Arizona republican., 1900-09-15

settlement. The audience fingered un- til noon and was then sent home to dinner with an invitation to return at 1 o'clock.
 4 BUNCH or SAYINGS.
 The monJtonous wait was relieved bv a single incident. F. $. Russell. a rep resenta,ivc of the Wilson forces in this county. brought in a heavy gilt frame containing a large card on which the following sayings of distinguished men had been inscribed in a painstaking and artistic manner: "I am an expan- sionist," "I am opposed to the heresy of 1G to l." Bryan. the cowboy states man of the sagebrush.' - If I had a vote il would go for Mckinley and Roose- VeTt." Vote for Br,die.''
 MT. Russell put the frame in a con- spicuous part of the stage where the inscriptions might be seen and read of all men, It was understood that these sayings were the utterances d various times. all long since past. of Judge A. C. Baker and Captain J. T.. B. AIcxan- der. MT. Russelrs contribution to the gayety of the occasion at length caught the eye of MT. Doris. the owner of the theater. He had leased it to the de-
 
 had played foot ball in it and converted it into a prize ring. to all of which he had raised TO objection. He drew the line, though, at the conversion of his stage into a place for the exhibition of the bones of bygone things. He ac- cordingly took the frame and inscrip- tiors and carried them back into the unknown regions If the theater.
 
 After Dr. Ford had declined to be- come arbitrator the committee con- sidered various other persons and had frequent conferences with the leaders of both sides. There was a dis position, though not an inten;ion, on the part of at least one Wilson com mitteeman to join the Smith side, but he felt bound by the instructions of his county convention. He favored a concession by the Wilson leaders. but they would agree to none. Finally Col. Wilson himself said he would withdraw if Mr. Smith would. Though MT Smith himself had made similar proposal on the second day Of the con Nention. he was unable to enter into such an arrangement now. The dele gations supporting him had interests at stake which he could not sacrifice. Beside. he had reason to believe that the Wilson cause had been bolstered up by men who had not the interest of MT. Wilson at heaN and knew that he could not succeed. They had hoped that a break would come finally and that they i might succeed to the nomination. MT. | smith had therefore resolved that he l or that both he and Col. Wilson should | be nominated. Thus there was no longer hope of any kind of a settlement. |
 THE FINAL SPLIT.
 The committee did not meet again | after lunch, but the members were 1 among the earliest delegates present at | the final session. An hour was wasted | in informal conferences in the belief 1 that it might not yet be too late to | patch up the torn party. At o'clock the convention was called to order by | Chairmen Shannon and ! Ling. Col. Wilson came into the hall | and was loudly cheered. A moment later the audience went wild over Mark Smith. after which the two rivals re- tired to the rear of the hall and en- gagged in what seemed to be d friendly 
 Temporary Chairman Ling said the democratic territorial convention of county was about to Set d