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 E0tt conventions were dominated by a single master mind thatd d E. r.. Fi. llnWuud chairman of the democratic iorfilofal committee andattorneyi for the Copper Queen Mining Co. and the um- hIical cord connecting the two bodies was the bipartisan anti-i0int statehood committee appointed at PhWnix a month ago. against the protest of lortv-thrce per cent 0f the republican territorial committee
 In the democratic convention there was no opposition to the Ellinwood pro- gramme, and Mark Smith was nominat- ed upon a strong anti-statehood plat form.
 In the republican convention there were four delegations that were practi- cally for statehood under present oppor- tunitv, although but one of them (Apache) was unanimously SO. In two (Mohave and Yuma contesting dele cations presented themselves, and the regular delegations were thrown out, without cause or justification. The same alleged foundation for the contests in those cases would have applied to Cochise and Maricopa counties. In the committee on credentials the fight over the contests was protracted and vigor- ous, consuming several hours time. But Mohave was thrown out by a vote 6 to ,, and Yuma went out on vote of g to ?. A minority report was presented to the convention, but tabled immediately.
 In the committee on resolutions Hubbell of Apache offered a resolution identical with that agreed to in the Santa Cruz County committee which named the delegation to the territorial convention, reading as follows:
 There having been developed
 among republicans in Arizona q
 difference in opinion upon the
 question of statehood it is the
 sense of this convention that
 consideration of that subject
 should be left to the consciences
 and convictions of the individual
 voters; and the convention
 seeks not to bind individual
 republicans in the matter"
 The committee refused to entertain the resolution, and any attempt to present it on the floor as a substitute was purposely shut out by the arbitrary rulings of the presiding officer, under a resolution sent out from the committee.
 w. F. Cooper was nominated for congress. Apache and Santa Cruz counties would have preferred General A. J. Sampson, and made an effort to get his name before the convention, but the chairman would not give them recognition to do so.
 In naming the territorial central Doctor Ray Ferguson was in- cluded in the list presented by the majority of the delegation, whereupon Maricopa delegate moved that Judge F. 1 A. Hayes, gentleman who never saw Arizona before last December, be sub- stituted for Doctor Ferguson: and the was carried with a whoop.
 The whole performance was farcical ridiculous and laughable. The Yuma and Mohave regular delegations went home sore indeed While not sore the delegations from Apache and Santa Cruz think that they were entitled to their day in court" which they have not had. It would not have hurt that nor the cause of opposition to statehood to have seated the regular from Mohave and Yuma to have permitted all four counties the representation they desired l lpon the committee upon resolutions, | permitted them to present a minority report embodying the Santa Cruz resolu- l ton, set forth above, and voted it down. They had a tremendous majority any, now With the four counties named | there would have been just twenty-four pr twenty-five votes for the resolution, | and there was delegate from Coconino l who had two proxies given him by pro- statehood men, which he said he would | have voted for such a resolution. That l would have been twentv-seven votes out | of l90 for the Santa Cruz resolution. To 1 have listened to the resolution, taken vote upon it, and made a record would 1 not have harmed the anti-statehond |