Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-05-25
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
Sends Instructed Del
egatiOn to Tucson
Favoring the Nomination of Hearst
for President. Delegate Will
son Addresses Convention.

The county democratic convention
which convened in the court house in
this city last Thursday for the pur,
pose of selecting delegates to attend
the territorial convention, was to all
outward appearances, a democratic
owe feast and Willie Randolph
Hearst was the hub around which the
whole thing resolved, but if the Jour.
nal Miner is not badly mistaken ii
heard distant rumblings in he camp
which might be significant of a gath
ering storm which would sooner OF
later break in fury and scatter the
hosts of the great unwashed to the
four winds.
In this city and in few other To-
calities in the county the strings to
the Hearst sack had been allowed to
loosen a little and instructed" dele
gates had been elected. while in other
places where the sack had not shed IFS
benign influence the delegates were
sent uninstructed, but when the con-
vention met the uninstructed dele
cations were not organized and the
smile that played upon the counte-
nances of the INSTRUCTED" won their
hearts and they aIl-well, not quite
all, but most of them-felI into line
aud the typewriter program was
carried out to a letter. Only once
did the opposition show its head OF
sound its note of warning, and that
was when the vote was put on the
adoption of a resolution to instruct for
Hearst. 1t was then that a still small
voice was heard above the din of
"ayes."
The convention was called to order
by Hon. J. c. Herndon, chairman of
the county central committee, and
the call was read by c. P. Hicks, sec
Rotary of the committee, after which
the Hearst delegates took charge of
the convention by electing P. W..
O'Sullivan temporary chairman and
". S. Adams, of the Jerome Mining
News, secretary.
An effort was made TO have the con-
vention take a recess fer an hour to
allow the southern delegates. who
we're to arrive on the eleven o'clock
train, time to reach the convention
hall, but the Hearst delegates, eager
to unload themselves Of their peut
up enthusiasm for their hero, the
"Young Lochinvsr, who came out of
the west" would permit of 10 delay,
for fear the news from South Caro-
lima Emight come to the knowledge
of the 'uninstructed, " and they might
stampede.
Chairman O'SuIlivan then read
from his typewriter page' the
names of five gentlemen who we're to
be committee on credentials. Also
the names of FIVE more who were to be
a committee-on permanent organiza-
tion and order of business. In the
selection of all his committees the
chairman "took no chances but
brought into play his "typewritten
page. A"
At l 80 p. N. when the convention
was called to order, the committee
on credentials made its report which
was adopted without opposition.
The committee on permanent organ
ization and order OF business also re-
ported and recommended that the
temporary organization be made per-
manent which was also adopted.
REESE NJ. Ling then also read from
a typewriter page" the report OF
the committee Oh resolutions and
platform.
The platform adopted reahirms al
legiance to the democratic party, en-
dorses the declaration of indepen
dence, expresses belief in the funda
mental concepts of jefferson, oppose.
the granting of privileges that vii
enrich the few to the disadvantag,
of the many. believes that changed
social, economic and political condi
tions of the country call for change
in the methods and machinery Of gov
eminent but fails to specify what tn
changes, or vho+ CH--~~s = ---.hl77
and machinery might be expected l
endorses populism aud socialism b,
favoring government ownership O