Arizona republican., 1896-04-15
THE GOLFERS IN CONVENTION.
A Farcical Meeting of the Disgruntled
 Minority.

Yesterday there was meeting of the Allison supporters at the city hall. Not all of them were for Allison, of candidate that the anti-McKimley movement might crystalline upon something tangible.
 The session was called to meet at 10 o'clock, but that hour came and went, and, 10, not a quorum could be count ed, even by the most elastic distOr- tions of the rule of Speaker Reed. The country districts, especially coun- try districts for which all this agita- tion had been made, did not appear by delegates, for the very good reason that no primaries had been in them held. So a rustling committee was appointed ito SCOUT the byways and highways and to bring in the rural voter, that upon him might be con ferred the toga of precinct represent ative Thus were a number secured, more or less unwilangly, and along in the afternoon the engines commenced to revolve.
 The chairman made a fiery address telling how the Republicans had had the audacity to order in regular central committee meeting a convention and primaries of which he and his fellows did not approve and worked himself into very tempest of oratory in de scribing how large the vote was at the regular primaries. The district at torney also had a word or two ito say and in that word or two was concealed a stump speech that floated adown Washington street and rose high above even the roar of trolley car No. 12. It was blood that the district attorney yearned for-the blood of them who of him had asked no counsel. He coun- seled fight, war and carnage, yet all to end before the fall elections, for then it would behoove all Republicans to stand together that the county off cers may by them be chosen. Just how this could be reconciled to a stab- bing prologue, the speaker failed to state.
 l They progressed along pretty well after this. No county central commit tee was selected. that task being kind ly left to a succeeding convention Delegate Murphy was endorsed in the resolutions, as was also silver coinage at 16 to 1. The resolutions stated the voice of the convention that no candi- date be endorsed for president.
 Them came the selection of twenty seven delegates, who through some mysterious method are to be squeezed l into territorial convention that has made no provision for them. This was proceeding very amicably, as the chief bolters were all being included. when a delegate arose with a resolutions that the Maricopa county delegates send and accept no proxies at the territorial convention. This raised veritable wasp-like storm of objection. But the delegate was staunch and had a few ideas of his own. He said: T under stand that am here and that this con- vention is in existence because there were number of proxies represented at central committee meeting. It so has been represented to me. You all have said so. And here you propose to adopt the same measures you have called illegal in others If it didn't go then, it ought not to go now" But the reasoning didn't count; the con- vention wasn't after logic-it was af- ter office, and the devoted twenty seven were chosen to charge the reg u.ar Republican position on the 29th.