Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
FUN IN TOMBSTONE.
The Desperate Measures Demanded by tie Exi- geneiss of the situatiOn.-An Episode Of the presanr
rrespondenee of the CIr1zEs

question or preparing Tor the Denvt
 Exposition. Two meetings have bee
 held, one on Wednesday Of last wee
 and the second yesterday evening. I'll
 first was called by Prof. Church, th
 Commissioner for the Territory, and wa
 attended by about one hundred Of th
 leading citizens. Prof. Church opene
 the meeting by reading the Governor
 address and the meeting then organize
 by electing Judge Colby to the chair an
 Mr. Howard as secretary. Upon tle cd
 of the Chairman Professor Church state
 the object and scope of the exhibitwhic
 this Territory IS called upon to make | lie said that great interest is felt in tn | free milling silver ores and the oxidize, copper ores of Arizona, and that an ex
 hibit of them should be made whicl
 would satisfy the prevalent curiosit.
 about them, and that Arizona coul,
 derive great benefits from the exposition
 in two ways.
 The first is the bringing In Of new cap
 ital to develop the horde of worthy pros
 poets throughout the Territory. Ant
 second we have in various districts ex
 tenave indications of base ores that re quire smelling. Ores of this kind ofte1
 present peculiar difficulties which mus
 be overcome before success can be hoped
 for, and in Colorado there are Large
 smelting works that buy all kinds ot
 ores and are eagerly looking out fol them. We can make beginning by sending our base ores to them for a time and then branch out for ourselves on an assured basis of success.
 After the Professor had finished his explanation Mr Thomas F. Sorin was put in nomination as District Commis- sioner and also, by amendment, the Hon. Pat Hamilton. The latter was voted on first and received 37 votes, while Mir. Sorin had 4S votes and was declared elected.
 Excellent speeches were made by Nr Drum, the Court Commissioner, Judge Peel, MT. Herring and MT. Murphy The latter gentleman stated that the Exposition is receiving great attention in in Idaho, Montana and other northern territories and that in the Black Hills no less than s1O,OOO mas been raised for the local exhibit.
 Unfortunately the result of this meet ing, which was conducted in most orderly and impartial manner, did not please certain gentlemen who intended to make the exposition do something for theIr own profit.
 A new one was called and talked up so loudly that about 200 persons were present. MT. W. K. Meade was placed in the chair and Mir. Corey made Secre- tary. Judge Southard proposed to take the sense of the meeting by a motion that this meeting proceed to elect a commissioner for the County,
 Mr. Sorin having been elected for the District.)
 Speeches were made for and against the proposition, those in favor urging that the county was large-enough and im- portant enough to have a special representative, those against it saying that County Commissioner would only increase the expense without adding to the value Of the exhibit; and also con- tending that Tombstone could not appoint a County Commissioner but could only take part with other districts in such step. To the latter objection the Chair stated that the notice, of the meeting had been sent to other districts and he believed they had sent delegates. But when the delegates were called for no one showed himself.
 The question of appointing a County Commissioner was put and clearly voted down, the vote against 1t being very strong, but the Chairman declared it carried and actually refused to direct a division though loudly called upon to do so.
 From that moment the meeting was a perfect pandemonium. The Chair showed himself totally incapable of con- trolling his meeting and his unwilling ness to do his duty excited the indigna- tion of those present without regard to their preferences on the subject of the vote. Such an attempt to cram a cut and dried measure down the throats of the citizens las never taken place in ! Tombstone before and the shameless l authors oi an attempt to disturb the | harmony of the district on subject l that has no political bearing but is vital to the industrial interests of the l town is the common subject of conver- satiOn on the street this morning.
 The calls for division did not l cease until the meeting adjourned; | half the house was on its feet | and amid the storm Judge Southard | was seen to go through the motions Of a most stirring speech on some subject unknown even to those who stood next him. It IS pOpularly supposed that he was roaring at the top of his voice to keep music to the swing of his arms which waved like Dutch windmill.
 During the confusion some one nom- mated Pat Hamilton as the objection ible commissioner ard an amendment vas made nominating MT. SOrin, the positions of the two candidates being exactly reversed from that at the first meeting. when Mir Sorin was the original and Pat Hamilton was pro- posed in an amendment. At that tune he amendment was put first as was proper, but on this occasion MT. Meade lid not put the amendment at all, but putting the question on Hamilton that gentleman was defeated by a majority lf about three to two. The compliant ,hair, however, proceeded to perform he task he had accepted and declared Hamilton elected. Even this irregular md unheard of pot house proceeding vas resisted only by an effort to appeal rom the decision, which the chair would lot allow.
 Next in the game was NIT. Hamilton's appearance at the desk. Where this gentleman had kept himself while the @ voters Of Tombstone we're hoisting him to the pinnacle of ame, no oae knows. Rumor has it that le was ensconced behind the back door. Ie ap peared shining in all the grand of his well known manners, and rom the changes winch hiscountenance