Arizona republican., 1908-10-07
THE COUNTY DEMOCRATS
 PUT IN 4 FULL DAY
4 Convention Where There Was too Much Enthusiasm
 to BG RedIthfu
Bitter Fight Over the SupervisOraI Nominations
 Prolonged the Session From the Middle of the Af- t ternOOn Until Toward Midnight.

lished one rule which later threatened to prOlong the proceedings intermina- bly,. That rule ordered that when two or more candidates were named on zone ballot as in the cases of the nom nations for the board of supervisors and the assembly, ninety votes were necessary for the nomination. The number ninety was arrived at ar bitrarily and not by any mathemat- iCal process.
 Though one recess of half an hour had already been taken, still the com mittee on resolutions had not been heard from. It was assumed that it was struggling with the prohibition question. Finally another adjourn ment was taken subject to the call of the chairman and a committee was sent to inquire when the framers of the declaration of principles might be expected to report. It had been sug- gested that Professor Rosskopf might have the committee under his influ- ence.
 About half past two o'clock the committee reported. It had all this time been ratifying. reaffirming and renewing allegiance to the principles of Jefferson and the Denver platform and endorsing that greatest and grandest of all living Americans. Will liam J. Bryan (thunderous applause) and pledging the support of the dem ocrats of Maricopa county to him and his running mate John W. Kern, (ap- plause dimnuendo)
 Nor was forgotten that time tried and faithful servant of the people Marcus A. Smith" who had saved the territory from the misery and de- struction of joint statehood
 The conduct of the county officials met with approval. declaration was made in favor of the authority of the government over interestate com merce and of the authority of the states over the commerce within their borders. The resolutions demanded a physical valuation of the railroads and approved of the present federal law against the pass and the rebate.
 The candidates for the legislature were pledged to legislation affecting transportation and for the creation of a railroad commission to assist so far as it may under the organic act 
 The panic was laid at the door of the republican party; the primary plan was approved: Governor Kibbey was denounced for his veto of the butchers license bill and the candi- dates for the legislature. were pledged to seek further legislation in that di- rectiOn. The Arizona rangers were alluded to as an organization of po- litical boosters.
 The platform favored the enact ment of a guaranty bank deposit law similar to that of Oklahoma and the candidates for the legislature were pledged to that end. There was also a demand for q bridge across the Salt river. The statement was irrelevantly made that the real statehood friends of Arizona in congress were the dem ocrats. Attention was also called to the attitude of the party toward cor porate greed and the workingman.
 The only recommendation for stump tuary legislation which the prohibit tionists secured was for the closing of saloons at midnight and on Sunday Later another clause which had been overlooked was inserted in the plat Atl lii. IL iidh bt-th olltftu BN UT. Hughes and had been inadvertently omitted. It related to the purity of the ballot and provided that violations of the election laws should be regard ed as felonies instead of as mis- demeanors as is now the case The platform was adopted without dissent
 THE TICKET MAKING.
 The nominations then began. That for sheriff came first in order. That was accomplished as a matter of form only and Sheriff Hayden took the platform to convey his thanks for this endorsement of his administration of the office during the last two years. The renomination of District Attorney Bullard was accomplished in the same expeditions manner as was that of County Treasurer Rabbit.
 The first contest took place over the nomination for recorder for which there were two candidates. the present recorder, Clay F. Leonard and c. NJ Zander. There were spirited nominat- ing and seconding speeches after which the ballOting proceeded but with precisely what result will never be known for long before the count NdS lilllSAthg NIL Z1dllutl UiONeu Lile nomination of his opponent by accla- nation. Mr Leonard had already passed the majority mark.
 Then came a fight whose issue had been regarded with extreme doubt, that for the nomination for school su- perintendent. There were three candi- dates, Prof. Fulton, the incumbent J. A. Riggan of Cartwright and c. w. Alexander of Tempe. There had been at noon an opinion that Alexander would win but the count gave him only 37 votes; 20 for Riggan and 76 for Fulton.
 MT Fulton being called to the plat form devoted himself to a eulogy of his defeated opponents and asked that they be permitted to take the platform beside him as an introduction to the democracy of the county which might serve them in the future. This was an unprecedented proceeding but MT. Fulton meant well but to many 1t