Arizona republican., 1900-08-24
SIZZLING POLITICS
The Old Mems Republican Club.-A
 Primary Test.

There are more kinds of political eX- citement on tap in Maricopa county than any where else in the United States. They are as numerous as the varieties of beer on tap in PhoeEix-An- heuser Busch. Lemp's, Pabst, Schlitz, Wieland's and Morlein's. The newest political brew is the Old Mems Republi- can club, call for whose organization is about to be made. The nucleus of the club embraces those mature poli- ticians Dr. William Dufffeld, Thomas D. Bennett and H. l. Latham, who wielded an important influence in the federal party in the early days of the century: who put new life into the whig party and who were present at the birth of the republican party. By the way, if all the men who have been reported from time to time to be present at that political accouchment were actually there, the republican part was bigger at it's bir.h jhan it has ever been since. This observation just suggested itself and is not made to raise any doubt that Dr. Dufffeld and Messrs. Bennett and Latham assisted in the construction of the republican party. Along in the sixties the party got so it could stand alone and these gentlemen resigned the guidance of it to more youthful hands Messrs. Bennett and Latham and Dr Duffield are not dissatisfied in any way with the management of it; they admit they couldn't have done beoter them selves, but after some years of rest they believe they are able to take up the burden again; hence the Old Men Republican club.
 The Young Mems Dem, ,ratic club is cutting a pretty wide swatI. and kindly offering to take charge of democratIr politics in this city and relieve the Jcr- ferson club and other elements of the party from care and fatigue on the day the primaries are held. For instance. there's the second ward, upon which Joseph Alexander and other Non Young Mems Democratic club democrats are casting covetous eyes. But the club has taken precautions against these outlanders. Al Arthur, of the club, is the inspector of the second ward and has one of the judges with him. That is ma jority. A test for primary day has been decided upon by the club It consists of two searching questions. The first lS Are you d utHlOtIdl. OpOIl db affirmative and possibly Untruthful re- ply the intending voter is pat into a close corner by the following interrega- tory: Have you certificate from the Young Mems Democratic club showing you to be a democrat?" Thus liars are neatly caught and unworthy democrats are excluded from participation in the primaries.
 Colonel Wilson, who Is seeking the support of this county in the territorial convention, is making a rough house of it. He is now ravaging the south side, looking for opposition democrats with club. He will have prize fight at Mesa tonight and mas invited Mark Smith into the arena. On Saturday night Colonel Wilson will address q meeting in Phoenix at which it is off, cially announced Colonel Wilson will speak in the English tongue and call things by the names by which they are commonly known. Diplomatic lan- guage, academic expressions and Pick wickian phrases will be barred
 The democratic candidates for sheriff are pushing each other around on the sidewalks and interfering with traffic.