Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-13
THE HEARST FRENZY
Cost Phoenix Democratic
Territorial Convention
II Went to Tucson and Will be Held
May 20 = Failure Of Resolution for
Endorsement Of Hearst.

the effect yesterday morning of de-
priying Phoenix of the democratic ter
convention and locating that
orgy at Tucson. The time will be May
20.
The fixing of the time and place for
holding the convention took place at
the close of a stormy day which most
of the members of the central COM
mittee said last night ought to have
been exceptionally peaceful for there
was nothing to quarrel about. An
overwhelming majority of the mem
bers favored Phoenix as the place for
holding the convention. Except by
few cf the southern members Tucson
was not thought of.
There was a good deal of caucusing
in the forenoon and at two o'clock in
the afternoon the committee was call
ed to order by Chairman Sam F. Webb
at O'Neill hall. There was a good at
tendance. but it was made up largely
of proxies. The outside members were
B. A. Packard, of Cochise; George p.
Blair, of Pinal; T. F. Weedin, of Pinal;
DR.. John r. Whiteside, of Coconino;
Kean St. Charles, of Mahave;
John c. Herndon, of Yavapai;
Owen T. Rouse, A. c. Ber-
nard, of Pima; A. O'Keefe, of Santa
Cruz. Some of these gentlemen were
not members of the committee but
were holders of proxies. The Maricopa
county members had been especially
active in the gathering of proxies.
The meeting was made up as fol-
lows:
Apache. B. Patterson, by E B.
O'Neill, proxy; j. T. Leseuer, by l. B..
Orme.
Cochise-B. A. Packard. Frank Hare
by F. c. Norris; B. ]. O'Reilly, by T.
E Parish.
Coconino-Geo. S. Patton, by c. B.
Wood; Geo. w. Glowner, by j. H.
Langston.
CLAW. T. McNelly, by o. T.
Rouse; r. S. Sloane.
Maricopa-Sam F. Webb, W. B.
Cleary, Joe Bush, E. Gonzales, F. T.
Pomeroy, by ]. ]. Evans; Tom Nor
row, ]. H. Langston.
Mohave-Kean ST. Charles, j. NJ.
Murphy, by Kean St. Cahrles.
Navajo-Wm. Morgan.
Pima-A. O'Keefe, VIM. NJ. Lowell,
by A. c. Bernard, proxy; NJ. C. Sam
aniego, by A. O'Keefe, proxy; Owen
T. Rouse.
Pinal-J. F. Burns, by G. p Blair;
Thos. Kavanaugh, by 7. F. Weedin;
T. F. Weedin.
Santa Cruz-Frank ]. Duffy, by a.
O'Keefe; D. G. Chalmers, by A.
O'Keefe.
Yavapai-J. c. Herndon, II. d. Ross,
by S. F. Webb; z. f. Ellinwood, by ].
r. Whiteside, proxy; J. ]. Fisher, by
]. c. Herndon, proxy.
Yuma-S. B. Kinds, by Mulford
{; Winsor; A. NJ. Foster. by Mulford
Winsor; T. Y. Day, by Mulford Win
sor.
Graham-James Puckett, by A. c.
Bernard, proxy; Ben r. Clark. by o.
T. Rouse, proxy; Ben F. Crawford, by
A. O'Keefe, proxy.
In the course of the actual business
of representation there was only one
contest. That came from Mohave
one of whose members had left the
county and the other Of whom was not
at home. 1t was not certain that he
would ever return. Having been ap-
J prised of this situation, Chairman
/ Webb had appointed Kean st. Charles
! and j. M. Murphy. DR.. Whiteside had
! secured the proxy of the member who
| still claimed Mohave as his home. The
doctor had left the county himself, but
/ he was also the holder of a Coconinc
proxy. In the Mohave contest the de-
cision was given against him by the
chairman. There were disputes about
Some of the other proxies, but they die
not reach the magnitude of contests.
| The real trouble of the day came
when it was learned that the Maricopa
members. especially those residing in
| Phoenix were preparing a resolution
endorsing William Randolph Hearst
1t was developed that the Hearst SEN
timent in Arizona is capable of being
restrained; that it is particularly
rampant only in Phoenix. Some OF
those who opposed the resolution sait
! that they were not doing so by reason
of lack of love for Mr.. Hearst, bu
! they did not believe "a committee meet
ing was the proper place to give al
| expression to Hearst sentiment. Tht
resolution was not formally presented
in the meeting, but there was a grea
deal of talk about it and some of tn
! conversation was warm. 1t wa.
| threatened by scme of the Phoeni1
| Hearst men that Mark Smith, who's,
friends were especially active in. op
posing the resolution was decapitatin,
himself politically; that he would no
henceforth have the support of Mari
copa county and that if he should b.
a candidate for nomination as delegate
he would find that out
1t became evident that the resolution
would have no standing in the meetin,
and it was not put in. 1t was at thi
fall down. that those who were agains
the resolution decided that they wer
strong enough to take the convention
away from Phoenix and they did /
only upon the theory that this town
too much of a Hearst hot bed for
coed convention town and upon tn
further theory that Phoenix did no
need both an insane asylum and
| Hearst convention.
But there was one resolution con
cerning which there was no differenc
OF views and that was one declaring i
to be the sense of the meeting tha
| Arizona ought to have single state
| hood.
|