Arizona republican., 1894-08-05
HIGH AND LOW.
The Desperate Efforts
of Democrats
To Make a Showing at
the Primaries.
Some Recently Reformed In
dividuaIS Relapse.
The Result Is Interpreted to Be Fa-
vorabIe to Orme for Sheriff
and Frank Baxter.

Five hundred and fifteen votes were
cast at the Democratic primaries in this
precinct yesterday. Taking these figures
in connection with the Republican vote
OF last Thursday, the first question to
suggest itself is: Where do the Popu-
lists come in?
The result showed along with other
things that the reformation of many
Democrats who professed change of
heart on Thursday was not permanent.
In West Phoenix precinct the pri-
maries were held at Justice Kincaid's
Office. and in the east at the Gardiner
block. In the former, where seventeen
delegates were chosen, 239 votes were
cast; in the latter, entitled to only
thirteen delegates, 276 persons voted.
1t must be admitted that the effort
was more vigorous in the latter pre-
cinct. J. L. B. Alexander had
things in charge. He was fired by a
spirit of emulation in the interest of
statehood to show a heavier array of
figures than the Repu ublicans did but
more than all he was desirous of Sc
curing an Orme and Baxter delegation.
Baxter is his dearest friend but that he
labored so assiduously for Orme is
not because he loved him more, but
Rosson his most formidable opponent,
less.
Everything loose was dragged to the
polls. That's how go many recently
anchored Democrats were torn loose
from their Republican moorings.
As an instance of the energy with
which voters were gathered together it
is related not facetiously but with the
| most sober truthfulness that big
"heeler" sent out to forage for votes
was attracted by the appearance of
"Joe," J. A. Plattner's huge cat. He
stopped to play with him and when he
was discovered he had the cat by the
ear and was dragging him toward the
polls. Mr.. Plattner came up behind
the heeler, took bin by the ear and
dragged him in the opposite direction.
"What are you doing with the cat ?"
he demanded. "Oh," cried the as
tonished ward worker, 81 was just
foolin' with him a little for fun"
"Well, that's all right" replied the
cats owner, II thought you were try
ing to take him up there among those
Democrats.
There were only two tickets in this
precinct so the fight was comparatively
simple and one-sided. The Orme-Bax-
ter delegat were chosen by votes
ranging from 219 to 272. They are. B.
F. Porter, Jas. McNamara, E. Irvine,
M. Garcia, Jas. Mccarthy, J. L. B.
Alexander, A. A. Long, Fred Balsz, Sr.,
&. H. Hirschfeld, A. E. Cobb, J. F.
Meador, Leo. Goldman, Frank Cox.
They are said to be unpledged as to all
other candidates than those mentioned.
| In the West Precinct there was q
variety of interests represented in four
tickets beside the regular ticket con-
tanning the names of all the candidates
for delegates chosen at the precinct
mass meeting. The Rosson-Orme fight
came to the surface here also but was
frequently obscured by other conten-
tions. All the tickets were scratched
go that the list of delegates is made up
from all of them. They are said to be
friendly to Orme and Baxter but were
elected not on any particular issue but
by the vagaries of the voters. They
are, J. D. Marlar, B. A. FIckas, E. ].
Bennitt, Seth Byers, James 7. Gibson,
J. H. Burger, Hans Herlick, J. E.
Boyd, John Beck. H. G. Mcdonald,
Henry Garfas, A. j. Godfrey, B. ].
George, Joe Brennan, II. A. Tweed,
Robert Fridel, ]. W. Standard.
The delegates in both precincts will
probably be divided between Frank
Coyle and J. G. G. H. Boone for Re-
corder. The only other candidate for
this office is J. A. Vinson.
Neither has any Phoenix precinct
Democrat arose yet to contest the claim
of ]. H. Pomeroy to the Office of as
SCISSOR. G. 0. Austin of Tempe hopes
to come into the probate judges
chambers during the confusion and ex-
Citement of the struggle between Jordan
and Baxter.
The only candidates for the legisla.
ture so far mentioned are 7. E. Dalton,
Captain Parker and James Goodwin.
The nomination for councilman has
not been openly claimed by any man,
but nobody believes that there will be
any vacancies on the county ticket
after the convention.
The seventeen practically unpledged
delegates from the west precinct will
become an element of painful uncer-
tainty to candidates. They are the
product of stern but unnecessary effort
to break up the court house ring. The
ring had already dissolved of it's own &C.
cord and the dissolution was apparent
to everybody but the patriotic gentle
men who met at the court house two
weeks ago lii the interest of purity and
uncertainty in local politics.