Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-04-04
REPUBLICANS OF PINAL.
Meeting of the Central Committee
Delegates Chosen to the Territorial
Convention.
lRepublican.l

FLORENCE, March, 22.-A meeting
was held yesterday of the Pinal county
Repu blican central committee.
The meeting was called TO order by
Secretary Will F. Cooper and B. b. De.
Nure OF Vskol was chosen temporary
chairman.
The committee then proceeded to fill
two vacancies, one caused by the death
OF f. B. Waggy, Of Mammoth, and the
| other by the removal from Florence of
y. W. French, chairman. DR.. j. Pool,
OF Mammoth, and w. r. Stone of Flor
ence were electel to fill the vacancies.
W. r Stone was placed in nomination
for permanent chairman, and under a
suspension of the rules was duly elected
aud Immediately seated.
A motion that the committee perfect
arrangements for the holding OF primar-
les for the selection of delegates to a
county convention to select delegates to
the territorial convention to be held in
Phoenix on April %, 1896, was lost.
Upon motion 1t was ordered that the
holders OF proxies OF absent members be
allowed seats in the meeting aud that
the proxies be flied with the secretary.
A committee Of three, viz: Chas. F.
Bennett, 0. ii. Carpenter and B. b. De-
Nure reported the following proxies en-
titled to recognition, viz:
4. j. Coils, Mammoth; Chas. Odell,
Dudleyville; James Elder, Riverside,
held by Will F. Cooper.
Gee. Westfall, Florence; Robert Iron.
Silver King, held by Q. G. Powell. j.
Suter, Florence, held by Geo. r. Morse.
w. r. Esriy, Casa Grande, held By
W. j. Shullz.
1t was resolved that the centrsl COM
mittee appoint delegates to the territori-
al convention, that nominations for such |
delegates be oral, and that their election |
be by ballot.
III. j. Rodman was placed In nomination |
but declined,
The names of the following nominees |
were placed before the committee:
". L. Cooper, Florence, III. j. Cleve- |
land, Arizola; W. j. Shuitz, Sacaton /; E. |
D. Stratton, Florencs. Jno. L. Knudson,
xudIlCOPdy 4
I. G. Graham, Florence.
The ballot resulted in the selection of |
the Elk following named nominees:
Will F. Cooper, Il. j. Cleveland, ". j.
obultZ, Z. o. Strstton, Jno. l.. Knudson,
and T. G. Graham.
The meeting then resolved itself into
} committee Of the whole for the purpose
)f formulating resolutions.
Recess.
Meeting called to order by Chairman
Stone.
The following resolutions were 6d0pt-
I'd by the unanimous vote of the COM
nittee:
The Republicaus of Pinal county,
laving an abiding faith in the time-hon-
red principals of the Republican party,
hereby resffirm their Reimbursement of
III previous National platforms, there
ors Do 1t
Resolved, That fret, above ard be-
'ond ali things, We are in favor OF the
protection of the wage earners OF the
United States of America, and to bring
bout such an industrial furture We de-
nand he repeal OF at wholly un-Ameri-
sn measure denominated the Wilson
ill.
Second that the best interests of |
he commercial and industrial branch
- of American economies can alone
,e subserved by the wisest of legisla"
ion at the hands of our national legisla-
ure, and to that end we demand such |
ise of silver as money metal as shall
stablish for it parity unchangeable
Vith paper and gold; and that our mints
'e thrown open to the free and unlimit-
d coinage of the silver product of the
lines of the United States at the ratio Z
Z Is to l. r
Third, it having been the custom Of =
crmer administrations to fill the ap-
oiutive ffices of the territory with non
esidents thereof, we demand that fed i
raj appointments in Arizona in future ;
q made from among her residents.
August 20, 1896, was designated rs
be date for holding primrries for the
election Of delegates to the county con- Y
en- siop, and that September 19 be the r
ete fixed for holding such convention.
The central committee was empower !
d to apportion the delegates to the q
ounty convention. r
0. II Carpenter was appointed
lem Der OF of the executive committee.
II was directed that the call for the
rimaries include the election of both 1
elegates and alternates to the county e
1nvention. n
Upon motion the meeting adjourned h
inject TO the call Of the chairman. 3