Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-08-26
Iii % the Journal-Miner.

al 20 the JOurnal-miher'
pgoENlX. Arizona, August 22.-
ding 10 the verdict Of veteran
-,sr. Of the party, the republicans
,,i,opa never had q more enthusias-
,opyention than that which nom
,,,l Ralph II. Cameron, of Coconino,
delegate TO congress this afternoon.
l, nominating speech by Benton
!, # Pima, was followed by second
.peeches from every delegation in
eopyen,ion, amid the widest en-.
,oa.m Every man in the conven-
!, seemed to know Cameron person
), and spoke affectionately of him,
,Aoush he was a brother. Bob Nor
a, made the best speech Of toe
,,,h and having known Cameron for
,,,y wears he eloquently portrayed
Qualifications. His remarks were
b,rupted by repeated applause.
u to last night the proposition to
!, the sturdy Coconino fighter had
been preached, General Sampson,
Phoenix. being th. only candidate
.rly advocated. The Yavapai dele
r,on was solely responsible for Cam
,,s. nomination. His well known
.sulari,y was discussed on the Pull
n, Ia, night en- route to Phoenix and
.as decided to get behind him.
aH,rpn himself was on the train but
a. no, apprised Of what was contem.
lAsi.
Cameron Boom Infectious.
Wen the northern delegations ar
mel here this morning the work Of
kOnine Cameron commenced. Co
disc, Pima aud Pinal delegations were
.,roached and they Immediately en-
ht,l in Cameron's cause with an en-
as,Asm seldom witnessed in any pre-
sssssaiion struggle. 1t was 10 o'clocl
before Cameron was informed that h
had been injected into the race. i
cane as a complete surprise to nim
A, hr, be demurred and treated IL a
joke, bu, when succeeding party lead
m came TO him and promised hir
her support, both for nomination an
SECTION, be began TO sit up and TAX
,0tce.
Then Governor Kibbey and hi
hsnds began urging Cameron and b
t,ally consented to become n cand
ire. After that the name Of Came
u swept like wild-fire through the de
ss,ions and in order to avoid an
ttfiet on the floor Of the conventio
,aucus was called ut the Ford Hot
s.'sr the morning session, 4. $. Gar
peidsd and asked that each deleg
Ton announce its choice.
Sampson . Thoroughbred.
D. Z. Parks, Of Yavapai, got u
dea into his head that a caucus VI
BOT the proper thing, but Bob NORRIS
IA splendid speech stated that the
Mould not be the slightest obJeen'
b caucus, and that he would loyal
nNor, the choice Of the same, ana
sOuld every other republican that
Ared in settling its differences IN p
'ste instead of on the floor Of the CO
rntion. After some further, talk
Dung which Christy, of Marieopa,
v@ated the cause Of Sampson, the
vas called and Apache led on
Cameron. Cochise split with % vo
'or the Coeonino man and 3 for san
w and after that the delegations w
sid for Cameron until Maricopa
isaehed, when its 81 votes natur"
sge recorded for its favorite
Then II was all Cameron and he
announced the choice of the caucus
lore Yavapai could poll its de'ega'
and announce its vote. After the
yak OF the caucus Sampson witho'
aud when the convention assempieu
took the platform and seconded
animation of his late opponent
though defested he showed himself
be Thoroughbred and in a grace
Teech urged all the delegates 10 81
I0yally by the nominee.
Enthusiasm for Kibbey
Outside Of the excitement inci'
70 the nomination of Cameron, the
lure Of the convention was the maj
tathusiasm shown for Governor MI
whenever his name was mehuo
Responding, to an invitation to oc'
seat on the stage with tne cha'r'
The convention made demonstra
a. be was escorted to the platform
even exceeded that for President
eyelt when the latter's name was
toned by various spellbinders OF
Convention. Kibbey's splendid II
aud fearless policy have made M"