The Phoenix herald., 1880-11-12
PRESCOTT.
4 Few Items from the North by
RzLl Blank.
[coRREsPozDExeE OF THE HERALD


Your delicate hint that my inter
esting letters could be dispensed
with until after election, was fully
appreciated and acted upon, but
does not appear to have been entire
ly satisfactory to you. readers here,
who were looking for something
good on the election from Blank.
OF corrse, many things occurred,
which, if mentioned at the tine,
would have been interesting, but are
now stale, fat and Improbable.
Now that the fight is over my prin-
cipal amusement is
ITO hear the disappointed men,
Fretting DER that which hi ght
have been
Their bosoms swell and their lips
proirudc.
/ And this is their customary atti-
tude."
I had long letter staked out 10
write you about the grea; dcmonstra-
ton by the Republicans IN honor Of
Stcwart-theiI candidate for Con
gress. 1. was the biggest and best
parade and reception ever gotten up
in Prescott, and was most successful |
III showing the enthusiasm Of the
Republican party in this county. but
the evident and principal inability Of |
the hero Of the occasion to come up !
to the requirements Of his position,
made the whole effort farce, and in
spite of the strenuous exertions OF |
the local orators, and county caHdi-
dates, to keep up the boom The
sanguine earuesiness of the party de-
clined visibly, from the moment Of
Stewards abortiye foundering at
tempt to make a speech at the City
Hail. Evidently his failure, as com
pared with such takers as A {.
Davis, c. C Bean ard ". II. Hardy,
who belong 70 the Republican party,
and have been before the people rs
candidates fer Congress on an Inde-
pendent basis, and have stamped
the Territory in past years, was .
danper on the glow of f cling which
caused the display. And the monrn-
ers 20 about the streets now, saying,
now EUcH BEvTEE oLD8EAN WOULD
HAVE RUIZ
Even at this lsic day il must e re-
corded that The part taken by Capt.
c. p Eagsn in thc Stewart proc, S
sion in the alterLo Loon-throuEh the
line Of which he twice dreve furious
ly with his "team OF spanking bays" f
and at lie City Hall in the even Fl
ing, where lie vociferously inter 4
rupted speaker vino made some al f,
lusion to orr pre- cn. Delegate, has :
not raised hIn more than g s,;jhom in =.
Lhe estimation OF this aepIcc;a.;ve
public. Our YavapaI election has :
been summed up by the Miner and 7
Inc Democrat. L appears that the ;.
result is satisfactory TO neither party q,
and defeated nominees on eSch tick T.
ct are kicking in a most beastly man.
le-. The contest has been too close n
% be decisive. As I stated in a .
former letter, ten of tie nominees on /,
he Democratic ticket are already Of q
ice-holders, ard the Democrats elect
ID their Sheriff, Treasurer and Re h
,order, and have probably elected il
he Councilmen, one Supervisor and g
he Coroner. While The :.
REPUBLICANS CARRIED THE COUNTY,
By about 100 for Stewart, and elected h
he District Attorney, Probate Judge,
me Supervisor, the Public Admins a
rator and three Representatives to l
he legialature. All those on the II
Democratic ticket who were defeat
d, are victims to the policy Of the c
eaders of the party, who sacrificed u
hem in order to secure the three d
rincipai offices Of Sheriff, Recorder
nd Treasurer. On the Republican Il
ide, Louis Wollenberg, an Isrelite, G.
deed, in whom lheIe is no guile,
: elected TO the legislature by consi- o.
erable of a majority over the other i
NO, which excess he is charged with !.
rOeuring by selling out his infu
nee and Republican friends for o
otes, thereby certainly defeating The
epublIcan nominee for Treasurer, e.
nd damaging the cause generally; "
nd so assisting his friends and bet
ng partners TO win considerable III
oney by betting on the successful y
Ieriff, Treasurer and Recorder. 4
-ow naturally a Jew succeeds in z
ext week l will refer to some :
her incidents Of the elec.Ion. E K
BILL BLANK.
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