Arizona republican., 1904-09-16
MARK'SMEETING
The Democratic Convention
 Was All His
PLATFORM MADE TO FIT
The haricOpa Idea by GEils ana
 Force Crowded Out of the Deelars- tion of Prineiples-Wilsen Woand- ed and Healing Ointment Applied.

The democratic territorial convention began yesterday a Iitsle after noon al the Hardwick theater. T. nominated Mark Smith for candidate for delegate in congress but that catastrophe had been foreseen but could not be averted- It adopted a platform which was a model of conservatism. in sharp con trast to the democratis platform of two years ago in which territorial iegtsla- tion approaching anarchy was recom- mended and even pledged 4 modest suggestion before the beginning Of the construction of the platform that it should advocate the regulation Of freights and fares was quietly smOth- cred. But for a couple of incidents it would have been a very tame cOnven- ton.
 THE DECORATION.
 It was called to order by Chairman Webb of the democratic territorial committee, standing on the gaily deco- rated stage. He was surrounded by American flags which prompted Jerry Millay to inquire when he saw the gor- geous decorations, What in the devil the democrats were going to do with them or to them?'' On the right Of the stage there was a picture Of Judge Parker and on the left one Of Wua- J. Bryan. In the rear was a portrait of Thomas Jefferson. and over 1t was sus- pended the face Of Washington The front of the stage was decorated with a row of vases filled with flowers They had more flowers than they could stuff into the vases and they empted them into a galvanized iron bucket which was set on the chairman's resk beside a cabinet photograph Of Mark Smith. Later in the day the bucket was removed and a -ase was put in its place.
 Chairman Webb briefly explained the object of the meeting and then he told the audience the names Of the people whose pictures were on the stage He pointed out first the portrait of Judge Parker, whom most of the delegates had never seen and described him as the great jurist- He next pointed out the portrait of Bryan, whom he allud- ed to as the peerless leader who he said would support the great jurist with as much loyalty as possible and he might have added. under the cir cumstances MT. Webb said that gr afforded him pleasure to inform the convention that no county had sent up a contest
 TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS.
 The call was read by Secretary Langston, who afterward called a list of the delegates It was disclosed that it was going to be largely a convention of proxies. Apache and Coconino were each represented by a single man J- R. Strong was the sole representative of Cochise. From no other county than Maricopa were as many as one-tiliTd of the delegates present
 Judge A. C. Baker was nominated for temporary chairman and his elec- ! tion was eeeted by exclamation He was escorted to the stage by w. D- Bell and T. s. Bunch. The temporary secretary and his pilots missed the scenery entrance and got lost in the mazes of the back stage They finally found their way to the front by creep Ing through an opening between two sets of scenery.
 AN INvIDIoUs COMPARISON Judge Baker said to the convention tkat he saw the dawn Of a better day. the end of the one man rule. the re- turn of the people to the constitutional forms and the re-establishment of the government upon the fundamental law He then addressed himself to the sub ject of statehood and said something. SihaAS iiiauNei iaAt4Sr that aAilis7- ElS- cipitated row on the spot Having warned the convention of the danger of joint statehood he said that it could be averted only by the nomination and election of Mark Smith Mir Smith. he said, had three times taken a separate statehood bill through the houSe against the vigorous opposition of the republicans Everything had gone well while Mark was on hand 10 watch. but in his temporary absence the joint statehood bill was sneaked in. thing that never could have happened if Mark had been there. The temporary Continued on Page 2.