Weekly journal-miner., 1910-08-17
Affairs of Convention.


 Convention J. NJ. W. Moore was the only name placed in nomination, and he was unanimously elected. In as. suming his duties as presiding officer, he said: "We are nere not for the purpose of creating a State or ere ating a constitution, but to choose six men to aid in constructing the foundations for the temple of Ari- zona's Statehood. I hope that your deliberations will be marked by har- mony and guided by a desire for the welfare of the party.''
 Chas. E. Hughes of Jerome was then nominated as secretary, and his election was so unanimous that A. W. Edwards was moved to ask eff the steam roller was in the Conven- tion," and some one retorted that it had not been seated.
 When the matter of appointing the Committee on Platform came up, E.. H. Meek thought a mistake had been made in the Order of Business in not having the nominations made before the platform was adopted, as some of the candidates might wish to have some voice in that matter. LeRoy Anderson raised the point of order that the Order of Business had al- ready been adopted by the Conven- tion, and could not be altered, and Major Watts remarked that the Con- vention should make the platform, and not the candidates,
 The chair ruled that there should be no switch in the program as adopted, and proceeded to name the following as platform builders: E. s. Clark, J. N. Watts, J. H. Wing field, W. S. Norviel, Dr. c. E. Yount- E. Parks and J. H. Nel- son. .... -.--,.,
 Nomination of Candidates.
 While the Platform Committee re- tired, the Chairman called for nom- nations and Judge Parks arose and in a eulogistic speech named E. s. Clark "as a man whose name is a household word and who is honored for his courage, greatness and ability to stand for justice and right. He has been weighed and never found wanting in his fidelity to the Re- publican party"
 In nominating Judge E. W. Wells, he was referred to by E. S. Clark as man whose "splendid character built up in the forty. years he has lived here, needs no enconium.
 Geo. P. Harrington was nominated by J. c. Forest and A. L. Smith per formed like service for J. A. Jae- ger. The names of S. F. Dennison of Jerome and Robert Finnie of Beaver Creek were next placed be- fore the Convention, and LeRoy An derson nominated W. S. Norviel, de- claring that he was a man who was honest and capable and would draw strength from all elements, never having been identified with any fac tional disputes.
 Nominations were now closed and J. S. Gales and c. A. Peter, Jr., were appointed as tellers. While the bal loting was in progress, there was some misunderstanding as to the method of depositing the tickets. First the hat was passed around, but before this work was concluded, it was decided to call off the precincts and have the delegates step forward and vote. As a result of this change some delegates mistakenly voted twice and consequently there were four more ballots than there were delegates in the Convention. These ballots were destroyed and upon mo- tion a recess was taken until 1:30 o o'clock.
 Afternoon Session.
 Balloting was resumed immediate ly after the Convention reassembled, but one ballot was sufficient to elect the six men out of the seven who were nominated, the result being as follows: E. S. Clark, 30; E. W. Wells, 47; Geo. P. Harrington, 45; J. A. Jaeger, 45; s. F. Dennison, 42; Rob ert Finnie, 36; W. S. Norviel, fl.
 The announcement of the vote by the secretary evoked round of ap- plause, especially from the rear of the hall, but outside of this demon stration the proceedings were as placid as a summer sea.