Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-18
THE PHOENIX
PARTY FARCE
SHOWN UP BY
@@~ssae
One Who Mas a Member
and Tells Exactly
What He Knows.
ANTS GET 4 BODY BLOY
JOlnture Had Brains Of Meet
Ing as Well as Astonishing
Large Membership.

L lines Win regard % occurrences at
Phoenix. which have time TO 40 while
waiting for che train. and may not
aHd time to 40 after reach home.
According to the call the republican
central committee OF Arizona met az
the Office OF the secretary Of the ter.
riiory IN the capitol Saturday, August
4. 1905. 90 40 O'Clock q m. slmnlfane-
ously there was q meeting OF the dem
ucraiic territorial committee IN the OF.
Gee OF the governor az the other end
~ the corridor IN the same building.
The meeting Of the republican com.
mlttee was called 20 order by the
chairman, Hon. Joseph Kibhey. who 10
also governor 81 Arizona The gentle
man made on extended address. In
which he took q strong stand against
ioiuiure of the Two territories IN a
single state and advised the party in
the territory 10 DO likewise. He out
lined also Whist had been hls policy In
bringing TO an equitable assessment
the properties OF the great mining
companies and the great lines of rail-
way and urged thst the party make
those propositions issues IN the com.
Ing campaign. His excolloncy closed
HIS address with the assertion that the
time had come when be must resign
either the Craftsmanship of the com.
mitteo or the govornorshlp Of Arls
Eona lie had consulted with friends
and thoy had agreed that the proper
course wus 70 resign the chairman
ship. aud the gentleman then read a
carefully prepared document address
"a 90 the committee rendering ms
&c. Ifaas aNn La
course the resignation was accepted
and Hon. w. s. Stufgos, national com
mitteeman from Arizona. was elected
IN his stead.
Then the committee proceeded TO a
determination OF who of taose present
were entitled to seats. either BY virtue
OF membershl pr by proxies 4 was
found that there was a total repre-
sensation prosen, Of hity-one. OF these
The secretary OF the committee held
fifteen. There IS no definite way OF
aaccriaiuing. but 4 n known that one
OF those Is pronounced advocate
OF iointuro. But just cut out these
proxies and the representation may DO
stated a. thirty.six. OF that thirty.
six fifteen were pronounced for Joint
ure and voted that way sowh of
those were proxies, but they we're
held by men who are pronounced an1
open advocates OF iolnturo and the
members VINO gave the proxies knew
that they are. SO that fifteen votes
Ia the committee may be counted az
surely on the right side. Those pres.
ent In this category were Captain J..
ID. Hogue OF Apache county, who head
one proxy beside hls own vote AZ q
member ~ the committee; Hon. .. T.
Hubheli from tho same county who
held two voies beside his own az n
member of the committee; Thomas ~
Molloy OF Yuma county, who held
threo proxies from that county. o. ID
NJ, Gaddis. a member Of the commit
tee from M0have county; Geo. w A.
klnson, who held two proxies from
Pima county; Frank Dysart from
Graham county, with a proxy from
his hcme county, and Allen r. Bird
from Santa Cruz county. with two
proxies. One other VOC, that / cannot
recall WIS with US. making a total ol
iftoon votes TO per cent OF the en-
tire ropreaentatiOnl. Il was a Jar "a
ths push when the lineup was
made.
When organization was completed
the Arst proposition was made by
Bowman Of Cochise county, that 4
committee OF three be appointed q
confer with a similar committee from
The democratic outfit az the other end
Of the hall. Bird moved to lay the
motion ON the tnaie There came the
crucis vote. The motion 10 lay on the
table was iost by 80 % rs. But right
there vanished into thin air the re-
peaied assertion that not more than
per cent Of the people Of Arizona are
Ia favor OF iolnture. Ia a representa-
tive body OF the republican party ol
Arizona there were found 90 per cenl
who stood up for iOinture and tor tbs
Support OF the policy % the natlOaa
republican party. The original prop
oaitlon prevailed. hat Bird. Huhhel
ana Motley made vigorous apeeche.
against Il. Then the COMMITTEES ad
iourned for lunch aud 10 admit og lhs
appointment of the committed 10 con
fer with the democrats. But there hat
boon a two.hour struggle before thG5
reached ,1at point.
After lunch the committee reassem.
0lod, and the FIRST order OF business
was the report OF the committee thai
had conferred with the democrats u
reported that the democrats had mad,
three propositions
I, To hold both conventions a
biaboe September 49,
I 2. TO appoint two committees d
three republicans and three democratl
10 unite as a lolnt committee and
work against iolnt statehood untll tbs
conventions shall meet
B. That both territorial committees
; shall recommend 20 the county con.
yeniiona Of both parties that the nom
nations for delegates % the cOnaiitu'
tional convention shall be divided be
tween the Two parties upon the basil
Of their respective Votes as the cleo
iion Of 1904
The committee reported the propO
slilon Of the democrats but withou
recommendation. The report was &C
( ccpled and placed 90 Ole. Then Col
lnird Of santa CruE. m a speech. ala b,
THAT the committee had but one dutl
10 perform. and that was 20 call th'
convention, naming the date therefor
/ as the last convention had named oi
ready che place for holding n bishee
and 10 hx the basis 90 Qpqortionment
2 aud ho moved that the convention b.
9 held M nlshee September 6, 1905. Wiu
9 the regular aud usual basis OF appor
\ tionment The motion was adopted
But mark gou--the democratic