Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-04-19
IT WAS FIXED.
Result of Last Nights
Brief Pow Wow.
A Democratic Municipal
Convention
Composed of Delegates Chosen
at a Citizens' Caucus.
Judge Alexander Is Selected to Lead
the citizens to Victory over
Corrupt Democracy.

This is the house that Joe built:
For mayor, IL. N. Alexander.
For city marshal, William Blanken-
ship.
For treasurer, Frank Czarnowski.
For councilman from the first ward,
n, +. Hurley.
For cou ncilman from the third ward,
Aaron Goldberg.
Early last night twenty.seven Demo-
cratic delegates chosen at a citizens
meeting last Saturday night embed
at the city hall TO nominate municipal
candidates. All this was done long be-
fore the date OF he citizens NEE ting
and IT was known to dead and decay
ing Ger ainty who the unlucky candi-
dates wound be. Nevertheless it was
thought best to hold citizens meeting
for the sake of whatever popularity
might result from il and il was neces.
sary to hold convention for the looks
of the thing. 1t didn't last long and
many OF the delegates who had come
in fresh from late dinner table, still
in the act OF chewing. went out OF the
assembly room IN the Immediately sub
sequent act OF swallowing.
. Frank Baxter was made temporary
chairman and X T.. l.. Robinson tenn
porary secretary. The following COM
mittee on credentials and order OF busi-
ness was appointed: w. Il. Smith, Ii.
ii. Mcneil, j. L. Il. Alexander. Cal
Williams and J. +. Meador. The COM
mittee spent ten minutes presumably
in Il oking up the antecedents of the
twenty-seven gentlemen elected at the
citizens caucus to attend u Democratic
convention and in ascertaining il the
methods employed in their selection
were sanctioned by the ten command
ments and other religious authoj tiles.
The committee return, d after while and
reported that everything was found ac-
cording To Gunter only Maurice Fleisb
man WAS absent, but the following PR
sons were declared entitled to seats:
Fret ward-James Mcnamara, +.
NJ. Czarnowski, A. Barsanti, J. l.. Il.
Alexander, j. +. Meador, proxy, Gus
ii. Hirshfeld. A. Goldberg, j. f. Nea.
dor, l.. Pesqueira.
Second ward-J. w. Evans, +. f.
Dalton. j. L. 3. Alexander, proxy, Ii.
ii. Mcneil, Frank Fuqua.
Third ward--J. b. Hawley, Cal Will
hams, Frand Alley, Frank Baxter, Tom
: Newcome, J. j. Hickey, X. +. l.. Rob.
iuson.
Fourth ward-W. T. Smith, frank
King, Frank King, proxy, Ed ennis,
4. Il. McElwain, Frank King, proxy
Everything was now ready and j. l..
b. AlexsDder moved that the ten porary
organization he made permanent. w.
I. Smith had something on the table
and demanded new deal he wanted
Mayor Evans Tor chairman and t. +.
Dalton Tor secretary. This was allowed
and the nominations were opened.
There were two candidates for mayor,
w. T. Smith and II. n. Alexander.
Mr.. Smiths nomination had been
considered certain by all except
those on the extreme inside the
center OF VIII ch was Joe l.. b. III. N.
Alexander Was but in nomination by
Frank Baxter and Homer Mcneil
performed similar office for Mr..
Smith.
The ballot which followed resulted,
Alexander IA, Smith IL one blank.
The next thing was a city marshal
and there were two candidates to select
from and both willing, Billy Blanken-
ship and Tom Newcomb.
Newcomb was nominated in an ora
torical flight by r. +. l.. Robinson and
ank King informed thedeIegates that
Billy before them was the same
had known 30 long. One ballot
it, Blankenship II, Newcomb
: OF the performance was de-
crest. Frank Czarnowski for
NJ. f.. Hurley for councilman
'st ward and Aaron Goldberg
cond were nominated by &C.
,ntion adjourned prema-
'cted the following central
g the crowd was passing
J. l.. Il. Alexander, com
large, James Mcnamara
V. Dalton, second ward,
bird ward, Frand King
PRAYER for future
IS on election dav
d to meet at 2
the office OF the
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