Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-11-02
McCabe Has the HarpOOn of Political Enthusiasm
 Thrown Into It.
A Three COrnered Proposition that was Handled by Three Democrat ic War Horses at McCabe Lately Financial Expansion and POIit-
 icaI Reciprocity the Main Issues.
WILSON AT WORK TIP AND
 MARK AT HIS OLD GAME.

McCabe, Arizona, Oct. 9, Special Correspondence)- )-McCabe is not g large place, but it is feeling somewhat important. As I am a liberal kind ol duck 1 want to let the outside know of things generally happening here, and let them in also on anything in the fun line on all sides of that ques- ! tion. To be brief we are regular dumping ground of hilarity, and this occurred to me about the 18th of the month when Mark Smith headed the bunch this way to tells us good demo- crats, socialists and republicans just how they saved the country and incl d ntally also how much they thought of us. Mark made fine spiel and af- ter he was through one old timer re- marked: ''I like that speech better every time 1 hear it. .'
 Then F. W. O'Sullivan arose to ex- plain "How the Burro ate the Cab bage" and how we should proceed to raise some more cabbage. He was so we'll "imbued'' with the subject or the cabbage, that the people Ebegan to listen for the rain drops to slop on the roof, until Col. Wilson, our delegate in congress got up to make his bow, we'll though said, our chairman earned our everlasting gratitude by calling time. Regarding the other gentlemen of the party the general Fopinion ex- pressed was that they were in very poor company.
 After the meeting adjourned I drew up at the nearest saloon bar and list ened to the liquid Iogi; as it mingled in recriminations but this was too much for Col. Wilson, so he requested to Mir. O'Sullivan to relate his favor ite story of ''The Bung Hole of the Barrel" which MT. O'Sullivan did promptly and effectively. Things then commenced to work right kmerrily. The result was that from this meteoric display several boys lost two or three shifts and one of our citizens was real ly the worse off for the rally around the bar. At this time our liveryman appeared on the scene with the politi- cal vehicle and when he modestly pre- sented bis bill of g he was told to go to James Rybon of this burg, and re e. ceive in exchange good democratic coin. He is wiser DOW and sadly sings, "The mill will never grind with the water that has passed" We'll again we were selected later for anna teur political rounding up, and MT. O'Sullivan, Mayor Burke and Judge Wright of Prescott showed us the love they have, and even this public de- claration did not make us feel bash ful. After the meeting it was suggest ed that a little quiet game of draw poker be the issue, so 1t was had. At ter the finish of the game James By bon, the banker of the game, announce ed that there was a shortage of S90 of the campaign fund, which he had not in his possession. MT. Rybon told one of the Prescott players that he did not know the game was jawbone one, and then he lit onto the iawbone Of the player, the net results being that the iawbone player said he would be good after the referee had called time.
 The next time this individual comes to town he shouId reverse the rules of poker playing, and he probably will.
 Again this morning MT. Clark our livery am was asked to produce the political wagon, and as burnt child dreads the fire, and after a hurried search in democratic pockets, that proved to be empty, chorus announce ed that Yavapai county would be re- sponsible. Mir. Clark responded that Yavapai county was much too large for him to handle financially, and he preferred the team to bird in the