Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-12
DISTURBED DEMOCRATS.
Dismal Failure in Attempting to
 Raise Funds.
What Is to Become of the Poor Organ
 NOwy

A secret session of the local Demo cratic Committee was held yesterda evening, in a back room of one of ou leading saloons. Great precautions ha, heen taken to exclude all black Re publicans and other outside bar barians, but an EPITAPH reporter, wh' is ubiquitos, managed to secrete him self in position where he could take 1T the proceedings.
 The first step was the appointment 0 temporary chairman, in place of tho gentleman holding the position, who wa: absent. Quite scrimmage ensued or this question, every member present desiring the position. Five ballots brought the matter no nearer to deci. sion, every ballot showing one vote fer each gentleman in the room. It was finally decided to cast dice and the lucky thrower of 43 was installed in the chair.
 The chairman pro tenn. arose and made short speech, in which he con graduated the local Democracy on re- presenting the intelligence, enterprise and wealth of the banner county of Ari- zona, (Cheers). The corrupt Republican party in Tombstone was filled with dis may at the wonderful unanimity and whole-souled self abnegation which they saw prevailing among their opponents. (Cheers). Let every Democrat stand firm to the spirit of Jackson and Jefferson and the county Democracy would carry all before them, as the Democracy of the nation had already done. (Hear, hear). The speaker continued by saying that he now came to the main ob!ect of the meeting. He was almost ashamed to broach such matter-offact subject, in presence of such high spirited patriotism as he saw before him. The fact was, however, the committee needed funds. There was at the present moment, only $I,85 and a beer ticket in the treasury. (murmurs) He proposed that a pre- liminary tax of 25 cents week should be levied on all who proposed to be can didates for office at the next election.
 A dismal silence followed this sug- gestion, the countenances of those pre- sent falling considerably below zero.
 A member present moved to make the amount payable weekly ten cents, in place of 25, owing to the prevailing hard times.
 Another member moved to substitute' "Democrat" for Candidate for office There were, he said, so very few Demo- crats in the city, who were not willing to work for the good of their county, in an official position, that the distinction was scarcely necessary.
 Bath there motions were carried unanimously.
 A member moved that notes of hard should be receivable in lieu of cash, when the latter was not forthcoming. This motion resulted in long discussion but was finally carried by majority of one.
 A collection was then taken up, for the first weeks subscription, resulting in I6 notes of hand for ten cents each and one Mexican dime, with hole in it.
 The committee on candidates then made their report oftke number of names received so far from Democrats, who in- tended to seek the suffrages of the peo- pie of Cochise county at the forthcoming election. It was as follows: Sheriff ?, Recorder IS. Treasurer 2I, District Attorney g, Public Administrator IA, Coroner 10, Supervisors 4s, members of the Legislature Io7.
 The report was ordered filed.
 The Committee on Organ then handed in their report.
 It stated that the amount subscribed for the purpose of establishing an Organ of the Earty in Tombstone had been ju- diciously expended. They had engaged two talented and experienced performers and the Organ had now been in opera ton for a week. They had however, met at the outset with terrible setback. It had been supposed that the purchase price of the Organ would have been the only expense which they would have to bear. It had been fully arranged that the cost of running the Organ should be borne by the county. The thieving Republican ring had, however, in con nivance with the corrupt Republican officials, succeeded in diverting the money to the opposition organ. (Groans). The Democracy was thus left without a cent to pay the wages of the performers on their Organ. In fact they now owed S2. 50 to the boy who blows the bellows
 A member suggested that they open a