Arizona republican., 1904-05-24
Arizona Democratic COnven-
 tiOn Instructed for Hearst
BUTHISFRIENDSSUFFERED
nessrs. Parish and O'NeiH Turned Down for Ben Crawford and John nie Hughes Sacrificed to the Anger of Mark Smith, Anti-Hearst.


 Maricopa county; John Lawler, of Yavapai county; J. S. Taylor, of Co., chise county; w. F. Timmons, of Yuma county, and Isaac Earth, of Apache county.
 The following are the alternates chosen: M. J. Samaniego, of Pima county; Wm. Schuckman, of Santa Cruz county; Geo. P. Blair, of Pinal county; R. J. Holmes, of Mchave county; T. A. Riordan. of Coconino county and w. A. Parr, of Navajo county.
 Ben M. Crawford, of Graham coun- ty, was endorsed for member of the national committee.
 The platform reaffirms the principles of the national platform at Chicago and Kansas City, deplores the diplo- macy of the Roosevelt administration ! in acquiring the isthmus of Panama, hits the trusts pretty hard. praises Bryan, acknowledges the faithful ser | vice of Delegate Wilson, .glorifies ! Hearst and instructs the delegates to the national convention to vote for | him and use all honorable efforts to effect his nomination.
 ] It was a Hearst convention almost solidly. The only contest was over the delegation from Gila county and this was finally settled by the convention 1 seating both delegations and splitting | the vote. The regulars headed by J. ! II. Hamill, of Globe, and Attorney | George J. Stoneman, would net accept ! the compromise and left the conven- | tion. The contesting delegation was l headed by Alonzo Bailey.
 ! Pima county, which instructed its ] T -T-. 4s.e-. T-T. ] of the Arizona Star, for delegate to the | national convention was shown no ia vor. Hughes received only the votes of | his own delegation and M. G. Saman- i lego, of Tucson, who was inimical to Hughes, was elected alternate to the .natiolal convention.
 It was pretty clear to the delegates ! that Hughes was put up to humiliate
 Mark Smith and Smiths friends were
 in an overwhelming majority in the | convention and they smashed Hughes
 without mercy. | The work of the convention was ar l tistic. The delegates, alternates and national committeeman were punched in a resolution, the previous question | ordered and after a miniature riot by l Hughes and a few frineds the slate i went through. the Pima delegation i only, dissenting.
 i The Maricopa delegation was ex- ! tremely active and influential. The platform was written by w. B. Cleary and was reported by Brady O'Neill as chairman of the committee. The
 Maricopa delegation organized the | fight on John T. Hughes and claim
 whatever credit is attached to smash | ing him.
 There was a sharp contest among
 the Maricopa men for the national committeemanship,' Tom Parish and
 Brady O'Neill being aspirants. It soon | became apparent that neither would
 make it and O'Neill withdrew. The 1 delegation then withdrew Parish and | Ben Crawford had a walkover for the | honor.
 Delegate Wilson was here, but re- 1 ceived cold reception.
 | Mark Smith returned from the City of Mexico last night and when he ap- | peared at the Santa Rita hotel he re- ceived an ovation. Wilson was much | in evidence until Smith returned, but
 after that he ceased to be conspicu- | GUS.
 The real work of the convention, the | endorsement of Hearst, was directed 1 by M. F. Tarpey and "Blinker Mur- | phy, of San Francisco, who kept open | house at the Santa Rita hotel. The
 Cratory of the convention was very 1 commonplace, the worst contribution | having been made by Kean St. Charles | of Mohave. Mark Smith did not ap- ] pear in the convention, but he told his ! friends lon the quiet that he would
 be in the race for delegate to congress
 this fall.
 TRUE TEST OF DEMOCRACY. I The Republicans forecast today of i the delegates and alternates of the democratic territorial convention was correct. It was a hot convention with
 a rough house throughout. The con- ! test in Gila and the defeat of Hughes
 were the two features. One delegation
 headed by Hunt and Hamil of Gila
 entered the combine and received a favorable report of the majority of the committee on credentials. ! Mohave, CCchise, Graham and Yavapai signed the minority report favoring the delegation headed by : Alonzo Bailey This delegation as elected by a mass meeting, while the
 Hunt crowd was chosen by the central committee. Kean St. Charles lead the fight supported by O'Sullivan Of Yavapai, and Wiley Jones of Graham. Finally the convention gave each a half vote. The Hunt delegation walk ed out of the convention. The fight was against Hughes, who was Pima's choice. Nugent of Yuma read the caucus list and Webb of Graham moved the previous question which shut Pima out During the roll call, Chas. Hoff of Tucson, addressed the convention saying Ut is a lie; there was no general caucus, as Pima was excluded" Order at no time prevailed and an adjournment was taken. c. J. Austin of Tucson addressed the delegates both from the floor and the sidewalk, saying that the action taken