The copper era., 1902-08-28

cratic clubs be organized in every pre-
cinct in Graham county. and that III G
deleCates OF this convention use every
effort 10 have such clubs organized in
their respective precincts.
The committee on rules and order OF
business ecornmenG that any caudi-
date getting q majority OF votes OF tie
convention shall be declared the nOrni-
nee OF the Office for which he Is voted
Tor. We also recommend that caudi-
dates for the different Offices shall be
nominated and voted for in the follows
ing order:
I-CouncIlman.
2-Two Assemblymen.
3-Sherif. =
4-Treasurer. sss
District Attorney.
6-Probate Juds&,5-
Recorder.
s-school s9peri.S. f.andeati
er4 Two plant at Tn Modou u,f
;or- watched with great interest. l
-. proves a success Hundreds of /
ton ti5i at Tuen be in ope stif q many
I2-Seiection ozos : a6srs of cotny
ceutra, committee.f
Nominations wete then declared in
order, and Dan lynch. OF Clifton, pre-
sented the name o. John J. Birdno, OF
Stafford, in highly complimentary
and forceful speech. The name or II,
3. Eice was presented by c. /. Raw
lins in neat speech. This was one
OF the very close contests, Rice receiv-
ing u votes and Birdno As.
Then the scene OF the convention oc-
CURED when Theo. Shirly arose and
named Mr. Birdno for the asse m bly,.
There was a storm OF applause and
delegates rushed up TO Mr.. Birdno
from many precincts and begged him
to accept il, but he was obstinate.
Certainly Mr.. Birdno received a most
nattering ovation. He addressed the
convention saving that he could not
accept for several reasons. but that
he was a democrat and would return
to his newspaper work to support the
democratic ticket from top to bottom.
For the assembly the names OF Gus
Williams Of Clifton, w. T. Webb of
Pima and Andrew Kimball of Thatch-
were presented. The first ballot re-
suited in the nomination OF Messrs.
Webb and Williams, the former re-
ceiIing % votes and the latter receir-
ing 81 votes.
J. c. Thomas. of Clifton. presented
trict attorney and a. ID. Webb, of Mo-
lins before the convention. The bal
lot was, Rawlins 5S; Laine 3S.
James V. Parks was placed in nomi-
nation by c. l.. Rawlins and it was ac-
cepted by accIamation.
Geo. II. Kelly presented the name of
Geo. b. Gamble, for treasurer, who
was nominated by acclamatiOn.
For probate Judge four candidates
were presented. J. w. n. Scarlctt
presented the name OF W. Is. Fonda.
TheO. Shirley presented the name of
j. G. Little. Neil Munro named +. s.
Mash bir and w. J. Parks named Artu-
ro Elias. The first ballot stood, Elias
-; Fonda. Il; Little, 81; Mashbir, 16.
Mr.. Fonda'5 name was withdrawn and
the second ballot stood, Elias, 4S: Lit
tie, -; Mash bfr, 7. Mr.. Munro then
withdrew Mashbir's name and the
third ballot resulted in the nomina-
tion of MIR. Little, the vote standing,
Little, 80; Elias, IS.
w. a. Moody was nominated by ac-
clamatiOn for school superintendent.
Four names were presented for
those of f.. G.. Caruthers,
Of Thatcher, Ben K. Clark, of Solo
J. Forbes, Of Clifton. On the list bal
lot both Mr.. Caruthers and Mr.. Har-
per were nominated. The ballot stood
, aruthers, 66; Clark, 30; Harper, 3G;
Forbes, SO
Harry Whitaker was nominated by
lCclamation for county surveyor.
After the county ticket had been
the next business in the
was the selection of
eighteen delegates to the territorial
Ben NJ. Crawford made motion
that the chairman appoint a commit
tee OF five to select IS delegates to the
convention. This motion
was amended by w. w. Pace that the
chairman name seven precincts and
that the delegations from each Of
these precincts name a member Of a
to select the territorial
delegates. Mr.. PAGES amendment
prevailed and the committee as finally
made mp consisted of the following:
John J. BirdnO. of Stafford, A. d.
Webb. Of Morenci, Ben NJ. Crawford,
Of Clifton. b. +. Norton. of Cedar
Springs, c. l.. Rawlins. OF Solomon
vile and Theo. Shirley. of Metcalf.
After consultation the committee
submitted the following names.
Pima-W. =. Birchfeld and Phil c.
Merrill
Tsatcher-W. w. Pace.
SaiTord-Geo. A. Clney, II. J. Dow
die. Wilbur Ijams.
SolOmonville-C. L. Rawlins.
Clifon-Dan Lynch, L. \. Dunham.
3. ". Crawford. John d. Parks. S. J.
Forbes
Morenc;-A. N. Tuthili, II 3. Rice,
J. II. Pickett, Gus Hobbs
Cedar Sprin@sEB. f. Norton.
Metcalf-nTbe9. s. rley.
J Miss Lena Cormmardick. aged !
yffa9rs. yf ". died in, North, " insaar-JEt--Ssaa E-Ss5aa
to vote as ;i"unil in ne territorial con-
vention This was opposed by the