The border vidette., 1908-08-15
MARK sMI1n AGAIN NOMINATED.
Democratic Convention Most HarmOnl
 Ous Ever Held In Arizona.

we'll did the Smit!: machine operate that not cog slipped and all was harmonious.
 The practical work of the conven- tion, the nomin ation of Mark Smith for delegate to congress and the re- election of Joe Dillon as chairman of the democratic territorial committee was accomplished without effort. Brady O'Nell was placed in nomin- ation by Judge J. H. Langston of Phoenix but he only got the votes of Maricopa and Yuma. all the rest going to Smith.
 Henry F. Ashurst. district attorney of Coconino. who was the temporary chairman of the convention strength ened his senatorial boom today, both in his ability as parliamentarian and in his speech nominating Smith.
 The end of the convention was much like love feast. O'Neill took the platform and pledged the largest de- mocratic vote ever cast in Maricopa county. Smith also spoke. denouncing his traducers as he termed them, and declaring that in none of his official acts had he ever been guided by any other motive than that of the good of the territory of Arizona. Smith spoke with much feeling and was given great send off.
 Chairman Dillon announced the appointment of J. H. Robinson as secretary of the territorial committee.
 The following IS the platform adopt ed by the convention:
 "We, the democratic party of Ari- zona, in convention assembled, reaf- firm our hearty allegiance to the traditional principles of democracy as formulated by Jefferson and as set forth by our past leaders and plat forms. We pledge our entire faith and our unremitting services to the re- forms SO urgently needed by the whole people, demanded in the national plat form of our party; and to William Jennings Bryan and John Worth Kern, our noble standard bearers in the peoples fight to put these reforms into effect.
 "We unqualifiedly commend our able representative in congress, Mar GUS A. Smith, and we congratulate the people of Arizona OF having in the national making body a man of his high attachments, his experience, bis intimate knowledge or men and meas ures, and his faithfulness in constant efforts in behalf of Arizona. We es- pecially commend him for his success full fight against the massed forces of the republican national admin lstration to prevent Arizona from be- ing forced into joint statehood against the will of it's people. We declare that Arizona holds the republican ad- ministration accounta 5le for the in iquitous joint statehood measure. A nd we recognize that Marcus A. Smith deserves high honor fer his brilliant efforts at the critical point in our triumphant progress toward the single statehood that is our right.
 The democratic party not only of Arizona but of the nation hos long consistently demanded our admission into the sisterhood of states. We call atten ton to the fact that the national republican promise of separate state hood is a belated retreat from an at tack on our most highly valued prero- gative, while the ringing democratic demand for immediate statehood is a reiteration of settled democratic policy. Therefore we pledge the en- thusiastic efforts of all democratic and more especially of our candidate for representative in congress, to bring about separate statehood for Arizona at the earliest possible moment. i've invite and welcome the invest ! ment of capital in Arizona to develop our opulent resources. We guarantee that invt stors whether corporate or in dividual shall have just and equitable treatment. Unswervingly condemn ing all oppressive discriminating and