Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-09-21
DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL
Gathering of the Clans to Nominate a Ticket and Formulate Their
 Platform.
Harmony Prevails Throughou Their Deliberations, Though an Under current of Bitterness
 Is Visible.

The county democratic convention is in session today. It IS being held m the Knights of Pythias hall on account of court being in session. Much interest is being taken in the convention and there IS large at tendance of delegates from the country, every precinct in the county except four being repre- sented.
 The center of interest seems to be on the candidate for sheriff, the question of delegate to congress and a legislative ticket apparently considered side issues of very little importance.
 Just before the meeting of the convention a S200 wager on the re- spective chances of Munds and Lowry was deposited with Hotel Burke which shows the confidence at that time of their packers.
 The convention was called to or der at 10 o'clock a. ID. by A. G.. Oliver, chairman of the central com mittee of the party, aud the call for the convention was read by Sec retary J. P. Dillon, of the county central committee As the precincts were called the delegates represent ing them answered.
 A. A. Moore was elected temporary chairman and 4. 4. Johns temporary tscretary, both being by aeclama- ion and without opposition.
 A committee of five was appointed on credentials as follows: A. J. Me Phee, c. P. Hicks, D. c. Thorne, Wm. Rudy and R. Nj. Rogers Are cess was then taken until ll:30 in order to give the committee time to
 xamine credentials and report. It was o'clock p. m. before the 70 nmittee on credentials completed l its report and the conyention re- sumed its labors. When it did so, | the report of the committee was submitted when the ball opened. A number of persons presented ere dentisls from precincts not in ,luded ID the call, and a number of proxies were presentet from persons not re- siding in the precinct from which their proxies were held. The com mittee recommended that both of | these classes be admitted.
 As soon as the report of the com mittee was read a Jerome delegate | jumped to hIs feet and moved that the rules adopted by the central committee be observed and that those holding proxies from precincts | of which they were not residents be ! excluded from the convention. A very heated discussion occurred over this, when a motion that the report | of the committee be received was made aud was given precedence over the preceding question aud ths mo- l ton was adopted.
 ! The question of seating the doubt 1 ful delegates then came up on mo- tion that the doubtful delegates be excluded, and the ayes and noes were called for, amid somewhat of a pandemonium, when great num- Der of delegates all insisted on talk ing at once. The vote resulted as ! follows:
 Ayes As, nays 8.
 The vote on this question was the ! first test vote of the convention, as the motion was supported by the Munds men, as rule, and was op- posed by the Lowry men. On motion a commit tee of five was appointed on permanent organiza- tion and order of business, as fol lows: A. J. McPhee, w. 4. Rowe, Geo. H. Schuerman, J. R. Beatson, and H. Allaire.
 On committee on platform and resolution the following were ap- pointed: R. NJ. Ling, W E. Wicks. NJ. A. Carrier, D. c. Thorne and Wm. Zent.
 The convention then took 3 recess | for a half hour to give the commit tees au opportunity to perform their work.
 The committee on permanent or ganization and order of busint ss recommended that the temporary of ficers be made the permanent eff cers of the convention, and recom- mended the following order of busi- ness.
 l. Receive and dispose of the re- port of the committee on platform and resolutions.
 2. Nomination of eighteen dele gates to the territorial convention | 3. Election of sixteen members of the county central committee.
 f. Nomination of a candidate for the legislative council.
 ,. Nomination of three candi. dates for the assembly.
 6. Nomination of two candidates for supervisor.
 ! :. Nomination of candidate for sheriff.
 8. Nomination of candidate for treasurer.
 g. Nomination of candidate for
 recorder.
 10. Nomination of candidate fol district attorney.
 II. Nominaiont of candidate fol
 prODaJe guuSe.
 l2. Nomination of candidate fo
 assessor.
 l3. Nomination of candidate fo school superintendent. Tbe report was accepted when tn, committee on platform submitted its report which was adopted. Nomination of delegates to tn, . territorial convention being in order , a committee of three was appointed to submit eighteen names to tn . convention, the committee beiDj
 composed as follows: A. A. Moore W. T. Baker and T. J. Corrigan. The committee submitted the fol !. lowing names as delegates: J. ( = Herndon, W. J. Mulvenon, W. s . Adams. G. NJ. Willard, J. W. Norton Eugene B. O'Neill, J. F. Dillon. - W Hubbard, L NJ Olden, H D Ross 3 RIM Ling, T J Corrigan B NJ Bel ] cher, 4 A Moore, R NJ Rogers, W
 Rowe, Dr NJ A Carrier, W E Wick.
 The following were selected a
 members of the county central com I. mittee for the next two years: R D ' Ling, G W Hull, J c Herndon, NJ
 Carrier, A A Moore, A A Johns, ] NJ Rogers, c r Hicks, Geo H Schue man, J L Munds, Wm Rudy. W 1
 Rowe, J E Douglass, Geo c Ruffne 0 J J Hawkins, J W Norton. l. For the council the name of J V a Norton was placed in nominatiO