party | to endeaNor by other means 10 erengtheu party sentiment in their county, and tosee that proper men are sent as delegates to the Territorial con. ventions.
 Rssolced, That the flrst general convention shall oe held at Phenix, on the first Monday In May, 1874.
 Resoired. That In convention, Instructed prox. les shal! be cast by the eharmsn tf such conyen. lion, so long as the name namts of the person or persons for whom the proxy Intended 10 cast his vote, appears as candidate before the eonven- ton. In all other cases the proxy shall be cast by the delegation to which ii properly belongs Hssoired, That, for the purpose of an organxs- ton we do appoint as a Territorial central com
 nitiee the following named gentlSmcn, who shall flaafe 1Isk..m general convention; and that all vacancies on committees may De filled by remaining members of such committee, viz: And be t further Resoired, That we, the Democratic members Of the Seventh Legislative Assembly of this Terri. tory affix our signatures to these resolutions and by this act bind ourselves to the actions of our party conventions.
 2ssotred. That the Secretary of tbi, meeting be .'.s,sn.s vf sse "vs.f-Pv's u rsns tcrr'tuy, for
 Signed HExs,xn
 1T. s. SrEyExs
 KING s WooIsET
 and eight others.
 By the eighth resolution 1t was resolved ,h,. Inc members of that meeting should afiix their signatures 10 the resolutions and bind themselves 10 the action Of the conventions Of the party.
 H. s Stevens Is the second signature attached 10 those resolutions as appears by the origip,I now in my possession, and the signature being in Mr. Stevens own hand writing
 Now, fellow citizens, by these resolutions we see that among other things a Democratic Gen. tral committee was appointed and that nv tL,, meeting. the first Monday In May in line wear is-i wcs appointed as the time, and the town of Pl nlN nxed as the place for the holding of the t-st Territorial convention, and that 1t was made he du'y oi the central committee to cali conr,n- tioBs
 Al the same meeting, as appears by inc tee, rd oi its proceedings, as kept by Doctor j. T. Alan Inc Secretary of the needing, the members of he oentrai Conmit,tee were named and was ip- | pohted ehafInan or such committee without ny ! knowledge or consent, knowing nothing of he ] matter until advised through the public press
 Nothing more was done In the matter of ,r | ganiSation until sometime In the fall Of is73 | when membera Of tho Democratic party called op | me and requested me as Chairman of inc ten-aI Committee te issue an address 10 inc Dcmoc1,.v calling on the various counties to send deles,.,.s to the Convention, fixed for the first Mopda, In May, is14 l at first declined, giving as uy rea.ns that had concluded 10 devote my time ,or1v profession and haye nothing more to do yJ,S poliucs, farther than to vote and that did,o, 1 Feel that an organization could be had. Tojn. ouec me to act it was urged that from my hn, sssIaence in Inc Territory and extensive acqnan,. snce therein, could do 0s much as aoy oth- in effect the organization; that Mir Stevens. a nm oi means, hnapciaily able to make the canuss was ready to accept the nofainatlon and ,ha hy. .hus organizing there was fair show 10 da..at ways been opposed. "'
 huaIiy consented to Issue the call bpt .o.,s poHed t until visited Prescott a. the Noycrta- term or the District Court, when and xLs.n i consulted number Of Democrats, received b,. ilite encouragement and delayed the matter ,n,iI Iannsry or The present year, when visited Tho. son toE theS purpose of attending the Sanrsno Coart oi the Territory. While at Tuesod tt.s,s was heid meeting of Democrats oiaIfnIn1 la be r,endiy 70 Mr Stevens, at which was pTesort All agreed Ia urging me 10 issuc the call md prdged themselves that they would abLds lhs Iesnlt of the enHsenion, -hethe. s.srcns 2 sss E me EomiDee or not, and also pledged tbumssIyss Ihat stevens would abide the result of Ina, ~, ,eaaon. then agreed that l, as ChairmaS ,F ,he Ientrai Committee, would issue tbe .d' ( ifess, and on the 20th day of Feb,usSv ,hs address was pubiiehcd la the Arizona MNss ''' = eoffespouasd win members of the Tsnsr., ( In each Of the counties, adyI,ino .,a, IS 70 what had done, and requesting ths, .haS [ nake known ta ne any obiections ihsv ,n,,,,:, ( ,aye to the recommendations made Lt ,,a t" hat address, and agreeing to call raesr' ng oi the committee, if 1t WAS ,haa.'s', f 'ecsssary. No objection vas made. ,,sa.' c 'id what ! reasonably could to induce ,sa 4 ounties 10 send delegates to the eonSc.,,ar an' s hortiy after the issung Of thc address t ,vss ,, lnHafed that was actuaiod by desIre ,o ss ,h. ff ilfa sr |