Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-04-29
ARIZONA JOURNAL-MINER
WEDNESDAY. Y.......APRIL p, 1896
PoIIrIcAL PLEAsANrk1.

The county Tepuollcan coh'eA- ton, held a few days ago in this oitv, had some humorous features attached to it, even If the disSen- sions assumed that bitterness at one time that would lead one to believe that the shirts of some delegates would be torn of in the wFsngle and scramble to be heard. Before the frs. shot had been fired on Stump ter. or before any one knew what the tactics were of either side, a church mouse could have been heard in the big court room. But when the water spout struck the assemblage it cane with that sudden and terrific force ss to Raise her Reilly". I'm agiae a body of digni6ed and de- corous men yelling like Apsches and shaking their Phists viciously and determinedly, just ss if either in fUonce would satisfactorily settle the question. And then as the trouble progressed, how each side came again in conflict and paired oh to schew the rag" Every sccuss- ton known to the vocabulary was passed.
 The court house ring was dug up against Akers, Stoddsrd lived and voted in New York, every one in the Prescott delegation was elected by either the demoaatic or the non resident soldier vote. The country delegates shouted that Prescott was a"hogging" the game as usual; every proxy was a downright forgery; the gold bug sack was nearly empty; and 60 on and on was the fight car ried until both bodies reached the streets. Here the discussions be- came somewhat personal. Runners were sent to each side, and on re- fusing to sceeds were let alone with some sarcastic Allusion. While the street phase of the discussion was on . very amusing incident took place which illustrates how unrea- sOnabls men will become when they are temporarily frenzied. MT. Stod- dArd, the principalin his fight, good naturedly referred to Boss" Head as being in his dotsge, and in return the "boss" says that ss New York al- ready has the biggest representation ct St. Louis, 72 votes, he didn't pro pose to make it 73 by sending MT. $. from Arizona. The boss is un- doubtedly failing mentally from Mir. Stoddard's standpoint, as he was asked to fall in" with the s. body and refused, but from an impartial view we think the Verde terror IS still fresh as . daisy, and when We see him talking all kinds of Ian guage, single handed st that, to four of . kind of the opposition and coming out the victor, We really don't think it needs any X ray ap- parstus to size up the Verde states man. The "Boss" is all right in any political field, whether an Akers or a Stoddard man, and our party is fortunate in having him on hand just for the fun of the thing when ever there are internecine troubles ar democrats to slug. In short the "DoSs' IS the only parliamentary slugger we have, and as he wears a new suit of clothes this year he says he is going to be heard again this fall from the Verde to the Santa Maria, just to sllsT any suspicion that he is weakening" and that if Ar. Stoddsrd will run for congress or justice of the peace he will fire up in oratory and send the hot shot in the ranks of democrats with the rapidIty of Maxim gun.
 Other remarks passed in which the only Sam Hill figured. Well, every one knows the above gentle man, and all know too, that be is 8 hard republican, so hard indeed that l the hardware he deals in cannot l phase his belief, no matter what l side he runs with.
 After all, the Hate unpleasant ness" wss only s game of family ten pins, aud the affair is now politi i csIly considered as only 8 tiswin blowout, and when the big pow WOW takes place in Phenix next week the fun may continue, but the levIty will not be 90 buoYsnt and fatigue ing as 1t was here.
 Another amusing feature of the sontroVersey is that the Courier, the stalwart and uDcomPromising demo cratic paper, seems to have surren- dsred its principles and gone over to rspublicanism in SO far as Mir. figures. The above paper has supported Mir. Stoddard from lhe first and in misrepresenting the proceedings of the first convention, has shown . favoritism uncalled for unieE it has prostituted itself for that syowed purpose.
 A BIC sTKAL.
 The following dispatch is taken 'Yorn ConOrasSional doings in Wash