Arizona republican., 1904-04-27

it was not undemocratic then it was not undemocratic now. w. T. Smith, who was on the side of MT. Russell in that memorable struggle, explained that at the present time there was nothing to fight about; everybody was for Hearst and there was nothing but Hearst at stake. But he ingenuously added, at Tempe there was g. bitter fight aud, said he, 'We had to do it."
 MT. Russell began to throw great chunks of ancient history back at MT. Wood, accusing him of having fought d part of the democratic ticket two years ago, to which MT. Wood retort- ed that anybody who accused him of fighting the ticket at that time was guilty of a falsehood and he proceeded to say that Mir Russell had designs upon the harmony of the proceedings for he and two other persons had spent the night before trying to devise means for turning the convention into Parker assembly.
 THE DELEGATES.
 Order was restored and the motion of MT. Hayden was passed. Then the following list of delegates to Tucson was made up:
 Phoenix. First ward; E. s. Russell. E. B. O'Neill, Theo. Olea, H. A. Hughes and W. B. Cleary.
 Second ward: L. R. Kruger, J. w. Ambrose, H. H. McNeil, Vernon L. Clark.
 Third ward: John T. Dunlap, T. E. Parish, Seth Byers, Hans Herlick and George P. Bullard.
 Fourth ward. w. T. Smith. w. c. Dawes, N. A. Sanders and P. G. de Ia Lama.
 Tempe:, Kyrene, Jordan and District 8: Carl Hayden, w. T. Cummings, Thomas Morrow and w. A. Mouer.
 Mesa and Lehi: H. L. Chandler, John L. Waring and Frank T. Pomeroy.
 Alma: Orin Standage.
 Osborn, Johnstone and Cave Creek: c. B. Wood
 Alhambra M. l.. Acuff
 Wick enburg: w. J. Murray.
 Cartwright, Fowler, Orme, Glendale and Peoria: J. P. Ivy.
 Buckeye, Arlington, Liberty, Meridian an4 Agua CaIiente: Charles Williams, T, N. Clanton and J. F. Willcox.
 At large: sam F. Webb and J. H. Langston.
 This concluded the business of the convention.
 But there was one thing which so far has been mentioned only cas- ually. That is the the para graph of the report of the resolu- tions committee endorsing and thank ing Col J. F. Wilson. When that, re port had been adopted Dr. H. A. Hughes presented the following: Re solved. that our thanks are extended to Col. J. F. Wilson for the faithful work in securing national legislation favoring the reclamation of arid lands by the governmen. and especially in securing government aid for the terri tory of Arizona.
 Dr. Hughes said that this resolution was brought in for the purpose of dis polling an erroneous impression. He said that credit for the reclamation work that had been going Cn had been given to a great many people mostly republicans who had had less to do with it than Col. Wilson. The doctor said that be happened to know that the reclamation of arid lands had been the life work of Col. Wilson for many years; he was the greatest reclaimer of them all He had been at it almost from childhood. This resolution was adopted.
 A certain significance is attached to the eulogiss of Col. Wilson which at first glance seemed irrelevant. The convention was engaged in throwing up entrenchments about the colonel, against attacks which will be made upon his position by Mark Smith next fall.