Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-26
Al Opeu Letter,

To the Hon. Wm. 4. Rowe, Chairr,-
 Democratic Territorial CentralC--
 mittee:
 SIR:-Among many of the import,, political duties devolving upon a par,!.s, Central Committee, may be des..r.si that of making a correct apporti0lus-. for the representation of the seven. counties of this Territory in any csL,l convention.
 Such task seems tC have been sl assumed by you as "chairman" viih5-, any regard to the other members O, 5- committee, and without any notice official communication to myself Q, a sociate members thereof for this cog1,r and as a result of such studied re..st and non recognition of theIr rg1s springs the unjust appOrtionmeu. gra-; ed Pima county, first communica',i through a published call in the srEs papers for Territorial cOnvelto1 r be held on Monday, September $ M nine delegates being designated tL--s- m as a proper quota for Pima cl--I eleven for YavaDai county and -.s-l for COchise county.
 Your action in and manner Ot st.-,, ing the delegates to the national c- vention at Chicago, was justly attacs. as non-DemOcratic. and entalled u-- odium upon the members of the c- mittee fer their consent to and - quiescence ill the same.
 Against my better convictions and - the belief that 1t would work more J- to undo the machine" work then i-- gressing, I submitted and acted vi. my county associate members in s.. selection of delegates; but this s,co- assumption of autOcrRtic power on ral part with the further injustice to q Democratic electors of Pima counr cannot and will not personally sut- to pass unnoticed, unchallenged, ali possible checked.
 Resident as you have been fer mss months past of QuijotOa and yicIl.- you must be aware of the large IntuI voters to this county, ana that as "a suit of the shutting down of the Tol1 stone mines, large numbers of yo,-a have left Cochise county and emIgra's. elsewhere, the greater proportion COZ ing JO Pima county and being r7 resident here and in the immeila neighborhood of QuiiOtoa.
 The census frauds of Yavapa. e ., ty must have been potent to you !u.t ing from the fact of that county bl-. placed secOad in representation. l@ rattllng of the dead and dried bone' the former voters of that county ss t--' names were placed on the return I~ .- almost audible to the residue Of Q Territory, and that census basls s,.-' to have been your guide III giving '1 such a position, although 1t IS bar. possible the result was achieved ,l4 coalition such as existed when Cgc county sprang into being.
 No matter how obtained the iac' two counties if united control q balance of this Territorial coveut an unjust one, should be changeI - would not have occurred had the t- mittee been called upon to perform I legitimate functions.
 The death knell of "bOssism aLi -- chine politics." has been sOuaae- many sections of our country and '-s the electors of this Territory will ug' backward in carrying on the same work.
 What the result of the injustice Pima county will be, l cannot forei but my pubhc protest Is now of rec If the "call and appOrtionmeni again tamely submitted to, siuce'' hope that the Territorial convel1 will then take such proper meass' and proceedings that another repec' by any other temporary boss will uta occur in Ou party history.
 Jos. C. PEREZ