Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-08-12
0'Neil's Play Is One For
Position In The
Senatorial
Fight
CONVENTION DEMANDS
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW
BIG CHIEF DILLON IS AGAIN
CHOSEN TO CONDUCT
TERRITORIAL
CAMPAIGN

Smith, OF Corbi-c.
For chairman Of the territorial coin
mittcc. Joseph Dillon.
That was the practical work accom-
plished by the democratic territorial
convention ~ the Elks opera house in
this city yesterday. rs predicted in
tnc .Iuurnal.M liner, the convention pro
cccdings went through on creased pc.
litical skid, 30 accurately was the
journal Miners inside information Of
the program mapped cut that it did
not miss q cog IN the democratic ma
chnery As II moved onward in its
course yesterday. from the naming Of
Henry +. Ashurst of Coconino as the
temporary chairman, to the last act of
the convention, the election Of Big
Chief Dillon as chairman of the demo
cratic committee. That means tf1tI
Prescott will once more be the demo
cratic political hub, remaining So at
least until after the admission Of Ari-
IONA To statehood.
Mark Smith was again nominated to
congress. The O'Neill faction from
Marcopa and Yuma counties stood
bravely by their guns. and the Smith
faction patronizingly listened 10 the
eloquent culogy of Brady by Judge
Langston, Of Maricopa, and even good
naturally applauded with considerable
vigor when the Marieopa Judge touch.
ed upon the god qualities Of the Mari.
copa candidate. The Smitnitcs could
well afford to be generous. for up to
the time the nomination of Marcus
Aurelius was made even the usual Xii.
kenny eat demonstration of a demo.
cratic convention failed to materialize.
The O'Neill faction did not take
kindly to the fulsome eulogy of Smith
by eloquent Henry +. Ashurst In when
the Flagstaff candidate for the United
States senate pictured Mark AS a man
whose successor might be eleyed but
whose PLACE could never be filed.
Langston in naming 0'Neill took oc.
easion to say that he hoped at tdc
succeeding convention of the democra.
cy to name O'Neill as Maricopa 5
choice for one of the senatorships.
al In the shadow of the statue Of the
" AN'ili,
could be more fitting than the nomina.
ton of his brother here, but whether
we succeed or are defeated, Maricopa
here gives notice that she il behind
Brady O'Neill for the senatorship, be.
hind man worthy TO stand alongside
Mark Smith for any Office within the
gift of the people Of Arizona, at any
tlnnn T., Il,
fearless, kind, generous, loyal, patriot.
lie to the core" but rignt there the
judges supply of adjectives failed AMI
Brady was spared.
One expects n quarrel of some Iii.
mansions when any number Of demo
Gratis get together to talk it over but
no one yesterday was able to raise
breeze. Not one of the presiding Of.
fcers, from Big Chief Dillon, who call.
cd the convention TO order, but who
walked to the stage with his speech in
one hand aud the machine made pro.
gram In the other. Master of politics
that ne is, Mark Smith had the cogs 81
accurately adjusted and oiled that even
the fighting delegates present were
lulled into placidity.
Not one of the Maricopa delegation
arose when Smith was named for del.
cgate by Ashurst. All the other dele
cations, or rather mangled delegations,
arose, some of them mangled beyond
recognition by absentees with those
present top-hcayy with proxies. Mari.
copa and Yuma made up for the early
GOODNESS after Brady had taken the
platform and promised to take the
stump for Smith in Maricopa and roll
up n bigger democratic vote than has
ever been east in that county.
The whole O'Neill play, as revealed
by the Manc0pa leader and his faction
yesterday, has been to get Brady
O'Ncill into line for fight with Mark
Smith for one of the United States
senatorships. Both are from what is
known as the southern part of the ter.
ritory, and only one of them can hope
to succeed in ease it falls to demo.
cratic legislature to elect senators af.
ter statehood has been accomplished.
II Smith retains his hold upon his
followers, AZ revealed in yesterdays
proceedings, there can be no question
as to the outcome of any fight between
him and O'Ncill for the higher onice.
That smiths nold upon his party is
something more than the triumph Of a
machine is not to he doubted by one
who witnessed the demonstration ae.
companying HIS nomination by Ashurst
Yesterday, and again whom Marcus
Aurelius appeared on the scene and in
choked tones announced that any paper
or man who said he had ever been in
huenccd by any otncr than the purcst