Arizona republican., 1900-09-30
THEY'VE CUT LOOSE
Smith and Wilson Take Their
 Respective Corners
In the Triangular Congressional Fight-The Last Hope of Com promise Abandoned Yesterday Morning.


 town yesterday from Los Angeles. He was accompanied by Hon. B. A. Pack ard of Cochise county, and the two gentlemen were in pleasant anticipa- ton of meeting Colonel J. F. Wilson and proceeding with him to Prescott today, where they intended to break the Sabbath by welding the broken demo- cratic party together again. They were surprised and even pained to learn that Colonel Wilson had left town and at the same time left word saying that as he had had no part in the breaking of the party he would fool away no time in the mending of it.
 As The Republican mournfully fore casted yesterday morning the last hope of a compromise had vanished with Col onel Wilson's announcement that ne would open his campaign last night. The Prescott conference was there fore abandoned. One party can not go into conference with itself with the object of effecting a compromise. MT. Smith decided to remain in Phoenix and open his side of the campaign here tomorrow night.
 The Smith people had some inside in- formation yesterday morning regarding the answers of certain Wilson men who had seemed to favor the conference. It was given out in ingenious confidence by MT. w. T. Smith, who had returned from CoconinO county where he has been checking up a surveying contract. On his way home he told three men be- tween Flagstaff and Phoenix (now, mind you, this is in confidence) what was going to happen at the conference. 4 proposition was to be submitted that both candidates withdraw. It was well known that MT. Smiths friends would not entertain the proposition. Then | both parties would go into the fight and in the certain event of democratic de- feat the whole thing would be charged up to MT. Smith, who would be made to appear to be the only man who could ! have avoided it. This arrangement was divulged by the three men to whom it had been confidentially made known. The Smith people understood the uselessness of attending that kind of a conference.
 The Young Mems Democratic club yesterday received a circular from a peace-makcr's organization at Yuma. better known as the democratic county central committee of Yuma county. The circular is made up of whereases and resolutions in which the deplorable condition of the democracy is described and urging both MT. Smith and Colonel Wilson to withdraw. All democratic clubs and committees were urged to join the crusade against the hydra headed ticket.
 The young democrats promptly held a meeting, at which the following reply to the Yuma peace-makers was en- dOrsed:
 Phoenix, Ariz., Sept 29, 1900. I'M. B. DeVane, Chairman Yuma
 County Central Committee, Yuma,
 Arizona:
 Dear Sir:-Your letter, together with copy of resolution passed by your com mittee has been carefully considered and in reply we desire to express our regrets at the condition of party mat ters in the territory
 As to the way out of the difficulty we will be obliged to differ with your honorable body. Hoping, however, that a thorough discussion of the points in volved may tend to point out a way of escape, we are not averse to giving our opinion.
 First, let us go to first cause. Wilson made race against a man against whose popularity M. A. Smith would not venture. J. F. Wilson made a good delegate. and discharged his duties fully. These points are incontrovert- ible. and if So, Wilson was entitled to renomination by his party
 "Second-Had Wilson been allowed to make the race, as he deserved, the party would have gone to certain vic tory; each county ticket have been strengthened; and nothing could have prevented a general victory all over the territory. Now why is it not so? Let the blame fall where it belongs, on Marcus A. Smith, the man who, above all other men in this territory, should have aided in the general on-rush to victory, plants himself squarely in the way and is the cause solely of the pres ent conditions.
 'Third-In view of past favors and the debt he owes to the party of Ar- zona, we believe that Marcus A. Smith should hasten to undo as far as pos sible the injury he has inflicted upon the party by withdrawing from the race and aiding in the election of J. F. Will son.
 Tn regard to the contest from Mari NolsL NoulNN, We utSllt lO Sdy lIldI W C were willing that its merits should be passed upon by the delegates from other parts of the territory. after due investigation. with full confidence that it would be settled right. Tn our judgment the election is too ! close at hand to justify the calling of another convention, or for the selection of another man.
 ''E. $. RUSSELL, "Presdent Young Mems Democratic
 Club "CHAUNCEY F. G. FIKE,
 Assistant Secretary, Y. M. D. e.
 TO BUY OUT OAT MEAL TRUST.