The Weekly orb., 1898-09-25
w1I.suu rs THE mAN.
rne R-latfurtu Adopted by ase
 rci.,ocratic cOaysu.lOa

lis morning, feeling sutisfi.,d that their
 ahOrs will meet ihe approhati n Q
 'heir constituents and redonnd to th.
 ,efare of the grrr'al pnhlic. The ,r,
 'eedings were nraiiel ouly by the fac l that n,alcon;ents were not permitted to I ,ominutr for a moment hut were lurne' , Town and nucnremoniously bounced ::
 Barnes, representing the .Einhead I Hughes faction of Pima con,Ity dem
 crary, was turned to the wall and
 :aught q lastin. lesson as to democratic
 lecency. The light wits then between
 smith, 'E.linwood, Wilson and Jones 1 he first ldliot resulting, Smith s., Ellinwood 34. WIlson,S3. Jones 17. Four
 IEer closely followed ballots gave about
 he came result, Smi,h's friends cling. ng tn him in spi,e of his protests. Sat 1 t',lay morning eighty delegates called ,t Smiths hea lquartcrs and assured
 jim of ibeir hearty support bu: were met with tirn, refusal. This narrowed he contest to Ellinwood. Wilson and Jones. terminating in the selection of Hon. J. F. Wilson.
 Following is the platform a iopted by ! the conventions:
 | The democratic party of Arizon reaf. firms it's allegiance to the principles set forth in the national democratic pla . 'orm adopted at Chicago at the nationa! convention in June, 1896.
 lt demands that the hints of the United States be opened to the coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of Is to without asking or awaiting the con- ,ent of any other nation.
 To enforce the gold standard through. out the world IS impossible. The pres. ent con, lti n is ii.tolrrabe. The demo cratic party believes that the issue thus presented is the most important in American I"litics.
 The mission If the United States is to teach tbe worh ike sublime lesson of human liberty and self government. and the furlher lesson that its people have the courage and ability to discharge every responsibility which the fortunes of war may have thrust upon their country. Wherever the flag waves, it shall be the symbol of freedom, and to all under it's fol"s it will guarantee the inalienahle rights of life, liberty and the pnrsHt of happiness. We send greeting to our army and nay for their he oic valor displayed on land and sea.
 The demortatic party of Arizona hereby apprNyss the recent war with Spain and justly shares in the glory of ils results. We favor the independence of Cuba ard u e.,e,entish by this gov. ernment of the Spanish West Indian possessions and the control by the yov- erhment of other Spanish territory now occupied by American forces.
 It is the dury of the government to make heGes iO: its citizens Arizona has a barge mount 0! arible lands, ,~stIi- lient in eX ent for millions of pDpult- tion, which can be reduced to cu,tiva. tion through the ,asencyr,of the govern ment, by building storage reservoirs and preserving the storm flood waters for irrigation purposes.
 Therefore, inasniuch as we secured none of tie bene fits ,om the river and harbor appropriations, we think it oaay jnst that liberal appropriation should he made by the general government for this purpose.
 The setting aside of one quarter of the territorial area Of Arizona as tim. her reserve works grent hardship ur~n the territory at large, without equivalent b .n-fts. The forests can be preseI we'd under proper legislation with. out tx,'rrnp ,ltm alb, olu.ely from mining, grazing and agricultural pur. suits.
 We arraign the republican adminis- tratlrn because, 'eva,dless of tile rights oi the ,enile, they have increased nur te''itorlal debt ov-' $3)l,00o by fund- ing of illegal and spurious clalins against the territory. and the enforce. men; uf the prison contract b f re It's fl al adjudication by the courts, which have largely increased the debt of the territory. .
 We firos the repeal of the laws ere. atiny the boards of equalization, loan cum mission, boa'd of contrJl, and i'm. migration commissioners, aad also the law gran,ing the governor the power to nMove officials at pleasure, and tue ,Gsasage of such laws as will lodge the powers exercised by these boards in commissions elected by the people.
 We araisn tic rep iblic an office lo '!-,s of Arizona for the defeat of the home rule blll, which, pending sta,e. hood, is necessary to our advancement as a territory, because it gives the people, the taxpayers and cit'zens the rikht 10 choose their own executive and admins tratlve officers.
 The democracy of Arizona are now. and always have been. earnestly m