Arizona republican., 1902-09-16

should be taken. The friends of Lang ston and McFall wanted as much time as possible for time was everything to them. They believed they had suffic- tent support but they were not sure of it. On the other hand some of those who were opposing them believed that time could work wonders for them also. Others of the Jeffersonians confident that they held the winning card wanted to play as soon as possible. In the end though a motion was made to adjourn until one o'clock and was passed with out opposition.
 THE AFTERNOON.
 No time was lost in resumfng the business of the convention. The re- port on the committee on credentials was ready at 1 o'clock There had been no contests and all delegates were present either in person or by proxy from all precincts except New Rive" and Enterprise. Credentials from the former were presented laterand a proxy was admitted.
 The report of the committee on plat form and resolutions covered great deal of ground. The Kansas City and the Tucson platforms were recommend ed for endorsement. Especially the la Dor blanks of the latter. It was urged that the fees received by territorial officers should be turned into the treas ury and that salaries of the offices should be fixed The contract system of caring for the county indigents was opposed and it was recommended that foreign corporations doing business in O Ch o The candidates for the legislative as sembly were pledged against county division and committed to the support of a law prohibiting the destruction of the ranges by sheep grazing. A law increasing the revenues of the territory without the imposition of unnecessary burdens upon the taxpayers was ad- vocated. The report of the committee was adopted.
 ! The report of the committee on per manent organization and order of bus mess recommended that the temporary organization be made permanent and presented a badly deranged order of business. It was accepted and the nominations were taken up beginning with that of sheriff.
 MAKING OF THE TICKET.
 s. s. Stout was put in nomination | by c. R. flakes. He was seconded by | Dr H A Hughes. who devoted the greater part of his address to the cor rection of a misapprehension regarding
 the Young Mems Democratic club. l.
 was not a bad organization he said. A 1 hue and cry had been started against it | by The Republican and had been taken up by half breed democrats until the club was in bad odor It's purposes
 were good and it had a good start off. | It's founder was a young man from l Chicago who undertook to teach the youth of Phoenix how to do politics.
 He was a skillful teacher and had apt
 pupils so that the club had become a factor in county politics.
 Dr. Hughes did not mention the
 name of the young man from Chicago
 who had introduced the new school of politics into Phoenix. but everybody
 knew he meant l.. R. Kruger. MT.
 Kruger will call on an attorney this
 morning to ask if an action fer defa-
 nation of character may not be based
 upon this public expose. He believes one ought to be allowed to live down | his past.
 1 | by exclamation.
 ! For member Of the council. Charles l Peterson of Mesa, member of the | Twenty assembly and Dr. J. NJ. Ford, former member of the council were put in nomination. Peterson was nominated by a vote of e to 8. | The next thing was the selection Of | four candidates for the assembly. The ! following directory of eminent gentle men was quickly compiled: J. P. Ivy, U. l.. Marian. NJ. A Stanford, T. T. ! Powers. J. w. Woolf, Joseph w. Clark. Neils Peterson, George U. Col | lins, w. F. Hedgepeth and A. 1T. Law renee. On the first ballot Marian re- ceived 76 votes, Woolf S6. and were de- clared nominees. All the others with drew except the four next highest. Ivy, Stanford, Powers and Collins. On the second ballot Powers received 67 votes and Collins 71. The legislative ticket
 was now filled.
 1 Messrs. Ivy and Woolf had had previous experience in the Arizona legislature. MT. Ivy was a member of
 the Twenty-first and it was thought ! that he would be renominated. The
 south side though was solid against
 him on account of the irrigation bill
 which he introduced into the last leg | islature.
 For supervisor. A. Hunsaker and in
 cumbent and Jake Miller and H. E.
 Slosser has been in litigation ever since l first named was nominated by accla-
 nation. In nominating MT. Slosser,
 Alfred Franklin made the first set | speech of the day and it was a good
 one. To the surprise of the convention l the seconding speech was made by w.
 E. Cleary, general manager of the Ari-
 zona Water company with whom Mr ] Sloser has been in litigation ever since
 MT. Cleary has been connected with l the company. MT. Cleary alluded tc | that circumstance and said that the | contention with MT. SIosser had in- creased his respect for him. The first
 and only ballot resulted: Miller, IS: | Slosser. A.