Arizona republican., 1894-08-28
TWAS EVER THUS.
Phoenix Democrats Holding Up
 the County.
Yesterdays Session of Cathauling Followed by unsatisfactory
 Results.

''Just Before the Battle, Mother, :" and "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, "were the airs most in vogue last night among the two score Democrats. subject to the action of the Democratic county convention today.
 Democrats swarmed on all principal street corners yesterday from sun to sun, the limitations of legal days work in agricultural pursuits. The candidates were all out and had their friends with them.
 Delegates from the more remote pre- cincts began to arrive by train and stage, and even the delegates from the more adjacent districts came in to get their bearings. Bearings" means here just what it means in the diCtion sry, and it is therefore hoped that it may not be supposed to have in this case hidden or significant meaning.
 A peculiaritv about a Democratic con- vention in Phoenix is that it always be- gins day or two before the date adyer- tised and is held on half dozen street corners. The first day is devoted to that preliminary performance "cat hauling" at the end of which everything IS sup posed to be fixed. The battle is really over though it has not nominally begun.
 Yesterdays "cat hauling" was un- satisfactory to the candidates. Noth- ing was settled. The delegates were too elastic. AS one Democrat remarked after having spent several hours trying to find out something, "These delegates are the d-dest set of liars 1 ever saw; two candidates for every office before the convention have seen them and have been assured that they have a dead sure cinch on the office they are after"
 On account of the free and easy man. ner in which the delegates have thus re-assured the anxious it is impossible to give satisfactory forecast of the events of the convention. Such fore casts are apt to be unsatisfactory under any circumstances for the reason that twentv-four hours later they will have become back number
 The readers of THE REPUBLICAN will therefore have to be satisfied with what appears on the surface.
 The fight for councilman has nar- rowed down to w. T. Smith, T. E. Parish, W. J. Kingsbury and Frank Baxter.
 Astute persona predict that the as- semblymen will be T. E. Dalton, P. P. Parker, Neils Peterson and w. J. Le- Baron- These purely honorary posi- tions have apparently been divided equally with the south side, but the south side, like Oliver Twist, demands more and an effort was made yesterday to throw in the probate judge for good measure.
 For the office of district attorney, B. J. Franklin and L. H. Chalmers are discussed.
 The candidates for sheriff in the or. der of their probability are Rosson, Orme and Czarnowski. James Gibson, a swift, ebon hued cavalla, stands sad dled ready to be in and off at the word ''go."
 Che candidates for the office of re- corder are Frank Coyle, J. c. c. H. Boone, R. B. Vinson and Dr.. Sabin, of Mesa.
 For probate judge are Maj. Jordan and c. A. Austin of Tempe.
 Sam Y. Barclay is the only candidate prominently mentioned as assessor and D. L. Murray has similar monopoly of claim upon the nomination for treasurer.
 Candidates for supervisor are Capt. George, Joe Monihon, Ed Tovrea of Gila Bend and Elmer Rays.
 Mir. Rays by the way is quietly spoken of as possible contingency in the fight for council.
 The candidates for justice of the peace of Phoenix precinct are Justice Kincaid and J. McElwain; for consta bles are Henry Gartias, Frank McEl- vain and J. F. Briggs.
 The above list includes by no means the names of all those who have been mentioned in. connection with the various offices but only the names of those who are supposed to have fight ing chance. remote in some cases, but still chance. It will be observed that of the thirty persons mentioned only four live on the south side. Of the re- mainder only four live outside of Pho- nix. Twas ever thus.
 Late last night the managers, disap- pointed in the want of results of street | corner caucusing, planned a formal