The St. Johns herald., 1892-09-22
Republican Convention.

vention has met and adjourned tn
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 forth a lizard. Democrats are SUI prised-Republicans disgusted. Tn proceedings of this remarkable as semblage were marked by frequen adjournments and caucuses, anC little time spent in actual business The fire brands had to be scattered every few minutes, for if they re mained together too long it was feared a spontaneous fareup would occur; so they had to be rushed out into the open air every few minutes to cool off, as it were, and let of steam; but, notwithstanding these cooling off intervals, the fare-up came, all the same. After vainly entreating almost everydecent avail able man in the party to accept the nomination for delegate, as a last resort W. c. Stewart, of Coconino, was appealed to, and he, in the hope that the prominence given him in the race would bring him a fat fed- eral position in case Harrison should be reelected, finally consent ed to be made sacrifice of. But even he, at the last minute, repent ed of his resolve and made a fran tic attempt to back out; for, as the convention was about to close it's labors, he excitedly sprung up, ex- claiming: "One member Of this convention has said he will spend every dollar he has to beat me in the race, and he has lots of it," and insisted that he did not want the nomination under such circum- stances; when, amid the widest confusion and vociferous motions to adjourn, E. s. Clark sprang up and said that w. c. Bashford was the man who had made this unholy democratic threat. The ancient ex- pression that "hell had broke loose in Georgia" but faintly conveys an idea of the scene which followed. Pandemonium, with all its assem- blaze of demons, could not have presented a scene more internal Excited men were shouting their different league war cries and free fight seemed imminent; but mo- tions to adjourn were the loudest, and adjourn they did, before the victim of the nomination for dele gate had chance to back out, and the different fire brands which had just hared up in such a confagra- tion of human passion again rush ed into the open air to cool of. So much for that nomination. Pre- yious to this, T. J. Wolfey, of the Phenix Republican, was elected chairman of the Territorial Central Committee, and E. NJ. Mills. secre- tary. Quite a controversy arose over the election of Mir. Mills, and some attempt was made to override the cut and dried caucus program and allow Mr. Wolfloy to appoint his own secretary; but the rules prevailed, and MT. Mills was elected by a very close vote. It was during this discussion that Gen. O'Neiil arose and made manly appeal to the convention to lay aside all petty jealousies and act like men, when another delegate sprang up and told tuS COlhSLllOH IlldI V A6lIi . IS- marks were uncalled for and ungen- tlemanly.
 The Courier knows nothing of Mir. Mills, and little of Mir. Vol | fley; has met the latter gentleman and has that fraternal feeling for
  him which it has for all respecta- ble newspaper people, especially 1 those of Arizona. Of Geo. Clough, 1 the nominee for councilman at large the Courier knows absolutely noth- ing, and, in fact, no one else ap- pears to know anything. save that he comes from Graham county and 1 is supposed Republican, although l the latter is by no means certain, as there were delegates in that conven-