Arizona republican., 1894-06-10
OPENING FIRE. The Fall Campaign Pre- cipitated Yesterday. The POpulist County Central Committee Fixes the Time for Holding the
 County Convention. An Early Date, June 80, Chosen to Head Off Sore Heads From
 the Old Parties.


 Maricopa county central committee met yesterday afternoon to fix the date of the county convention and the man. her of holding it.
 The full committee was not present, but other members of the party were, by unanimous consent, given a voice in the deliberations.
 G. K. Miller of Tempe, was made chairman of the meeting and T. J. Hill secretary. Some time was spent in an infor nal discussion of the plan and time for holding the convention and the appointment of delegates to the ter ritorial convention. A suggestion to adjourn to another date that absent mem bers of the committee might be present, was unfayorably received. Finally the various suggestions took shape and recess of fifteen minutes was allowed during which an agreement on the material object of the meeting was reached.
 It was determined that the conven- tion should consist or regularly ap- 
 meeting of the party. A mass meeting, it was argued by MT. Hill, offered | facilities for ''gobbling" of the con- vention by outsiders. He was also in favor of holding it early, in advance of | the conventions of either of the old 1 parties.
 "In this way" said he, i've will show our enthusiasm in the cause. Beside we will be able to obtain purer Popu- list expression. We want only those in the convention who are Populists from conviction and have no private purposes to serve. After the old parties have held their conven- tions there will be sore heads who will demand admission to our ranks. We will gladly welcome their support, but we prefer to make up our own policy"
 On reassem bling Samuel Green moved that the last Saturday of June be chosen as the date of the conven- ton, it's place, P1enix, and that the precinct primaries be held on the pre- ceding Wednesday. The motfon was amended by naming 10 o'clock as the hour for calling the convention to or. der. It was passed and W. c. Deputy moved that the primaries be held by ballot, that pledge be required ot those taking part in them, that an al ternate be chosen with each delegate and that no proxies be admitted into the convention.
 Judge Buck moved the manner of se curing representation as follows: One delegate from each precinct, one fol each 200 votes cast by all parties at the last general election and one fol each fraction of not less than fifty.
 At this point Mrs. Keenan of Port. land, Ore., one of the founders of the party in Oregon and Washington, sug gested that there be added to the repre- sentation one delegate from each Farm ers' Alliance, labor or other industrial organization The suggestion was put into the form of a motion by Judge Buck and an interesting discussion wa: precipitated.
 w. c. Deputy opposed the motion or the ground that such organization made up of members who are Populist' would have a voice in the primarie! and would thus secure double repre- sentation in the convention.
 MT. Green opposed 1t on the ground that the organizations mentioned, par ticularly the Farmers Alliance, were il themselves political. The othel mem bers of the committee favored the motion and another speech by Mrs Keenan assured it's passage, Messrs Deputy and Green alone voting in the negative. There being no other busi ness before the coml.l ttee 1t was ad iourned.
 Speaking of the late defeat of the Peoples Party in Oregon. Mrs. Keenar said it was not entirely unexpected How disastrous the defeat was she was unable to say as on account of floods it had been impossible to getreturns from the strongest Populist districts. Her party would however hold the balance of power in the legislature.
 She attrib the result Of the elec- tion to the gold power and It was no entirely unexpected. It was the first state election and the overthrow of the Popullsts would have tendency to dis courage the party elsewhere. Hence unusual efforts had been made by the old parties. Three weeks ago she re ceived letter from Governor Pennoyer in which he partially foreshadowed the defeat.
 Some one asked Mrs. Keenan Whats the matter with Pennover any how?' She replied quickly There's nothing the matter with Pen. noyer; he's the greatest, grandest mar on earth. We could not elect him gov ernor because he has already served two terms, the statutory limit. Ht could otherwise have been easily cleo ted or he could be elected to any office within the gift of the people of Oregon Pennoyer is in no sense politician He has declined any further politica