Arizona republican., 1894-04-15
Ter, A. GoIdberg, Gus Clark, J. M

Ter, A. Goldberg, Gus Clark, J. M. Schott.
 Loved Darkness Rather Than Light.
 Though the proceedings so far had occupied less than fifteen minutes, Delegate Beck moved recess to 7:30 in the evening. Delegate Irvine moved to amend by substituting 3 o'clock. The amendment was lost by an over whelming vote and it was noticeable that the ring didn't vote. It was ready to begin the slaughter at once or was willing to wait until night. Anything to please the victims. The antis, how ever, desire1 to tighten up and oil the new and untried machinery which they had been oiling, tightening end other wise readjusting since last Saturday. So they adjourned.
 Under Cover of Night.
 On reconvening M. E. Hurley took the secretary's desk and the committee on credentials submitted It's report. In the matter of proxies there had been a misunderstanding and the antis lost blood in the skirmish. Frank Baxter by ma jority of the committee was em- bowed to handle Frank Cox's proxy. Two members dissented on the ground that the proxy had been asked for and in the discussion which afterward took place MT. Baxter presented telegram from Mir. Cox directing him to cast his vote for E. F. Keller, whereupon there was an uproarious applause on the Kellner side and silence and gloom on the other.
 The committee had forgotten to recog- nize D. P. Conroy but this little omis- sion was corrected and Mir. Conroy was let in.
 The committee on resolutions only re- ported on the order of business. A sim gle clause of the report providing that all nominations should be by ballot and that successful candidates should receive majority of all votes cast, is mentioned for a purpose which will | appear later in the report.
 The convention was permanently or ganized by the election of Homer Mo- Neil to the chair and J. M. Shott was made secretary. It is fact not par ticularly significant but worth men, l tioning that honor was conferred on both these officials at the instance of gentlemen who were opposed to them.
 How the Deed was Done.
 In brief but pointed speech M. E. Hurley placed T. E. Dalton in nomina- tion for mayor. In rhetorical but somewhat non-explanatory address J. c. Kellum suggested the nomination of E. E. Kellner. For instance Mir. Kellum believed that the choice of MT. Kellner for mayor would some how precipitate statehood and enfranchise some 75,0OC men, women and children to say noth. ing of the Indian population of Arizona He described in narrowing terms the condition of the territory under federal tyranny, description construed to be 8 reflection upon the despot Cleveland and his sstrap Governor Hughes. How MT. Kellner's elevation was going tc immediately make 75,000 male voters out of 10000 men, women and children the speaker hadn't time to explain.
 The am bitions of other possible can- didates were squelched by 8 sudden closing of nominations and ballot was ordered. Here Frank Baxter with q frigid disregard for the order of busi ness proposed roll call and viva voce vote. A parliamentary squabble en sued, in the course of which objection
 was made to MT. Baxter's proposal, or the ground that many of the delegates
 who were willing to knife either Kell } ner or Dalton, preferred to throw tht secrecy of the ballot about the opera
 tion. They thought too much of the feelings of the candidates to stab then openly.
 An attempt to overturn the order O
 business by a wo-thirds vote failed even of a majority. The first stroke O
 the sandbag missed the victim and tht
 ballot proceeded.
 There were twenty nine votes in the convention. Chairman McNeil held the proxy of Frank Fuqua with instruc
 tions to cast it for Kellner. This mat
 ter is of interest only by reason of tn, circumstance that MT. McNeil let tn, proxy go to waste and the result wal Kellner, IA; Dalton, 13. Another bal lot counted as a scattering vote iron the fact that it bore the names of Kell ner, Burtis, Clark and other prominen and we'll known Democrats mad twenty-eight.
 1 The Browning Crime.
 The chairman properly called the re r suit dog-fall as no candidate had re ceived majority and called attention to his 'hold out" of Fuqua's proxy MT. Baxter insisted on Kellner's nom ination on the ground that he had re , ceived more votes than anybody else , allowing the scattering vote to b
 counted as such. He appealed iron , the decision of the chair and the mat a ter was so vaguely stated that severs
 of the ants lost their bearings an wandered into the Gazette camp. Tn, l result of this vote was as follows: @ To sustain the chair, yes 12, no It
 Under parliamentary rules the appea