Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-31
THE CONVENTION.
Arizona Democrats Choose Delegates to National
 Convention.
REPRESENTATIVE PARTY MEN.
After Much Preliminary Sparring the Proceedings of the Conren- tion Were Harmonious. A
 Strong Platform.

tion, for the election of six delegates to the national convention at Kansas City, Mo-, July 1. met in Phoenix on "Wednesday, May 23 The delegates began to arrive on Monday, and from that time until the convention was called to order. they were buSily en- gagged in slate making. Several com binations were formed, only to be bro ken. as delegations continued to ar rive on the scene, and agreement was not reached until few hours before T. E. Parish, chairman of the ter ritorial committee, called the conNen- tion to order. at To o'clock a. m.
 The following account of the pro ceedings is from the Gazette:
 The stage was beautifully and artis- tically decorated by Secretary Trott, and together with flags, roses, potted palms and other tastily arranged plants. the hall presented magnitl- cent appearance. A large. finely exc cuted picture of Wm. ]. Bryan looked down from the curtain, at MT Parish, as that gentleman, in nicely worded speech. called the convention to or der.
 F.. E. Ellinwood of Flagstaff was unanimously selected as temporary chairman and Geo. E. Truman of Pinal one of the Arizona Rough Riders, war elected secretary. A committee of one from each county was then ap- pointed on credentials and the con vention stood at recess until l:30 in the afternoon.
 At l:3O p. m., Chairman Ellinwoud rapped the convention to order for its final struggle. The committee on ere dentialS at once made its report. There being no contests all was har- mony in that direction. The commit tee on order of business and perma- nent organization made its report, making the temporary organization permanent, which was unanimously accepted.
 While the committee on platforms was deliberating, Mark Smith ad- dressed the convention briefly.
 The committee on platform report ed as follows:
 The democracy of the territory of Arizona, in convention assembled, re- affirm the Chicago platform of 1896 as a true embodiment of democratic principles.
 We are in favor of the free coinage ofsilver at its legal rate of 16 to l.
 We oppose transferring the powers of government to the national banks. allowing them to coin money to ex- pand or contract currency at will.
 The tendency of the present admin istratiOn has been to rule the prov inces acquired from Spain by martial law. denying them the right of self government even to the limited de gree which our territories now enjoy as demonstrated in the unjust treat ment of Porto Rico and the tlagrant violation of the trust of these people and of the constitution of the United States. This is anti-American and imperialistic.
 The association of capital in the control of our domestic industries, limiting the supply of labor and the supply of merchandise to the absolute demands of the people, and fixing ar bitrary prices for their products. have been encouraged and promoted by the present administration. When the steel trust can make dividends of si0,000.- GOO year and the Standard Oil trust SS0,000,000 a year, tilched from the pockets of the producing masses of the country, and hundreds of other trusts advancing products and dIvid- ing dividends on the same ratio. it ! is time that the law governing trusts of that kind should be enforced, which thus far the Mckinley administration has refused to do.
 The arresting of 800 or 1000 free born American citizens in Idaho and con lining them in "bull-peno for eight l months without warrant of law, when the courts were in session. denying them trial by jury, is an outrage upon liberty. These men, under our constitution. were not subject to ar rest without complaint. but were ar rested and held by the military and only given their liberty when they subscribed to an oath to join no labor union. This IS supposed to be free country, and the democrats of this territory cannot see why if capital is allowed to combine and oppress, that {, labor should not be allowed to com bine to protect itself.
 All our sympathies are extended to the Boers in their struggle against ] British oppression. They are fighting the same battle that our forefathers fought in l776. Every true American who loves liberty and values the re- publican form of government must |