Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-11-12
OH! THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY
 OF GRAHAM COUNTY.


 part owner of. the Valley Bulletin, al independent newspaper published al Solomonville, in Graham county.
 He WAS delegate to the Territoria Democratic Convention which met al Phenix and nominated Mark Smith fol Delegate to Congress and P. R. Brady for councilman from the Southern Dis, trict.
 When the Democratic conventions met in Solomonville to nominate a county ticket Mr.. Kelly presided over that body and was elected chairman of the County Central Committee and J. T. Fitzgerald secretary.
 One week later he was a delegate te and chairman of the Peoples Party County Convention which nominated g full ticket all of which was elected with the exception of councilman, sheriff and recorder. Throughout the campaign he supported the Peoples ticket through the columns of his paper, anG still re- tained the chiirmanship of the Demo, cratic Central Committee.
 After the election a movement was started by MT. B. M. Crawford and other membes of the committee to oust him from his position and read him out of the party. Judge Fitzgerald opposed the proposition, believing it best for the interests of the party that no action be taken in the natter and his view of the ruse being adapted, Mr. Kelly continued to act as the recognized head of the party which h endeavored to defeat at the polls. Lat spring, just before dele gates were to oe chosen to the Tucson convention toslect delegates to the Ma tional Democatlc convention, MT. Kelly made tEip b Clifton and made the ac- quaintarce oi Charles Shannon. Short ly afterp srdstbe County Central Com mittee was csled together and five mem bers of that committee, including Mir Kelly, were selected as delegates to the Tucson convection at which combina- tion was made with certain delegates from the northern part of the Territory by which c. \. Shannon was endorsed for the mem bg of the Democratic Ma tional Committee from Arizona. MT. Shannon had not been an elector of this Territory for mGe than ten years, hav- ing resided in New Mexico and Texas, where all his interests were and now are, except an rnproductive copper mine near Clifton, which he has unsuccess- fully tried to sell. Kelly succeeded in having Shannon appointed to the most honorabl' position which could be con- ferred by the party, thereby ignoring the claims and services of old and de- serving Democrats who had battled for the Democracy longer than he had been living. When the county convention assembled on the 22d of September last it was composed of representative dele gates wb seemed to have but one end in view md that was tke good of the party. It was called to order in ac- cordancs with political usage by the chairman of the county central commits tee, who proceeded to deliver an address in whia he counseled harmony and adherence to Democratic principles. A motDn was made to nominate tenn porary chairman whersupon a delegate moved, a preconcerted plan having been agreedon- by Kelly and his followers that tie chairman and Secretary of the centra committee be declared the tenn porary officers of the convention, which motion Kelly declared carried and pro ceedeC to appoint the usual committees The secretary of the county committee was not present but upon being notified refusd to countenance such un-Demo crsticac without a precedent in po- litica conventions. A large number of delegates declined to present their credentials and immediately withdrew and took no part in the subsequent pro- ceedings of so called convention which was doing the bidding of a one man power. A ticket was. nominated and Kelly, who had never cast Democratic vote in the county was again made chairman of the central committee.
 The convention had hardly adjourned before Kelly saw the mistake he had made and without consultation with other mem bers of the committee, at tempted to make amends for what ht had done, and to effect that end called on some of the delegates who had 1eft the convention and proposed to remode the ticket by taking off some of tht nominees and substituting others, thul showing his ignorance of the new cleo ton law which makes such action illega and impossible. He met with no en couragement, but the next morning re newed his efforts without success. H; PIOIOSCO dIln AOl oOuC hcChi that at least one nominee on the tIcke who had received the largest vote in thu convention should be arbitrarily put of and some one more to his liking put on
 Such is brief history of the Demo cratic party in Graham county, as it i run by Kelly, Shannon and others O the thew blood" element who started il to carry out their ends or wreck thu party. The result has been the nomina tion of ticket composed of Democrat and Republicans which will be elected in county which should poll larg' Democratic majority and would do s' but for its opposition to bossism anc one man power.
 JUDGE GOODWIN'S OPINION OI
 KELLY AND HIS GANG.
 SoLoMoNvILLE, Oct. 26.-
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