Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-08-28
THE WAR DANCE.
How the Great Unwashed Lead fbair
 Lambs to the Slaughter.
The storm Clouds of the Campaign Give Forth only Gusts of Wind and mi
 One Drop or Water.

Ia the district court rocn at 10 o'elos,
 tais morning with a very full represent
 Gtl0n. The delegates looked tired sDt
 their button holes were badiy trsys.
 and threacbare, while the candidate.
 wore smiles ns bland and childlike as tbs
 man ln inc moon, and fully as wise.
 Chairman Chgs. u. Strauss, of tb,
 County Central Committee, took tb,
 chair, his ogliog spectacles, well weyed napoleonic moustache and vanilla ief cream coat giving him a distinguishes
 snd dignifed appearance ia spite of hi. surroundings. He called upon the del. egates 10 come within tue fold, the lob
 by railing being designated as the dead. line, and the spectators were requested to remain without and observe a re spectful awe whI.e the rehearsal was proceeding.
 He Called attention to the fact tba, NogaleS had double delegation The ru!ng passion was too strong and tbev wanted to stuf the convention, They were asked to withdraw until the con ventIOn was organized, when their tsou- bles would be augmented or dlssIpated by the acton Of a committee on credeD- tlals.
 Here the prevailing desire to run things was manifested oy several dele- gates who loudly vocifera.ed MT. Chairmanw He was h-ar,lessly obaur- ste, however. and wsnted to do some thing in that line himself while ho held the relns. tlnnegsn came to his res cue aud called the lntruders to order.
 TLe chairman read the call, Rnd then gave hls fellows in misfortune "A nttlr gratultOus advice, Tn a PIckwlckIau sense. He revRmped the old story about all democrats not being horse thieves but all horse thieves were demo crgts, which made some of them move uneEslly ID their eeRts, and tried to ap- ply lt to the 18th legislative assembly. While hls eyes had that tGr-away, over your-rhoulder look, characteristic of reflective genius and conscious super lority, be gave them tBtfy and his bene- dlctIOn, with sHndwlchel hliusions to the Iarque Verde and San Simon bal lot frauds.
 After some ilIbusterug. Col. F. C. Wood nominated Judge Harrison, of La N0riR, for temporary chairman and he was elected. The chair appointed
 15ssrs. ;. W. Carpenter, and F. c. Hughes, 8 committee to escort Judge Harrison to the chair, and the hunored gentleman expressed his thanks 10 com mendRble langGsGe.
 NIT. 5. W. Carpenter nominated Nr. l.. E. Manning to be temporary secre- tary. Carried.
 On motion the chsir appointed W. (. Oury, I, J. JeIfori-, l., l.. Oskes, J. R. Manning and E. C. Wood, a committee on credentials.
 Some of the others wanted to organ izs then and there, but amid tha confu- siol 1t wR- agreed that they would await the report Of iEe committee on cred eutials pending which the cODye1- ton H3iourned for one hour.
 Af,er recess the committee on credep tials reported but failed to include the list of deleget entitled to seats. Th- extra Nogaies delegates were appcr- toned to imaginary precincts not en- b.aced Tn the call. The committee we're excused from further duty and their re- port adopted.
 The temporary organization was D. Oury.
 A EerEeart-at-arras being considered ar lnGi- pensabie apcen isge, Sir. W. E II 0pkIns was elected to that position.
 The force of the remark the Governor of North Caro.iue nude 10 the Governor nt South Carolina, had by this tlI2e come home to most of the drlegs' - aud st l2:lj the motion to adjourn ua- t.l hall past one o'clock Was euttusia-- hcaiiy and unanimously carried, haC rhs secretary wss ustructed to have l;st of the dsle-a.es prepared for use of tne upon its resssembhas.
 AFTERNOON TROUBLES.
 Tue fragments were drawn together Gt haIf-psss one o'clock and the chair man announced that he was aWsit!ug to turn up.
 Col. Robenson objected to any per sons not elected delegates holding proxies. bu5 upon learning shat the con- yrntion had already adopted the report ot the committee on credentials, he his motion.
 Mr. V. A ScOrt moved that a commit | |, ot seven on order Of business and 1 platform be appointed. The chair ap- 1 pointed Messrs. W. 4. Scott, Wm. Z-ck- l 5ud0-f. X. 5, White, \. Van Alstine, 1 Jose Yasqusz, F. G. Hughes, J. A. FIuDeEan.
 The convention then took q recess for ! hEli au hour.
 Rs-assembliDg, the committee present d it's order of business Es follows: NOm- | nations in the following order: Sheriff, 1 District Attorney, Trea urer. Recorder, I County Judge, Clerk Of the Court, As sesscr, Mem bers 0f the Council, Repre- | Supervisors. Surveyor, Cor oner, Administrator, Delegates to Terri torisi Convention, County Central Com mi'tee.
 The follo~ing is the platform of prin- cIpie5 adopted:
 The democrats of Pima O., in con- yent,on assembled etc.
 We reaffirm our allegiance to the Na- tiOnal Democratic party and its prinei- Dles, and We congratulate ourselves up on tie fact that we now have demo cratic administration, whose course We endorse and commend and through whose acton the interests of our terri tory have been secured and vast tracts Cf lands recovered.
 We demand reduction of the expense f territorial and county administration.
 We demand the funding of the county ndei. edness at as iUw rate Of Interest is possible.
 We demand that the uCn-partissn anl system oi pubic schools be maintained intact. fcstered. and en- ,ouragcd by every XN l"gi'iuate means, .ni we denounre the Republican party lf Iimg County for prostituI1g the same for political pGrpo-es.
 Tho people have been generous to railroad corDorst.ons in Pima County and they of right demand far treatment lt their hands
 Tbe platform was adopted by sections ipd later on adopted Gs g whole.
 ". $. Oury introduced an additional section instructiDg members of the leg stature to repl al the county court bill md enlarge the jurisdiction of the pro bate court. TLis measure was strongly ,ppcsed by Mir. Wm. ZsckendOrf. and supported by MT. McDermott, Mr. J. 2. Perry opposed the amendment, and t was voted down.
 Nominations belng next n order, Mr. Zeckendorf moved that eGch candidate ,tep forward and pledge himself to abide by the action of the convention