Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-15
Full Proceedings of
 Phoenix Democrats
THERE WAS AN EFFORT ON FOOT TO INSTRUCT FOR
 HEARST.
Hearst Admirers Saw That it Was no Use and the Plan Was Abandoned- Yavapai Votes With Southern coan- ties.


 The Democratic Territorial Central committee, which met in Phoenix on Tuesday, was not a love feast, accord Ing to reports of the proceedings pub hshed in the Phoenix papers.
 Led by Chairman s. F. Webb, a movement was put on foot to have the committee endorse Hearst, as the cfmocratic candidate for president, but after a careful canvass, the Hearst members abandoned the project, after it was demonstrated that a majority of the committee was against any such action.
 Cochise county was represented by Hon. B. A. Packard, who worked early and late with the Pima county dele gates to have Tucson chosen as the meeting place of the convention. John c. Herndon, who represented Yavapai in the convention voted with the southern counties on almost every proposition
 The Phoenix Enterprise publishes the following account of the meeting:
 The Territorial Democratic Central committee, which met yesterday after noon in O'NeD's hall, completed it's labors by selecting Tucson as the place for holding the territorial con- vention for selecting delegates to St. Louis and fixing May 23 a sthe time Though this was reached only after three hours hard work by the con- mittee, it was due to no determined opposition on the part of Phoenix or any other city. Tucson was conced- ed the convention from the first, as the activity of the Pima county mem bers had resulted in the securing of sufficient proxies instructed for Tue son to insure the selection of tat place. Neither was there any divis- ion as to the time the convention was to be held.
 The first contest of the day, and the only one not speedily settled, was over the appointment of Kean, St Charles and J. NJ. Murphy of King man as Mohave county members in the place of Fred Leonard, resigned, and F. F. Folder who was alleged ;b have left the territory. Dr. John E- Whiteside, of Chloride, was present with the proxy of MT Folder, who he claimed had left the territory only temporarily. After a long discussion, which at times became heated, the committee sustained the action Of Chairman Webb, who ruled that MT. St. Charles and MT Murphy were the regularly constituted members from Mohave county, Dr. Whiteside, however, retained a seat in the com mittee meeting, having the proxy of E E. Ellinwood.
 The contest over the Mohave coun- ty membership would hardly have been so lively, and probably never have occurred. but for an unfounGed fear possessed by a minority of the committeeman. who were opposed to an endorsement of Wm. R. Hearst, that the majority proposed to enforce the adoption of resolution of that sort. As soon as it was learned that the Hearst supporters, who had con trol of the meeting, did not propose to insist upon a resolution at that time which did not have the support of the entire committee, interest in the contest waned, and the committee proceeded to the business for which it was called together. -
 Prior, however, to the appointment ot delegates to the various counties and the selection of a place and time for holding the convention, the fol lowing resolution was unanimously adopted:
 we, the members of the democrat ic central committee of Arizona, in meeting assembled, do hereby express our heartfelt approval of and gratitude for the course of the democratic mem bers of the senate and house of repre- sentatives of congress for their action in protecting the autonomy of Arizona against the efforts of the Republican majority of congress to force this ter ritory into undesirable statehood joint ure with New Mexico, and petition them for their further assistance in defeating any such measure as may be or will come before congress.
 Resolved, That our secretary be instructed to forward to our Delegate in congress, Hon. J. F. Wilson, copies of this resolution, to be by him pre- sented to the democratic members Of both houses"
 The report of the committee on ap- pointment was then read and adopted. Representation was based upon the vote cast for the democratic candidate for delegate to congress in the last election and the counties were allowed one delegate for each fifty votes or fraction thereof over twenty-five. The representation will therefore be as fol lows:
 Votes cast
 for Wilson No Del Apache ... PIP { coehise ..1,5O4 90