Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-09-03
STILL AT DEADLOCK.
Democratic Convention Fails in the Nomination of a Can
 didate for Sheriff.
Several Ballots Show but Little Change from Sunday Morning.
 Nominees for Supervisors.

It was o'clock on Sunday morn ing before the democratic convention which met on Saturday, adjourned and then the adjournment was onl. temporary. No nomination for sher if had been made at that hour afte seventeen ballots being taken, so tn, convention adjourned until this morn ing at 10 o'clock for another tug o war. After the JOurnal-Miler wen to press on Saturday the committe' appointed to select delegates to th' territorial convention announced tho following: J. J. Hawkins, P. w O'Sullivan, Harry Campbell. D. A Burke, Col. D. \. H ood, Lon D. Hal Jos. P. Ryan, J. F. Casper, T. NJ Earnhart, Claude Thompson, H. W Stevens, T. G. Norris, J. c. Herndon P. J. Farley, T. J. Morrison, J. L Munds, Jos. Hobbs, r. A. Murphy o. L. Geer, Albert Ryan, E. E. Ellin. wood, Ben Belcher, J. Fl. Robinson il. R. Wood.
 J. H. Drew, Al. Marsh, NJ. J Hickey, J. H. Hobbs, Charley Hooker, J. H. Farrel, Thos. Thomp- son and J. w. Stewart were placed in nomination before the convention for sheriff. The first ballot resulted as follows: Hickey fl, Hobbs P Drew 6, Marsh ,, Hooker 29, Thomp- son 16, Farrell s, Stewart 3.
 On the fourth ballot all the candi- dates. except Hickey, Hobbs and Hooker, known as the triple H, withdrew, and balloting continued with indifferent results until the hour named above, the seventeenth ballot being as follows: Hobbs IS, Hickey A, Hooker 34.
 The convention took a breathing spell during the night to nominate, J. w. BursOn for councilman. Other nominees before the convention were NJ. G. Burns and J. J. Hawkins.
 During these proceedings the con vention added a sensational epi- sode to its proceedings, when the man they had elected as their secre- tary arose and in the most intemper- ate terms attacked NJ. G. Burns, one of the nominees, using language and epithets towards him that is often heard in saloons, but seldom heard in conventions, and which is consid- cred entirely out of place at such gatherings, unless democratic con yentions may be considered excep- tions. Despite the expected friction, up to this time the proceedings had been orderly and had been conducted with decOrum.
 The democratic convention re- sumed its duties at 10 o'clock this morning. On calling the convention to order, Chairman Hicks announced that the labors of the secretary had grown too onerous and an assistant secretary was needed. He stated that if there was no objection he would name E. W. French for the position. Before any one had an opportunity to object, a delegate on the south side of the hall, in his shirt sleeves, arose and moved that candidates Hobbs, Hooker and Hickey be requested to retire from the hall. The chairman ruled the delegate and motion out of order, when no objections being heard, NIT. French was requested to take his seat by the secretary and assist him. A roll call was then ordered, when the delegate in his shirt sleeves arose again and addressed the chair, but was again ruled out of order, and the roll call was proceeded with.
 A large number of delegates had returned to their homes, and as the various precincts were called dele gates having proxies from absent del egates were required to deposit them with the secretary.
 During the progress of the roll call the delegate in the shirt sleeves arose to question the correctness of a proxy presented, when the chairman bringing his gavel down on the desk with almost sufficient force to split it, remarked with vehemence: The gentleman is out of oIder,"
 Not necessarily so!" remarked the delegate with equal vehemence with the chairman.
 When the roll call had been com pleted a motion was made and car ried that the proxies presented be re- ferred to the original committee on when a recess of thirty minutes was taken to permit the an opportunity to prepare its report.
 The committee on credentials re- ported having thrown out about a half dozen proxies, some of them not being signed, others having been made to parties not members of the The report of the com mittee was accepted.
 Nominations for candidates for su- pervisor was declared in order. when the following names were presented to the convention: David Sinclair of Yarnell; A. A. Moore, Walnut Grove; Fred Stephens, Camp Verde, and J. R. BeatsOn, Martinez.
 The ballot resulted in the nomina ton of Stephens and Sinclair by the following vote: Stephens, 91; Sin clair, S2; Moore, 52; Beatson. I5. Stephens run like a quarter horse in the convention, with Mir. Sinclair as a close second.
 The first thing after calling the to order at the afternoon session was a motion that Delegate Colwell be permitted to vote as proxy for Delegate Glenn, of Del Rio. The motion was the subject of consider able parliamentary sparring.
 In order to get at the question a motion was made ''tO reopen the re- port of the committee on creden- tials."
 This was countered by another to indefinitely postpone action on the motion to reopen.
 The discussion which followed this motion showed that an effort was being made to benefit some particular but the motion to in definitely postpone was overwhel- carried.
 By motion the delegation to the Tucson convention was authorized to fill any vornncies which may nccnr in