The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVEN-
TION.

der by ". H. Burbage, chairman of the
County Central Committee, at p. m,
who stated the object ofthe meeting
in few we'll chosen remarks.
At the conclusion of his remarks E.
A. Sawyer moved that Geo. A. Wolff of
which was carried, and Mr.. Wolff was
conducted to the chair.
Judge A. F. McAllister was made
temporary Secretary.
A motion was made, carried and the
chair appointed a committee of three
on credentials, consisting of E A Saw
yer of Winslow, Allen Frost of Snow
flake, and Nat Greer of Holbrook.
The chair was authorized to appoint
q committee of three on rules and or
der of business, and named W. A. Parr
of Winslow, James Flake of Snowflake
and O. G.. Bryant of Taylor as such
committee.
The convention then took recess of
thirty minutes to allow the committees
time to make their reports
At the expiration of the thirty min
utes the chairman called the conven-
ton to order, and the committee on
credentials reported every precinct in
the county, save Fort Apache and
Keam's Canyon represented.
The report was, on motion, adopted
and committee discharged
The committee on rules and order of
business made their report, which was
adopted.
A recess of twenty minutes was then
taken, at the expiration of which, the
order of business was taken up, and
the convention proceeded with the Sc
lection of five delegates to represent,
Navajo county in the Territorial Con-
vention which was held at Prescott on
the 10Th, resulting in the selection of
w. FL Burbage, w. A. Parr, J. F. Wal
lace and E. A. Sawyer from Winslow,
and James Flake from Snowflake.
The three first named we're under
stood to be for the denomination of M.
A. Smith. The fourth name mentioned
was understood to favor the nomina-
tion of Col Wilson, while the fifth fa-
vored Hon. E. E. Ellinwood.
The selection of delegates to the Ter
ritorial Convention was the result of
compromise between the adherents of
the three named aspirants for congress
sional honors and was done for the
sake of harmony and to restore good
! feeling
This bone of contention having been
disposed of to the satisfaction of all
parties, the convention finished its work
in The most harmonious manner, and
nominated the following ticket by ac-
clamation:
George A. Wolff, Councilman; w. A.
Parr, Assemblyman; W. H. Burbage,
District Attorney; Joseph G. Woods,
Sheriff; J. HI. Richards, Treasurer; A.
| F. McAllister, Recorder; B. F. Jackson,
Probate Judge; Allen Frost, Surveyor;
John Hancock and F. T. La Prade, Su-
pervisors.
The convention then adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions offered by w. H..
Burbage:
Resolved, That the Democrats of
Navajo County, in convention assem-
bled, endorse and reaffirm their alle
glance to the platform adopted by the
Democratic National Convention at
Chicago in 1896, in its entirety, with
out the elimination of single plank.
Resolved, That the Democrats of
Navajo county, favor an amendment to
the revenue laws of the territory that
will distribute the burden of taxation
more equitably and afford some relief
to the over-taxed farmers, stockmen
and business men of the territory, and
with that end in view, we instruct our
legislative candidates to introduce, and
use their best to pass measure taxing
bullion; also to support any measure
that has tendency to make all enter
prises, whether corporate or private,
bear their just proportion of the cur
rent expenses of the government which
protects them and their property.
A County Central Committee was
then selected, consisting of the follow
ing named: Wm. Daze, r. G. Dryden,
E. A. Sawyer and J. F. Wallace, Wins
low; J. P. Richards, st. Joseph; Nat
Greer, Holbrook; Allen Frost, Snow
fake; O. R. Gaadner, Woodruff; W. f.
Butler, Taylor; James Peterson, Pine
dale; VIM. Oliver, Show Low; j. G. Bev-
eridge, Fort Apache; John Hoyle, He
Der; Wm. Williams, Keams Canyon.
J. F. Wallace was made chairman,
and B. F. Jackson secretary of the
County Central Committee.
There being no further business be-
fore the Convention, motion was made
and carried to adjourn.
With $25,O00 to be allowed each Amer