Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-09-30
A BEAUTIFUL MUSS.
Ratcrn,cine strife in ;Iie seen1biIcnr Party--The Ticket Gearrgt!y EusS-
 ed and sts Defcat Predicted.

mitigation Ct the ReptOlican ticket ia still | at it, height, aud the general disconcnl k still prevalent The Democrats O, coutse are in d happy frame of mind, and openly assert thas the lickc, is the best the very best that could be put m the ield. Of course this is meant in Pickwckian sense, meaning that it is the very best for them.
 It is now we'll known that Blackburn is Harwoods trainer and groom in- chief, and that he owes his nomination solely to the great connubiator's masterly manipu- lation of the convention. Harwood was doomed to certain defeat q few days before the convention, and Moses was striding to the winning post at pool lovers pace, when To- the "uniiicaler' made his ap- pearance on the scene and trotted out liar wood and the machine was afraid to give him battle Accordingly nc gotiations were entered into, Moses was ruthlcssly slaughtered, McCarty and | Atchison driven from the field, and a clear ! This is DO secret now; everybody who has taken any interest in the contest is fully aware of it. Bates of Benson was the first approached in the game of bargain and sale, and he was secured without much trouble The Benson statesman was from the day of the primaries until the morn- ing of the day ca which the convention assembled, warm McCarly and Moses man. In pursuance of the bargain en- tered into at the behcst of the "connubia- tor he was 'approached' and promised tue under shrievalIy in case he cast his voe and influence in the Ward Iurwood scale. He did not hesitate a moment, but accepted the bait instantly. He had three proxies and his own vote, which was rather valuable consideration to secure. As soon as the deal was made known to Judge Moses, he accused Bates of trcach unblushingly, addmitted his vcnalitY, saying that he had only contracted to vote for Moses himself. and that he was willing to do, but would vote his proxies for Har- wood. This was enough for Moses, he knew very well that he was doomed to slaughter, and therefore concluded to with nominated Ward was made the n0mnee of the patty through the influence of the old Earp strikers. It has leaked out that the Earps and some of their friends have been in correspondence for some time back. Wyatt is running faro game at Gun. nison city, Colorado, and he sent word to try and effect the nomination and election of Ward and he would immediately re- turn. Virgil Earp wrote to the same effect from Colton, California, and Doe Holiday echoed the cry from Pueblo, Colorado. Thus instructed the strikers" here, laid wires for Wards nomination, and every el emenl seeking an ally was taken into part nership The faro games of the city took a hand also, and though the machire had promised to support Atchison, influences of discrcditab!c nature were brought to bear at the last moment and Ward was de- clared the nominee of the party.
 Meeting yesterday afternoon the Rcpub. lican politician whose views were publish. ed yesterday, an EPIrAPH reporter observ- ed l see the Republican IS not of the same way of thinking as you are. This evenings issue claims that the EPITAPu IS trying to resurrect old issues, and display skeleton bones under the nostrils of the community.
 "Oh, you simpletOn" he answered, that talk is all buncomc. The managers of that concern understand the true business as we'll as any one else, and besides are just as disgus,ed with the ticket as any of the rest of us. l knew Dunbar was opposed to Ward, and is not in favor of all Earp restoration, but knowing that the absent outlaws bosscd the Republican party in this county, he had to flop In order to maintain his standing. That's the whole business in nutshell. But no person will take notice of the Republicans rawlings, especially when they are made to Sabe the true business. It is really worse demo goguc than old Carr, and am really as tOnished at Dunbar, who is man from whom expected sense. Every one knows that the drivcl he sent forth this evening about the Democrats nominating aristo- crats is the mcrest bosh. Why, man, Al. Jones is an old time miner, and can polish a drill as good as any man m this district know him for a long time, and there are lots of men in thIs town who are well aware that he worked as an underground miner for more than a year after he struck this camp. Besides he is known as an open hearted, generous fellow who never refused 10 file an instrument for a prospectOr, money or no money. And don't you forget, yOungster, that there are plenty of prospectorS in this county today whose title 10 their claims were secured hy Jones' generosity, and they won't be very likely 10 forget the donor, whatever may De their political principles. Speaking of generosity re- minds me-Did you or any one else ever hear of IIarwood doing generous act in this community? Ten to one you didn't. : He is mean, stingy, little cuss, who was