Williams news., 1906-10-06
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The Democratic Convention

] l De DemOCrduC SCnVenItC0
 he county conventions of the democratic and republican parties i to select candidates for the various county offices, were called in Flag staff on Saturday 18th. and early in the day delegates from the out of i town precincts gathered here and there to discuss the probable out come. There was no dearth of candidates and the campaign smile and glad hand were everywaere in evidence.
 At three thirty in the afternoon, the democrats were called to order at McMillan Hall, by E. T. McGon- i igle of the central committee and upon motion Messrs McGonigle and L. 5. Williams, were chosen respectively chairman and secre tary of the convention.
 The chairman appointed com mittees on platform, credentials and order of buslness and the con vention took recess of half an hour to admit of the framing of committee reports.
 At four o'clock the gavel again called the meeting to order and the reports of the committees were read and adopted. The platform endor- ses Wm. J. Bryan, heartily com mends the district attorney, Mir. Ashurst. for his zeal in discharging the duties of his office, approves of everything that savers of anti joint atehood and in mistakab ble terms condemns the republican, members of the present board of supervisors and county recorder for the manner in which they have conducted the affairs of their offices to their individual interests and utterly oblivious to the welfare of the tax payer. The convention then proceeded to the nomination of ticket. w. F. DeTmont and T. A. Riordan were nominated by exclamation as delegates to the constitutional con vention, which will probably never be held.
 For the legislative council, Thos. A. Flynn was unanimously nom- mated.
 For the legislative assembly L mated.
 J. w. Francis was nominated for sheriff without a dissenting vote, and was rendered an ovation by the delegates.
 Henry F. Ashurst was unani mously nominated for district at torney and the convention gave him a great den4ostration and Mr. Ash urst acknowledged the ovation in speech. =.
 G. W. Glowner received the unanimous vote of the delegates for probate judge.
 For recorder, Jesse L. Boyce of Williams, was the sole choice of the convention.
 $. s Acker was given the un- animous consent of running for county treasurer. J. E. Jones was unanimously nominated for county superintend ent of schools.
 James Kennedy and Jesse Gregg were nominated for members of the hoar rd of supervisors. .-
 The central committee is compos- ed of J. E. Rains, E. A. Brown, George Divelbiss. Wm. Roden, w. w Durham, Geo. Buckler. Wm. Tetzlaff. Jacob Salzman, James Kennedy, L s. Williams
 The convention completed it's work at five o'clock and then .ad journed
 Immediately after the adjourn ment, the central committee met and elected Edgar A. Brown, chair man. and J. Edgar Rains, secre- tary.
 The precinct officers nominated for the Flagstaff precinct are. jus tice of the peace, w. H. Kellar.
 Constable, Robert Gleason. The Republicans
 In the d bsence of T. J Coulter, the Republican convention was called to order at the courthouse by F. w. Smith and upon motion Mr. Smith was made permanent chair man and c. M Funston, secretary of the convention. Committees on platform, permanent organization and credentials were appointed by the chair and their reports present ed some few moments later were accepted and the committees dis charged
 The choice of the convention in every instance was unanimous. except that for sheriff For this office