The Arizona sentinel., 1884-09-13
FOR ICEPRESIDE.fT John A. Loganz
 OF ILLINOIS.

Thursdays Republican has a long article defending Saturdays mass meeting for the selection of delegates to the republican con- vention, and attacking the prim- aries held on August 30th, for the same purpose. The former was cal ed by the county central clmmittee,1 the latter by the members of the territorial central committee for this county. Puncturing the article of the Re- publican and letting the wind out and there remains of substance these two points of argument: First, the members of the terri ritorial committee cannot act at sll m the premises, unless jointly with all the members of that committee and through its chair man and secretary, and, second, Said members can only act upon matters pertaining to the terri tory at large. There can be no issue upon these points except, as admitted by the Republican, in ( e absence of any county conn., lnittee and as a matter of exped- iency the members of the terri tDrial committee would naturally make the call, and, as a matter of fact, a convention held for the purpose of nominating territorial officers isa purely territorial af- fair. We admit right here, how ever, that the county central con- mittee is the proper power to call the primaries, upon the ground that county representa- tion to any body, when selected by the people Of that county, is a local matter and, therefore, under local supervision. But we claim that there has not been, neither is there now properly organized county committee, and therefore the SO>caIled committee has no authority whatever. So believ- ing, the members of the territor- ial committee made the call for primaries to be held in the various precincts in the county, and they were so held. After wards the alleged county com- mittee made a call for a mass meeting 10 be held at Yuma, and 1t was held. Thus two sets of delegates are selected for the republican convention.
 The reason why we deny the authority of those persons who claim to constitute county cen. tral committee; is based upon the following: When the republican convention was called for the selection of delegates to the Phoenix convention, which latter selected delegates to the Chicago convention, it was called by the members of the territorial com mittee, and the call designated but the one object. The conven. tion was held under the call, dele gates selected and an attempt wa. made to organize county centra committee. The movement wa. voted down upon the objection 0 George Tyng, because it was pro perly claimed that the action O.
 the convention must be confined to the objects specified in the call The convention adjourned, bu
 then and there at once resolved itaelf into a spontaneous indepen
 dent meeting and proceeded tc select members of county com
 pittee. We claim the personi there assembled had no right, be. cause they had gotten together for but one purpose, and the re publicaDs of Yuma county have |; right to notice of any meeting held, and the object thereof, af fecting them. They had no notice and, therefore, cannot be bound by the action of seIf-created anC self-assumed authority. Further there was only justice for all il