The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1908-04-22

each and every delegate IN lie
publican convention shall have
the right to express his individu-
al preference on every question.
That was determined in the Gin
cinnati convention in 1876, on
F., the second ballot for the preSi
Dental nominee, by the ruling
of the permanent chairman, Ed
ward Mcpherson of Pennsylva-
MIA. 1t was again determined by
the ruling of Senator Hoar, who
presided over the Chicago con-
vention in 1880, and later by the
same convention enacted into the
law of the Republican party. 1t
was again re affirmed by Senator
Thurston while presiding over
the St. Louis convention of 1896;
and again reaflirmed by the able
and venerable chairman of the
Tucson convention, at Phoenix
in 1900 when he presided over
the convention which nominated
Cakes Murphy for congress. 1t
is deplorable in the extreme that
Col. Herring should cloud the
evening of a long, useful and
brilliantly distinguished career
as Republican by such an ut
terly indefcnsible and hopelessly
wrong ruling; and it is positive
ly pitiable that he should have
brought shame upon his gray
hairs by rendering such a ruling
under circur stances which seem
to Justify the charge that he was
influenced in his decision because
of his close connection with the
Copper Queen Mining Company,
for which he acts as attorney for
yearly salary.
The ruling of Col. Herring
turned a majority into minority.
1t robbed the Kibbey delegation
from Maricopa of its seats i'll the
convention. It is true they we're
offered half a vote, but they
could not remain without Stulti-
flying themselves and their cou-
stituents. Had Gov. Kibbey de
cided to remain he would have
been alone, as the other thirty
would have walked out in any
event. The governor, as became
a man, led his delegation out.
The Herring minority hoped and
expected that the Maricopa dele
CATION would leave, and that the
unseated delegates from Cochise
and ella would follow. But they
were not prepared for the pull
ing down of their banners by the
solid delegations from Apache,
Mohave, Santa Cruz, Pinal, Ora
ham and Yuma counties, and
their following the governor out
of the hall, accompanied by
fractional delegations from all
the other counties except Yava-
pal. That was spontaneous
and unloOked-for tribute of re-
spect to their outraged and
wronged governor and leader;
and the severest rebuke ever
administered to biased and
unfair presiding officer. The
walk-out, except as to the Mari
copa delegation, was organized
on the floor of the convention by
a delegate from Yuma county
within fifteen minutes before it
occurred, and who'll without the
advice or consent, or even the
knowledge of Governor Kibbey;
and he certainly has reason to
feel proud of such marked and |
unparalleled evidence Of respect
and confidence.
The Sentinel, in common with |
q vast majority Of the Republi-
cans of Arizona, has nothing but
commentator for the actions of |
Governor Kibbey and the dele
gates who followed him out of a
body where gag rule predomi-
mated and a majority was robbed |
of its right to govern. And we
know that if the Chicago con-
vention but adheres to the tradi-
tions and precedents of its party,
firmly established for thirty two
years, that the ruling Of William
Herring will be reversed in June
and the majority given their
rights.
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