Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-09-11
ORGANIZED.
The First Republican Club ot
 Tucson.
An Enthusiastic and Earnest
 Meeting.
Seventy Five Members and
 $500 for a Starter.

they are tO get II. Ii Inc meeting or
 Republicans st the Court House last
 evening is to be accepted as any cri
 terion of their numbers, influence, in
 tent or dermlnation, then the Demo
 cratic ecu ty ticket Is doomed 10 the
 certain defeat which the party has
 courted Last nights meeting was
 the first of it's kind ever held in the
 county. The Republicans of Pima
 were never before aroused. The Dem
 ocratic gauntlet has. hitherto always
 been thrown down after an election,
 and been forgotten before the next The lack of organization on ihe part
 Of the Republicans, and an indispcsi-
 ton on the part of lhe best men among ! the Democrats 10 take any part in ! local political affairs, have hitherto | combined to enable the Bourbon wire
 pullers to manipulate affairs in just
 snch manner sS suited their sweet
 wIll. Emboldeaed by former sue ! ccssess, and blind tO the storm which
 has been gathering about their de | voted ears, the bosses who have been running the county machine
 have not only ignored and defed the
 wishes of the moderate and non-par | lisad Democrats, but they have open l ly lefed the Republicans with
 " What-areyou going-io-Go about-it ,? ass trance and insolence tbat is born ot past success and reliance on the ! party lash. The result of the coming : election will make them wish they
 hadn't, and will cause the better l classes of both parties 10 thank them
 for working their own destruction.
 Tie meeting at the Court House last evening was a surprise to even the Republicans themselves. No more respectable political assemblage has ever before gathered in the county, and the proceedings were unanimous, enthusiastic and orderly to remark able degree. The room was filled, and
 many of the gentlemen who were pres ent had 60 long refrained from pariic- ipa.ipn in politics hat it had not been known on which side Of the political fence they hel.ngel, even by their personal friends. The object of lhe meetinC-the formation uf a Republi- can Club-was accomplished in highly successful manner, and had IL not been for the rain causing a num- Der 10 depart for thelr homes early, 1 the roll of membership would have . been much larger than it WAS Fol ! lowing are given the proceedings in ! connection with the
 Organization of the Club:
 The meeting was called to order by Col. J. H. Toole, who briefly stated . the object of the assemblage.
 Judge ". X. Earl was elected tenn porary chairman and LitIleton Price temporary secretary. On taking the chair Judge Earll thanked the meet ing.
 Capt Seamans moved that com mittee of five be appointed by the chair on permanent organization which was carried, and the Chairman appointed as such committee Capt. Seamans, Judge Osborn, Col. Toole, J R. Farrell and Lyttleton Price.
 During the absence ofthe committee for deliberation, Col. Stanford was called upon to address the club. He stated in substance that he had ever entertained sentiments iG strict ac- cordance with the principles of the Republican party, though he never laid claim to being an extremist. He was Republican of the school of Sumner and Greeley, whose doctrine was slightly in conflict with the ex- treme position taken by some later Republicans, but in so far as those ext-emcs are concerned, they are not warranted by the fundamental pr n- ciples of the party. The animOsities between opposing Republicans were invariably caused by minor issues He was aware of the fact that the residents of Arizona had not so much interest in the Presidential contest ss those of the States; nevertheless the of the party remain, and whether allowed votes for Presi. dent or not, the time has come for or gsrizauon. The speaker discussed the relations of the local officials to the general conflict, and expressed himself as decidedly opposed to the idea of any fusion, but desired 10 meet the issues of the campaign fairly and squarelY There are tunes when fusion is desirable, but not now. Let us shirk no rcsp. disabilities.
 At the conclusion of Col. Stanford's MT. T l.. Stiles was loudly called upon for speech, and iu re- sponse he stated that he took the same view of the situation in 1876 as that of the present. The spirit and mission and principles of the Republican party, as such, were not ended, nor would they have an end The party was organized, it was true, for 8 pur- pose. Two tendences had been at work deletcrious 10 the good of hu One was slavery and the other was the domination of the few over the many. One of these evils was crushed. and the other remained 10 be combated. Equality of all men before the law was the grand funda- mental principal Of the Republican
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