Williams news., 1906-09-08
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

III tiiS ioS'ti SooiN not be doubted oy any one who was present at the convention or caucus that was held on Saturday night last. In the absence of Chairman Coalter. the chair was occupied by c. o. Robinson. who was appointed by the convention to act in Mir. Coalter's stead.
 A list of delegates to the Bisbee convention, who had been named by a caucus at Williams, was pre- sented and read to the meeting and H. C. Hibben requested that the chairman and secretary of the Flag staff Ca ucus be requested to certify the credentials and forward them to F. w. Smith at Williams.
 To this proceeding NJ. J. Riordan took exception, claiming that the only ones who had authority to act ,n them would be the Central Com mittee and if this was a meeting of the Central Committee the ba lance ,f these present were out of place, and that the officers of Flagstaff :aucus had not the authority to act ,n the credentials of the Williams delegation, and that any such ac ion would be presum! tious on heir part. After considerable Hrangling in which personalities were indulged in, it was decided to pass the matter up to the Central COpo rpittoa for optiOn
 The meeting then proceeded to select delegates to the Convention at Bisbee and the following were chosen, and pledged to support anti joint statehood: John H. Page, M. J Riordan, F. A. Sliker. M. l. Powers, c. NJ. Funston, Leo. F. Verkamp.
 Immediately thereafter the Con vention took upon itself the nomi nation of twenty nine candida tes to the Republican Convention, which twenty nine names are to be voted upon at the primary to be held or the 18th, instant. The following were nominated and unanimously chosen:T E. Pollock, T. H. Schultz. $. B Gilliland, Geo. Campbell, E A. Siker, w. A. Campbell, Geo. W. Black, Sr A. A. Sutton, Tom Sayre. John Clark, T. J. Coalter, w. H. Anderson, John w. Me Clain. Ben Doney, ST. H. c. Lockett, NJ. 1. Powers, w. H. Campbell, Leo Yer kamp, Frank Beasely, G. w. Coffin. J. A. Lamport, F. J. Stein, A. A Fisher, Clark Hit, John O. liar rington, Frank Beal, R. J. Kidd. Paul Coffin, F. w. Perkins.
 After this proceeding NJ. J. Rior dan rose to point of order stating that he did not consider it good Republica nism, to say the least, for a handful of representatives of the party to meet and decide for the rest of the party who they were to vote for on the 18th and that he considered it a violation of the let ter of the law to take any such ac ton and that the law was framed to allow the people the privilege of electing their own delegates Some contended that this action on the part of the convention was merely in the nature of a sugges tion to the voters tquite a pointed one) and that they could vote for any fourteen men that they wished. Death of T. F. McMillan
 The entire community was ter ribly shocked by the death of Mir. T. F. McMillan, one of the pioneer settlers of the town, on "Wednesday morning.. MT. McMillan had been in failing health for the past month and passed away early in the morning of the above date He came to Arizona in 1876, ard loca- ted at Flagstaff, at which time John Clark was the only settler, he hay ing come in the year before. Prior to this Mr McMillan had been located in Nevada and Califarnia He was progressive and became one of the foremost citizens of Northern Arizona, the McMillan building, one of the most substan lial buildings of the early days be- ing monument to his enterprise | MT. McMillan leaves wife and four children, to whom the entire community extends their deepest sympathy.
 The funeral took place from the church of the Nativity at 8 o'clock Friday morning, Rev. Fr. Vabre officia ting.
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