Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-11-17
IN OLD TUOLUMNE.
q DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TSsN-
 TY-sn YEARS AGO.
KArd-Fistsd Minsrs Who DslIEhtsd 1 Gathering of the BSys - Ae1 with stonsehs Inared to
 Bacon and FapJssksL

Prsnrce EulfOrd a San F-zaess-O Cs-s1iSssl
 Hot Is the summers dzy. Very hoL But not SO heated is the physical s.ncs- phere of Sonora. Tuolum.e eoGzry. a the mental The ms1tAll Az. the norAl the immoral the intellectuAl Why.
 Iris the day of the Democratic eouvez- ton, met now twenty-six Ioax ysars agone-the convention ralifying the nom nations of Breckinrtge and LzEe for president and vice president of ,ksse then United States. but more especially A21 vitslly to nominate good sound Demo crats to certain county 0eess-of-ces fl importance. because then offices of srezE profit
 They are pouring ia from Pins Leg from Columbia. Springfield. ShANs 2 La the mountains JimtOwn. AOoteEln2 Chinese camp Don PsCirolS Fed 1Ou1- tain. Hawkins Bar. NArshs Ela-. Oak Flat. First Garrote Secoca Garrote, the Green sprinxs Azt Moccasin's creek They poured h last night They poured much down last night They came clad ia long Ensa clusters. on rav-bo1ed mustAags E-t some on foot They are men of mark in their respective preciccts. men of i71a- ence. strong men. and fxh.i1g EeA They are men who. day sfte- tay. scsnt knee deep in the mud of the golden G--s- vial as it is being sliced away. CT Nalst- deep fin the river creek strsAU. ayi1S walls and wing dams
 They have the dinero in thsiF pCcSscS They have the ore in their bUeksSins They have Jeff their ranches. thsir rznch- eros. their casas. tAeir rAmac2S Th-y besride caballOs-nOG b1rrOsl They 1rs not burros. CAN one Os them a ou-ru. and he'd blow of ths top Of your caoezA They disdain the English of their eastern hOmss Thsy speak the EnZIish trimmed with Spanish-with Spanish tez-ned 1rcS senors-snd senorit2s-Of cOurse
 Most of them are -heeled They carrs stsrn chassrs-under their linen dIslerS They are resdy for war They are on tas warpath The war paint is oo ,heir taces The war whisky is in their stOUachs. They love war. They do not exactly pray today for a shooting sCrape BGzE one comes along they are Oa hand i0 = ioyit
 They arc men with hands hard ani horny, with stomachs indgrated Co bull beef. bacon and fapjackS They live ia log cabins of their own building-l0gs now old and rotten-logs oft full Of erespisg. crawling things-cenupesiss and sslch- the tArantuls burrows near tAslr doors, the horned toad frisks near by in the June sunshine, tls rsttlssnake becomes soeiable and craSs down to pay them visits About the noses of these mea as meal times buzz the yellow jacksts -uninvited guests-whose bite IS wOrss than their bark-loVeEs Of sweet eOUGi- ments. apple sauce and mOlssses. ad-glcts to the meals of these hard and horny handed men of the southern mineS
 Near their doors also is a thiekly pOpsc ant oir1nf6ftrA the rffiIrx 'anE-a c,s- tinctly smelling. and. when crSlshed- nos a plessAnt smelling ant-an ant v hlth es1-l never bs driven out of is place of sstle- ment These Democrats-these men of Don Pedro's and Hawkins Ear and Alge- rina and Poverty Hll-hAve oftrlInss fought hard and perssveringly against these rcd ants-hsve dug up their h0les. have poured kettle on kettle of boilinS water into their city-haye psrooIesI boiled and otherwise destroyed them by the thousand unto the tens Of thOusands yet ultimately 10 no purpose; there ts of them no cessation
 These are Jimtown Democrats. GukrtE UO[AGA AG~1-~Aa Whisky Hill-burrowers from Tabls mountain-travelsrs of dead river besis. dslving in gravel eternity bUrisd bringing forth to light boRes of the msgSIheEiGa and icthyosaurus-poor beasts who. "a O1s ago. never knew their scientific Eames- This gray-shirted. humble panied wiit eyed man is Allen Oliver. ever sangulns of untold treasure in Table mOunzil. ever sanguine. also. as Democrat Here be the sutton brothers of Nirginla-1d dierS fighters. horsemeE and miners good fellows, large story tel.erS. ready t0 slt up all night: spirits alwsys st high water. though coin ia the purse has tO1ched the lowest water mark These are tho men of the river.oi the TuoluE1e. of Jacksonville. Stevens bar Red noun tain. Hawkins. Swett's and Indian bars, men of stout hearts and broad feel. sand bar digger.. red-dfrt slingers, wing dam. side-dam, head-wan builders: rocS-o bank crevicsrs; packers of their own Jour and bacon for miles over rocky trails from the bar store 10 their cabins. herInits secluded ln deep gulch recesses. ugly men when water Is sbaeked- in upon them from rhs river claim below. men worth. ea5in blankets and tools included. say Slo0. men never discouraged because the oed of the river did not pay this year. out resolved 10 tackle the same old elalna thss next-the same old claim which Tor years. from May 10 November. h1s claimed their muscle. their money. thsir tiAs. their credit-and never dld pay and never will
 Hard baked and red is he soil of ths | kiIlsides on which stand their eabin2 Muddy and red the ditch water iowil 2 | past their doorS Thick, vlscld and 2 u-- inous the slum deposit made monthly m | their reservoirs ToilsOme the Ioo of e | Saturday afternoon cleaning It out A smell of rubber pervades their tumt-s | homes-Tubber garments. rubber oools. | rubber pants
 Some have shaved themselves In this beautiful county convention morn \ Il country town shave costs a quArtsr- \ | quarter Will buy two drinks. Economy is wealth if not health They have shaved | with dul razors They have gashet themselves literally in spots They tO | not mind this, SO lOGg as they root out the stubby beard A little blood letting does them good Blood tiuges thelr shirt
 collars It has dried there. A scent 0c
 yellow soap hangs about them lt w.s
 an honest miner skave-
 These are the men of the mountain eas-
 of Sonora-dvellers mid snow. ie a.t
 sugar pines; bear hunters. fox traPpsrs.
 road builders, quArtZ delivers. hll climb
 CTS, loggsrs. lumoerers. sAEmlliers. Il dwsllers on the North FOrk Of Ina
 Tuolumns
 II Americans these, all who pour into 90
 nora Americans from the bayOUs oi Louisiana. from the AlabamA cotton
 fsids. from the South Carolina f1ca
 swamps and the North Carolina tag for.
 ssts. Maine lumbsruen. Illinois bed
 men, Massachusetts men. Americsn1 iro1
 Canada. Americans from lraazt. A-,sri
 cans from syeryvhere-but s-A Alasr