Arizona republican., 1900-09-13

mentary fitness. but both of them have proved themselves to be gentlemen O? more than ordinary nerve.
 ! The most delightful thing about the convention was the ornamentation of Iha stage in which the national colors were conspicuous. The decorations committee had rrOfted by the unpa- i1iutic forgetfulreSs of the committee which did not decorate the stage at the time of the recent democratic county convention.
 THE GATHERING CONVENTION.
 Tn nigh. before had been spent by both factions in the formation of plans fir the circumv5ntiOn of each other. There was no eff0r, at a compromise and if either party had desired one there would have been nobody to make known tho desire to the other party. There were no intermediates. Every delegate was either for Smith CT Will son. Arriving delegations in the morn ing Were lined up on one side or the other. Every Smith man was for Smith first. last and all the time, and every Wilson man was for Wilson with the same frequency and peTma- neTcy.
 Everything was in opposition. Even rival bands of music paradad the streets escorting the various delega- tions to Doris theater. The crowd was not long gathering anG did not have to wait long for the beginning f h5stilities The first demonstration was made by the Pima delegates who arose and carried beautiful banner chi T ..T1.- ' sflk-around the hall. The shield was smmoun,ed by the words, smith and 1 Statehood" The parade was loudly | applauded by the Smith delegates and | when it was over the banner was given d conspicuous place on the front If the stage. Beautiful and artistic as the banner was it was only a red rag in the eyes Cf the Wilson party. The sil Yer on it was wholly Obscured by fac tonaI hate and the banner itself ,-Ier- shaGOWed the other stage decorations consisting of flowers, national colors and portraits of Jefferson. Bryan and Stevenson.
 1 THE QUIET OF THE STORM. The Pima demonstration was the only one made. Now and then faint cheer arose as a struggling del gation entered the hall. Judge Baker -movg q about with a bUsiness-like air and big bundle of papers, presumably the brief of the Maricopa del gati n. There was no conference of the leaders and there was such a general outward show of contentment shat the public was dalude1 into suspecting that terms of peaca had been arranged. This sus- picion was ma ,erially assisted by the brass band. which opened the musical service with a peaceful dirga and com pleted the first part of the programme with such soul-inspiring airs as We Shall Meet on That Beautiful Shore" and Mary Had a Little Lamb" The delegates seemed to have attune5 them selves t. these lullabies and heav n was on ear,h.
 Amid these suspicious surroundings Chairman Parish of the territorial cen | ral committee. at 10 o'clock called the convention to order. The chairman de- scribed it as a gathering of representa- tive democracy and he was especially sraufed in looking about upon a united party Ca Pima delegate inquired in an undertone. "Who's united?" The chairman passed on to national affairs. for he was occupying precarious ground sD long as he linGer-d over the territorial democracy. He enumerated various things that would not happen after the election of Bryan. There would be no secretary of state a boot black for royalty; there would be no mismanagement Of the public funds by a secretary Cf the treasury: no sacre- tary of the interior would dispose of public lands in the interest of land gr1bbing corporations. No secretary ot war would direct the armies of the United States against labor. and the government would again derive its just powers from the consent of the governed. "A republican-"The negroes of North Carolina ought to vote for Rryan.D The chairman continuing said that silver would be restored to its righ;fuI place and the country would be re moved from the poisonous shadow ot imperialism--when Bryan was elected.
 Secretary Trott read the call for the convention and also a resolution that all future territorial democratic con ventions should be held in PhoeniT. The resolution was referred to the committee on platform and resolutions hereafter to be appointed.
 THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE.
 Ths chairman suggested that cri- dcntills be submitted ta the secretary