The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-06-30
Letter From Mohave County.
MIsEE.L PAEk. June 2z. 1882.

Democratlc convention held nere last Satur- day sra too rich to be lost to the history of
 Ameuca. and to the end that the world may
 be posted on the doings of the Democracy of Slohave l snbjoin statement of the pro-
 ceedings. The convention was called to
 order by that solid old Democrat, John
 Hughes, after which it proceeded to perma-
 nent organization by electing Dr. Day,
 Chairman, and J. P Krider, Secretary.
 There were present ten actual live Demo crats, and divers and sundry, others by
 proxy in the pockets of the delegates It very soon cropped out that Mir. Caucus had decapitated several aspiring statesmen, and that the slate had been made up A re- spectable minority demonstrated thereat, but he was summarily sat down on, where upon said respectable minority withdrew from the wigwam. The greatest harmony now prevailed in the convention. The slate holder read of the slate, and the respective fortunate chosen were al! unanimously elected. \ Mir. Cox was nominated for sheriff. Mr. Cox has been in our county a few months, and came before the con yention recommended by the record of having winged a couple of roughs while re- sistIng arrest some few months ago, he being deputy sheriff at that tune. Mr CI Is of the R. corps, and from the fact that his residence in the county Is very brief, and Is not encumbered with real es- tate or personal property, was deemed emi- nently fitted for the position. Next in order Was Treasurer. bIr. Hughes was placed ill nomination, whersupun he arose and regretfully declined the honor, but the boss Or Dayl, called a caucus in the cor ner of the room, and the declining candi- date was called over, and after whispered consultation the Doctor smilingly announced that MT. Hughes would run," and thus the slate remained unbroken. Now came | he nomination of District Attorney Sam uel Hamilton, Esq, placed the name of W. II. Cureton in nomination, and he was ! unanimously chosen. MT c. being called | upon for a speech, came forward with firm l steps, and with voice charged with | emotion, spoke as follows:
 ''Gentlemen, thank you for this compli- ment. am Democrat from top to bot tom, and all through am, and don't you | forget it l don't feel qualified to 6ll this office now, bu. intend to study | law from this on until am elected, and | by that time think will be well quail opinion that IS fully endorsed by every one-Eeporter.) I studied law being a lawyer. I shall keep my newspaper but 1 shall support the whole ticket"
 We regret our pencil got dull st this juncture, and before we could borrow a knife to sharpen it, this eloquent Democrat had sat down ''amid prolonged applause"
 Next came County Recorder, when our excellent townsman, J. P. Kr;der, con sented to be led to the slaughter He is a good man, competent and popular, but his friends regret his error.
 The office of Probate Judge was next provided for by nominating Anson Smith to ,ucgced Judge AtchIsson. Then the names of w. B. Ridenour, Captain Welbourn and W. F. Grounds were placed in nomination. Judge (expectanD Smith moved that the rules be suspended and that the whole l punch be elected by informal ballot, where Ipon the learned chair remarked that the notion was unnecessary, and as the rules were already suspended and would remain Smith sat down and blushed
 Now comes the nominating of Legis- ative ticket. Dr. W. E. Day. and one Thompson, said to be on the R. R., were ' July chosen to make and unmake laws for .Iohave county. The manifest fitness of hese gentlemen for trip to the Capital of Arizona is no manifest that it need not be narged upon, suffice to say that neither t i them have a house, or habitation, goods | r chattels in the county, and will not have 5 0 return to the county after their sena- ] orial duties are oyer, thus saving the ex- ense of a return trip. And again, as either of the honorable gentlemen have cen in the county but few months, of curse what they do1st know about the eople and the county's wants, will largely ssist and enable them to draw their pa, ieas with dignity ard comfort Besides, aa hey are non-taxpayers, it can't be charged hat they will be influenced selfish mo- 2 ves i'll making laws.
 As strange as it may appear, every old Democrat not in the convention. is hot" nd dencunce the proceedings of the august Y, ody as a trick and a fraud cn the old sttlers, and absurdly claim that old and lied citizens and taxpayers should nave cen nominated instead of such noble patri- ts as Doctor Day & Co. But the losses \ " we'll fetch them into the traces Def re lection" but your reporter is of the opinion las somebody will get kicked in the !: .omach before some of the old wheelhorse A 'emocrats of Mohave get licked in"
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