Mohave County miner., 1900-09-29

The democratic convention which
met at PheniX last week to nominate
candidate for delegate to congress
was unfortunate in its agreement as to
who should be the standard bearer at
the coming election, aud the deplor
able result of "split" was the out
come, wherein both Mark Smith and
Col Wilson were nominated by their
respective factions. These two gentle
men had made a friendly canvass of
the territory and when the convention
met it showed Smith had clear ma
jority of twenty-five. The trouble arose
in Maricopa county, which had de-
clared for Smith by very decisive
majority at the primaries and county
convention. At the latter Smith had
sixteen majority on organization and
thirty three delegates were then and
there chosen to the territorial conven-
tion aud instructed to vote for Smith.
Not one word of protest against the
action of the convention was heard at
that time aud the Wilson men who
were in the county convention re-
mained to the end and participated in
all of it, deliberations, such as organi
zation. the selection of thirty three
territoria delegates, the nominating of
full county ticket and selection Of a
county central committee. How they
could, three days after, bolt aud trump
up a contesting delegation, God only
knows, but they did; aud it was done
by ''four men only" three from Phe-
nix and one from Tucson, VINO, in a
dark room, on dark night, by the
light of dark lantern, gave Arizona
democracy the deepest stab it has ever
received. There was never time when
these boilers had any standing, and no
claim was ever made that they were le'
gal Yet, Col Wilson is the nominee
OF this dark lantern proceeding and
has accepted the nomination thus ten,
dered him He had hundreds Of friends
in Arizona few weeks ago who would
have scorned the idea of his accepting
such nomination. But alas! they
are friends no more, Honest men can
never endorse such methods. Con
ira, the two men: When a PROPOSE
ton vas made TO Mark Smith to CON
U,,r.,,.f .n,,,,t in fba gapna yyau
that Maricopa was contested he waived
it to one side, saying: mo, If | cannot
get the nomination fairly and honestly
| will not have it at all" And no one
can honestly say he has not so received
it. Having a clear majority of twenty.
two of the legally elected delegates no
other conclusion could be logically
reached by any honest man. Yet, 10
give these boiling Maricopa delegates
chance to present and force their
claims. conference committee OF
three from each side was appointed
with power to choose seventh man
and for three days the committee was
IN session reNleWluR tue case III ali i1s
phases, but no agreement could ever
be reached. At no time during the
convention did any of the Wilson meu
deny that the records of the Maricopa
county primaries and county conven
ton were not legal, straight and just
To have done so they would have said
"Our part in nominating county
ticket is all wrong and the ticket i,
tainted with corruption" This the,
could not well do, after having helpec
to create the ticket. The burden o
their song was, 'we must beat Mari
Smith," and they resorted to the dirt
lest Of political methods to do it, Blu
they failed in their efforts to defea
him in the convention, so they bote,
in order that they might carry on
their methods, regardless OF the cor
sequence to the party.--Clifton Cor
per Era.