Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-09-30

ing, fellow citizens, is, ostensibly, to nom mate respectable men for the county off ces, but ill reality to nominate myself for district attorney, and my man Friday, for recorder; don't let this important fact slip your memory (cries of we won't). Here tofore every man has nominated himself and run on his own account, causing an undignifed scramble for office, in which modest men, like myself and my man Friday, would not take part (obstreperOus applause) As result the people are grooming under all enormous taxation, the affairs of the county are grossly misman- aged, and the treasury plundered. And this too, while have been compelled to stand by and look on without being able to grab a nickle of the peoples money. In view of these facts it is the impera- tive duty of every citizen to rise up and support me in my efforts to get hold of the county sack; will take care of its contents Ia voice, you bet). and see that no man gets dollar of it. Having thus plainly stated the object of the meeting, am now ready to proceed with my nom- nation" (prolonged cheers by six).
 Hugo Legler, one of Reymert's hench- men, was elected secretary, and then another of the 'Jedges" bosom friends, acting upon previous instructions, moved the appointment of a com mittee of five on resolutions. The mo- tion prevailed, and five of the chairman's bosom friends were appointed. They re- ported batch of slush, which, for impu- dence, false figuring, misrepresentation shallow bombast and positive untruth, should be awarded the first premium. It was addopted amidst the enthusiastic cheers of six. At this stage of the game several respectable citizens, in jocular mood, chipped in with few satirical re- marks and amused themselves at the ex- pense of the strikers.
 The "konvention" then proceeded to nominations, and in order to bolster up the cause of Reymert and his man Friday, filled out the ticket with names of re- spectable men, who were not present to repudiate the endorsement.
 The arduous labors of the "konvention' having been completed, the six enthusias- tic supporters of the chair made loud and long call for a speech from the ring master of the circus and once more the wild and woolly war-horse of the Weakly
 S,ciU shied his castor into the arena and dispered chin-music to the following ef-
 feet:
 Gentlemen of the 'konvention:"-
 Vsni uidIi uicI!! therefore my joy
 is great. In fact I am almost too full fol
 utterance Ca voice, but not as full as you
 will be shortly after the konvention ad
 journs). This great honor was thrus
 upon me unsought, but cannot say un
 expected, for knew virtue had its ow1
 reward and my turn would como some
 day. My record-(a voice, don't givo i away)-as 1 was going to say, my record is a thing of the past, and as I do not be lieve in calling up the past, I shall no
 worry you with review of it (cheers)
 But 1 must refer to one incident. I Wa district attorney in two counties in Wis consin, (a voice, yes, you were probabl.
 young and unknown then) and because convicted men of selling whisky to In
 dians, had my house and it's content burned, losing s25, 900 (a voice, did the, prove it on you and withhold the insur
 ance) But did not care; did my dut,
 and that was more to me than the paltr, sum of $25, ,000. Every man in Pima
 county, who IS familiar with my charac ter, knows the truth of this (cries of yes
 yes). I would sooner have clear con science than all the gold of the world my whole career proves this. The ofic
 of district attorney is an unpleasant an
 unproftable one and will lose money b taking it, (srniles, luminous smiles) but care not for money if 1 can serve the pee pie, whose interests are dearer to me tha my own. Anyone who knows me wi r acknowledge this (signifcant glances). l l is trying position; do not like to sem
 men to the gallows or the penitentiary for have a-(fellow feeling for such cried voice) truly tender heart, but B elected 1 will ''steel my heart," yea, will freeze it up to to the most ''frigidl frlgid frigidity" in doing my duty, an
 let the case knife of justice fall whereve
 the law or the mony may direct Gong an
 loud cries of true! trueD. Fellow citizens
 some candidates are selfish and work ez z clusively for themselves in an election But 1t Is not true of me; l shall give tn whole ticket the weight of my influence . l shall carry the whole ticket through e even though the load may reduce my ms
 jority some (cries of good! goodD. An
 now fellow citizens, we must give thi move some kind of name It's true p there is nothing in name, but all move | ments to become popular, must have
 name that will hit voters where they livt ' Let's call it the ''People's Reform Ticket t that is as popular disguise as we csul > assume. In fact our platform makes tn # adoption of this name a necessity. The1 + must be harmony between the name of th t ticket and the demands of the platform 'O otherwise the people might discover th y joke. Of course we know, between ou > selves, that that platform is pure bul v combe; that it lies fourteen thousand do I lars worth on the tax question; that tf Il-