Weekly journal-miner., 1910-08-24
RADICALS CONTROL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Six Delegates Chosen in Mercess and Pathetic Contest
 And Red-Eyed Platform Adopted

Frank Alters, proxy.
 Seligman-F. S. Dickerson.
 Skull Valley-Joe Rudy.
 Tiger-John Jackson.
 Tip Top-E. G. Wager.
 Verde Opper)-Reanos Thompson.
 Verde (Middle)-C. B. Coulson. Verde Oower)-James c. Max well.
 Verde (Camp)-wm. Stephens, c. c. Galloway, by Wm. Stephens, proxy.
 Williamson Valley-John Koontz.
 Walnut Grove-A. A. Moore. Walnut Creek-J. H. Drew.
 Wagoner-M. H. Campbell.
 The proxy of W. T. Baker of Jer- ome Junction, given to G. L. Merritt, was rejected by your committee. Chairman P. W. O'Sullivan next presented the report of the Commit I tee on Permanent Organization, which was adopted, and was as follows: Order of Business.
 We, your Committee on Order of Business and Permanent Organiza- tion, submit the following report:
 l. That the temporary organiza- tion be made permanent;
 2. That the Committee on Order of Business and Permanent Organiza- tion, and the Committee on Platform and Resolutions, appointed by the temporary organization, be ratified and confirmed
 That the order of business be as follows:
 1. Report of Committee on Gre dentials.
 ?. Report of Committee on Plat form and Resolutions.
 3. Nominating six candidates for the Constitutional Convention of Ari- zona.
 4. That the Chair appoint a com mittee of seven to select a Demo- cratic Central Committee for Yava- pal county.
 We also recommend the following, and ask that it be adopted:
 That all nominations for eandi- dates for delegates to the Constitu- tional Convention be made on the floor of the Convention, and that the Convention, after nominations have closed, proceed to ballot for six candidates at one time, and that all ballots voted in said convention for said delegates shall contain the names of six candidates, and no more, and that all ballots containing the names of more than six candidates, or con- taining less than six candidates, shall not be counted, and be thrown out. That the six candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared nominated, provided the number of votes for each candidate is majority of all votes cast in the convention.
 The Platform.
 In presenting the report of the Platform Committee, Chairman Gun niff said the members were unani- nous on all blanks except one, and that would be submitted as a minor ity report. The report was as fol lows:
 We, the Democratic representatives of the people of Yavapai County in convention assembled to choose dele gates to represent this county in the Constitutional Convention of and for the coming State of Arizona,-to form a Constitution for the new State, do hereby make the following Deelara- ton of Principles:
 We favor the formation of a Con- stitution for Arizona, to be plain, simple and easy of understanding, eOuched in emphatic and plain Ian guage of the principles of organic law, divorced of all legislation, easy of amendment, to the end that the people may amend the same by a majority will, in any part that may be demanded for the necessities of the people, containing therein only fundamental principles as the basis of and for the government of the state.
 We instruct our candidates to use all honorable means to have the fol lowing fundamental principles em- bodied in said constitution for the government of the state:
 A fair, reasonable and liberal h. itiative and Referendum, to the end that the people of the state may command such legislation on general subjects as the necessities of the public may require, and a recall pro- vision empowering the people to re-