Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-20
HON. P. R. BRADY.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
 JOINT COUNCILMAN.
A compliment Paid to Pinal Counly That Is worthily Bestowed--GOOd
 Words from the Opposing Party Journals.

The Democratic 1efTlIOrldl OOHNcHtIOn that met in Phenix last Monday paid Final county the compliment of selecting one of its most worthy citizens as their candidate for joint for the southern district. in the person Of Hon. Peter R. Brady, of Florence. The honor is all the more worthlly bestowed because it was entirely unsohc- tied and unexpected. MT. Brady had declined all overtures looking to his nomination, and it was only at the most urgent request of the delegates to the convention, received by telegraph, that he finally gave his consent to become the candidate. It was rendered him unani- mously and under such circumstances he conceived it to be his duty to accept.
 His friends in Pinal county are confined to no party. and his expressed position upon all affairs pertaining to the welfare of the people of Arizona meets with the cordial approbation of all. With all due rpsnect to the abilities of his opponent. the people of Pinal county will give hlm n handsome testimonial of their apprecIa- tion upon the day of election.
 In the convention he was placed in noml- nation by F. J. Heney, of Pima county in the following neat speech:
 have the very pleasant duty of presenting before this convention, for the position oi .Joint Councilman of the Southern District the name of Peter K. Brady. T,
 Imay say that came tC Phenix as candl date for that position, but when arrived found it was the wisdom of the majority thai the Southern District should name man wht came into this territory as pioneer -abou the time came into the world; man wh' has remained in Arizona ever since that time and who has the respect of republicans ant democrats alike, and whose character is abov; reproach; plain, common sense, practlca man. one who has the interests of the terri tory at heart and one who will be an honol to the democracy and 8 credit to the entr' territory.
 Further than that may say that, as rep resentative of the young democracy, am al WAYS ready and willing to step down and ou to give place to the old wheelhorses of ou | party.
 l expect to take of my coat in this comin! ! campaign and work for the election of fete R. Brady for Joint Councilman from tn Southern District.
 H.V. Jackson, Esq, of Florence, SC conded the nomination as follows 1 have the pleasure of personal acGuaint ance with Peter R. Brady, and know n more staunch and tried democrat in the terri ! tory of Arizona He is a man ot lntelllgenc and integrity, those necessary qualification l for A successful legislator. He is q man wh 1 counts his friends in every county, in ever, town, in every voting precinct, in thls terri 1 tory. He has, as public man, the necessar, qualifications of g successful politician. Wei l has he served his party and often has he le' it on to victory.
 He has history a legislator and dem ocrat, and he can point to that history Wlth out shame. It is history he may well b i proud of. He is a man whose name will give vim t 1 ths canvass and carry us on to victory. Tn nomination of such man by the democratl party is ss good ss an election by the elector l of his district,
 On behalf of Pinal county it gives me gres pleasure to second the nomination of Hon Peter R. Brady.
 The ballot gave MT. Brady the full an( entire vote of the delegations from tn | several counties comprising the southern district.
 The Phenix Republican, in speaking o this selection, gives the following brle 1 biographical sketch of MT. Brady's life while it's conservative estimate of the re suit of the election greatly underesti mates his strength and popularity. l says:
 Peter R. Brady, the democratic nnmine
 for Councilman from the Southern District
 is about 56 years of age. He is native C
 Washington, D. C., where his father was
 noted old-time politician, who enjoyed tn especial friendship of President Jackson an
 held, under his regime, several offices of trust
 Mir. Brady was educated at the United State
 Naval Academy, at Annapolis, graduatin
 with honor. He resigned early in his nays
 career, and came west thirty years ago, ss
 post trader at small government fort on th | CoIorado A faW after he went f
 Tucson where he was long resident, bein
 twice elected sheriff of Pima county. In 1S7
 he ran for the office of delegate to Congress
 but was beaten by Governor AlcCOrmicl
 He has resided in Florence since 1874, aecl
 pied in attending to his agricultural, minir
 an d milling interests. His latest public ottiC
 was as Prison Commissioner during u
 last democratic administration MT. Brad
 is man highly thought of by his neighbo
 and will poll the full strength of his party.
 The Tucson Star is the only newspapt
 that has so far recognized no merit in tf nomination of MT. Brady. It thinks Pima county man should have been 8, lected, but the democratic party will hay no cause to regret the action of the conyention, and if he is elected, the pql 1 lie affairs of the territory will be perfect safe so far as the official acts of MT. BraC
 can control them. The Star says: The Phenix democratic convention non ! mated Marcus A. Smith for delegate to co gress, Harry Baldwin of Yayspai county, joint councilman for the northern district al , F. R. Brady, of Pinal county for the sout em district. By virtue of the large popul ? tion of Pima county she was entitled to u joint councilman, and it is hard to understal t how the Pima delegation was so easily dup g as to give Pinal, with one-third the pqpul . tion of Pima, the joint councilman, and. gi
 her double the power in the legislature ' Pima. The joint councilman for the southe
 district was from Cochise county in the ls
 legislature, and by rights Pima was entitl
 to the plum this time. It may be hoHey, our delegation could not in its opinion, fl l anyone of sufficient ability in this coun . qualified for the place It is probably t : first time in the history of any county in t 3 territory refusing to claim and secure its jr | representation in the halls of the legislature