Arizona republican., 1896-08-19
POPULBTIC CONVENTION
The Workers Nominate
 a Strong Ticket.
J. A. Gardner Elected Perma- nent Chairman.
In Their Platform the So-CaIled Arizona Funding Bill Is Strongly Denounced,

The Populist county convention was called to order in the city hall at 0:3O yesterday morning byA Chairman G. B. Norton. Sixty-nine delegates were re- ported present from various portions of the county: Judge Buck was chosen temporary chairman and T. P. Banta temporary secretary.
 After the appointment of the usual committees on credentials, permanent organization, order of business, plat form, etc., the convention took recess of fifteen minutes. t
 Upon reassembling the committee on credentials reported the following del egates entitled to seats in the conven- tion:
 Phoenix precinct-A. V. Van Doran, M. H. Reno. J. A. Gardner, A. Buck, c. o. Case, G. H. Trook, J. D. James, A. B. Eastabrooks, F. IA. Shaw, W. w. Edwards, Fernando Velarde, F. H. Ly- man, B. T. Gillett, G. B. Norton, J. D. Martin, J. w. Curns, c. Wolsey, G. W. Chapman, c. H. Peterson, s. R. Hubbard.
 Mesa precinct-J. M. Cosby, by Frank Wright, proxy; P. M. Coleman, J. D. Crose, W. D. McBrayer, B. M Johnson, Frank S. Wright, J. R. Fur man, Warren Vernoy, T. P. Banta, Frank Coray.
 Alma precinct-A. Hawks, E. E.. Thorston, MT. Davison.
 Tempe precinct A. Hough, c. B. Coo RJiobolo ,Co,,l Har1 son, A. G. Austin, J. M. Lewis, J. T. Moore, c. A. Saylor by J. K. Miller, proxy; w. s. Austin, J. K. Smith.
 The committee on permanent orga- nization recommended: For perma- nent chairman, J. IA. Gardner; for per manent secretary, T. P. Banta. MT Gardner of the committed, presented a minority report recommending that the temporary organization be made permanent. The majority report was adopted with but one dissenting vote that of MT. Gardner
 Upon assuming the chair MT. Gard ner made few happy remarks, saying he was not a speaker, thanking the convention for the honor conferred upon him, and extending his sympathy to the body for the mistake they had committed
 The committee on order of business reported in conformity with the call the nomination of various officers.
 The committee on platform reported the following:
 1.-The Peoples Party of Maricopa county, Arizona, in convention assem- bled, at Phoenix, on the 18th day o1 August, 1896, do unanimously adopt the following declaration of principles as the platform Of the said party, and pledge themselves to use every honor able means to carry such principles in to effect.
 "We endorse the principles enunci. ated in the platform adopted at St Louis by the National convention ot the Peoples Party, and pledge our. selves to support the same and to dc all we can to secure the election of the candidates nominated by such con. vention.
 We favor the system of direct leg tslation by the people known as tht Initiative and the Referendum. where. by they can promptly enforce the pass age of those laws they desire and re peal objectionable ones, thus protect 1 ing the people from the corruption O all political parties preventing the sale Of their interests to corporations mdllionaires and syndicates, and es l tablishing in fact as we'll as theory $ government of the people, for the peo pie and by the people,
 Believing that in America, Ameri can principles alone should prevail we advocate the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of six teen to one, regardless of the action O other nations.
 'FWe urge the immediate admission of Arizona as state, and denounc, as un-American the policy which ha opposed it's admission, simply becaus many of its citizens are the support CTS of a financial system which doe not find favor with the money-lender and money traffickers of America an, Europe.
 we denounce the passage, durin, the last session of congress, of tn amendments to the so-called .Arizon Funding Act the sole object of whicl was to insure payment of nearly $500. 900 of bonds illegally issued for rail road subsidies, and thereby compel tn taxpayers under the rulings of tn courts illegal and fraudulent. Throug the action of N. 0. Murphy, as delegate and the last territorial legislature composed solely of Republicans an Democrats in memorializing congres to legitimatize this creature of pas political corruption, the burden ha
 been placed on the taxpayers of Mari
 copa county, for the next fifty years
 of paying in principal and interest O these bonds, a total of s700,O0O, SUI
 equal to one-tenth of all the taxab]