Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-30
LIVELY TIMES IN
CONVENTION AT PHOENIX.
Democratic Solons Find it Difficult
to Get Together on Various
Propositions.

| Phoenix, Ariz, Nov. 30.-The frs
proceeding after the prayer was the
introduction of resolution by Dele
gate Cooper of Pima to the effect thai
| whereas the convention had created
so many Offices, be it resolved that
no member of the convention shall be
eligible to hold any Office, In the state
county or precinct within a period ot
i've years. The resolution was re
ceived with signs of wild approval
Mr.. Cunningham, when the tumult
| subsided, moved the adoption of the
| resolution. In the general joy which
greeted this motion and amid the
hand clapping, the convention forgot
to take vote and the resolution was
subsequently referred to the commit.
tee on militia and defense or to the
committee on foreign relations.
The report of Chairman Wood oil
the committee on finance and &C
counts showed the convention for last
week had cost 1884.
Mr.. Cunningham started something
in the way of recriminatory discus.
sion by asking why the apportion.
ment proposition had not been re.
ported and it finally led up to a
statement by Chairman Cunniff of
the committee on style, revision and
compilation, who said that nearly all
the more important measures which
had finally reached his committee
had been put into proper shape and
would be reported to the convention
in the course of the afternoon or in
the morning. They had been arrang.
ed in the probable order in which
they would appear in the constitution.
He added that about half of the con
stitution had been finished by his
committee. He was of the Opinion
that the committee had made extra
ordinary progress seeing that it's time
had been consumed by sessions OF
the convention lasting from $50 in
the morning until 10 o'clock at
night. But by working on SUNDAYS
and until long after midnight on
week day nights it had succeeded in
making headway.
AS result OF an alleged ATTEMPT
on the part of the irrigation commit
tee to disregard instructions, the con-
stitutional convention was this after.
noon plunged into long period of
turmoil.
The committee had been instructed
TO draft only provision validating
the present water rights and a meas.
IRE similar to that already rejected
by the convention was reported in,
stead. AS a result pandemonium
felgned for a time during which
charges of bad faith were EXCHANGED,
and Chairman Orme of the irrigation
committee spoke to the question of
personal privilege in response to the
charge OF Delegate Feeney that Mr..
Orme had been mode solicitous in be.
half OF property rights than for those
OF labor.
After the convention had reversed
itself several times, the committee
substitute was finally indefinitely
postponed, committee OF three being
appointed by President Hunt to draft
proposition in accordance with the
prior instructions of the convention.
After the irrigation matter had been
disposed of, the convention took up
the revision committees report on
the judiciary measure.
The declaration of rights on final
passage was unamended. An attack
on the recall measure will lprobably
be made tomorrow if consideration of
the judiciary measure is completed.
There We're rumors current about the
convention hall today that the oppo.
sition making the recall applicable to
all elective officers.