Arizona republican., 1908-09-20
FLAGSTAFF
 BUSY WEEK
Politics EngrOss Attention
 of the SkyIight Town
Preparation for the County Primaries to be Held Yesterday.

Flagstaff, Arizona, Sept. 1S.-(Spe-
 cial correspondence of The Republi-
 an.)-The republicans held a caucus
 Monday night of this week for the
 purpose of selecting delegates to the
 county convention to be voted upon at
 the primaries Saturday. The meeting
 was called to order by Secretary F. A.
 Sliker. M. O. Powers was unani-
 mously chosen chairman. It was de-
 cided upon motion to nominate twen-
 ty-two delegates and let the voters at
 the primaries choose from the list, eleven which is the number we are en- titled to. The following were then
 forthwith nominated: Hayes Weidner, A. A. Dutton. Bert Cameron, Geo. W.
 Black, T. F.. Pollock, J. C. Blake, J. M.
 Clark, P. S Coffin, C. O.. Robinson,
 Chas H. Schultz, Geo. Campbell, F. A.
 SIiker. Henry Cooper. Al Gregg, A. J.
 Le Baron. L. D. Yaeger, w. H. Ander-
 son, N G. Layton NJ. T. Piper, Geo,
 w Harrington and NJ. O. Powers.
 These are all representative men, and
 we feel that whatever the result of the
 primary. the choice of the delegates
 will be a man well qualified to repre-
 sent A.OtOullO NOuHlN <huJOhA AiAAiNAAt
 was taken at once and almost imme
 diately someone yelled, Three cheers
 for Cameron" The explosion which
 followed was the best evidence in the
 world that Ralph is the most popular
 man in the north.
 The Hon. Marcus A. Smith was here
 Tuesday night and he and Hon. H. r.
 Ashurst and J. F.. Jones addressed a
 large gathering of loyal democrats at
 the court house. The arguments used are very similar to those used in pre-
 vious campaigns, but this time MT.
 Smith tells us that a very good reason why he should be sent back to Wash ington this time instead of Cameron is that Cameron would be new back there while he isJan old hand, is onto the ropes. etc. Well perhaps that is a
 good reason, but we fail to see it. Was
 not Mark Smith, lImself, a new man once, years ago, and is the fact that we have been sending him back there for many, many years without result
 good reason why we should continue
 to send him indefinitely?
 Wednesday was Camerons day and what day it was. Cameron, the hust- Ter, all smiles, and with the word Sue cess" already distinct across his fore head was very much in evidence all day And what meeting at the court house that night! The largest and most enthusiastic gathering of voters
 perhaps within the history of Coconino county assembled to listen to Atty. F.
 s. Clark, the Hon. R. E. Morrison and Ralph. himself, as they gave reason af- ch ha the next delegate to congress. It seems significant that many staunch old democrats who did not attend the
 democratic meeting the previous night were very much in evidence at this great republican meeting.
 Early Wednesday morning the in habitants were awakened by loud guns. At first We thought it was a Cameron celebration, having him on our mind, but on second thought we remembered that this was the Mexican Indepen- dence day. All day long the MeXicans gave vent to their patriotism and loy- alty to their home government in very much the same manner that we Amer jeans celebrate our 4th of July. A large dance was held at the McMillan hall on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights at which there was large at tendance of Mexicans.
 E. s. Gosney and family left for their
 Pasadena home on Wednesday. Warren Perkins was in from his sheep camps south of Williams over Tuesday.
 Chas. H. Schultz has returned from visit to his sheep camps. Charles A. Dutton came in from the Moaui Indian reservation on Monday. ! Charles has been out with a survey igang allotting land to the Indians all summer, and came in to enter the nor maj school at this place. He carries coat of tan with him which would put full blooded %buck to shame.
 H F. Campbell, the sheepman, has
 been in town the past week. Territorial Ranger S C. Black was | in town for a few days the first of the week
 George Campbell was in from his
 sheep camps near Canon Diablo early enough this week to be nominated as
 delegate to be voted on Saturday. Jas A Lamport civil engineer for the Santa Fe railroad left Sunday for Goffs and other places in California where he will do some work for the company.
 Al Meese and family, in Milton, were very pleasantly surprised Wednesday l by a visit from a sister of Mir. Meese, who was on a trip from her home in St. Mary's Kans., to the coast She stopped off here one day, resuming her journey Thursday morning. A son of Mrs D. w. DWigginS IS suffering with very severe attack of typhoit fever.
 The Hon. NJ. A. Smith accompanied
 by the Hon. H. F. Ashurst of this city went up to Williams on Wednesday to round up the democrats of that thriv- ing city
 Miss Hayden, who has been visiting