The Arizona champion., 1884-08-16
ZHE CHA1KP/ON HASA CIh CULA2/ONALO ONG THE LLNI OF THE 4. X Z. ROAD DOUI LE 2H.a7OFANY OTHER PA PER LV ARIZONA.
DUTIES OF DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES

DUTIES OF DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES
 The grave responsibilities attached ,o the position of a delegate to ou
 .uunty convention, are not, as rule
 efficiently considered by those whC accept such duties. They appear tC forget that they represent the mos important factors of the government and party supremacy-terms whlcf should at all times be identical. fol that citizen who, sinking all personal likes and dislikes, acts with his mos' Considerate judgment for the good oi the whole county is true Democrat and IS the kind of a Democrat to whom the party must ever look tol the perpetration of its popularity and power. The political history of this county will show that packed conven
 tions have been the universal rule, and what is true of this county is equally true of other counties, Candidates for the most important positions visit the several precincts, and through the apathy and lack of interest, they gen orally succeed in getting their sworn friends elected at the primaries. Del. egates so elected attend the convep- tion with but simple idea, and that Is the nomination of a particular friend for sheriff, treasurer, or re. corder, as the case may be. For the success of this they trade right and left and loose or sacrifice all interest m the nomination of the general tick ct. This, of course, is not true in all cases. but Tn the past it has been so common that the lesson to be learned clearly is, that no delegate who would be useful to his own section, county or party, should ever enter conven- ton pledged to any particular aspirant for office. The office of sheriff has always been source of disunion to the delegates from the producing pre-, cincts. The Prescott manipulators have always used the general interest which surrounds that office to split the outside delegations into innumer- able factions, and by trading the pledged delegate of one precinct with another with different preferences, they. with solid delegation, hold the balance of power, and not only capture that office, but what is faI
 more important to them, they manage .O dictate the nominations of the leg.
 iative ticket and supervisors offices, trough which all the jobbery and rob. bery of the producing interests of this county has been perpetrated in the in. tereSt ot few rash spectators and zeal estate proprietors of Prescott. If this county really desires conserv' ative and economical administration of its business, let such delegates be elected as will not rashly promise their support to every Tom, Dick or Harry who may ask them, but who will meet in convention and nominate no man until his qualifications and the ele- ments of his success are thoroughly canvassed. The coming convention Is invoked by the Democracy of this county who demand of their agents independence, judgment and honest effort in their deliberations, They demand the selection of candidates who are owned by no clique or ring but candidates whose associations, sympathies and past records are such as will enable them to see that protec, ton and justice are due to the men who produce the corn and cattle, the lumber, the wool and the bullion, as we'll as to those who own the banks. the stores, the saloons or corner lots.