Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-13
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 There were . number of prominent democrats of the territory present In Phoeix Monday to witness the or ganisatioa of the constitutional con section Of Arizona From the north were Joe P. Dillon. chairman of the serritorial committee and Johnny Robinson. secretary. Col !. r.. Wilson, exdelegatc to congress was present and meeting many of his old friends and admirers. Col. wilson resides in Prescott and continues tO rank high in the councils of his party.
 From Graham county were Hons Geo. A. oiney and W. w. Pace, who were active and loyal supporters of Hon. w. T. Webb for president from start to finish. At the last minute the Graham county delegation tried
 to throw the presidency to Milford wfnsor and thereby defeat Hunt bat winsor vas unable to secure . sui ventiou, coming from almost every ficient number of votes. Bo. White sides of Nogales is in Phoenix and is the same old Bo. That he win secure a positio his the hope of his friends There were three active candidates for sergeant-at-arms of the convention: Mike Hannon of Bisbee, Bo whitesides of Nogaies, BiIl Free man of Florence. Hannon had the loyal support of the solid Cochise county delegation from start to finish. J. c. Callahan. Bob Maclay and Sam Frisco will probably be other Oochise the convention, a the Cochise dele gates are backing all of them
 The first resolution of the conven- ton WAS introduced by J. H. CuniR of Yavapai county. It vas the reso- iution to adopt the constitution os the United Sta&ss. Judge Wells of- fered an amendment wsich provided for, the 'adop>,on q the constifutios of the United States and the amend ments thereto" This amendment ment vas objected to by Judge Baker and others who took the DO sitiou that the original resolutio1 covered the amendments and fiiled the requirements of a statehood bill The original resolution was adopted Afterwards a report was circulated that the convention had refused to adop, the fourteenth and fteenth Amendments to the federal constitu- ton.
 The South Dakota initiative and referendum plan has some supporters in the convention. That plan pro yides that all initiative petitions shah be directed to the legislature, the leg isiation to be submitted to vote if not enacted by the legislature. There is also strong sentiment in favor of requiring that initiative and referendum petitions shall bear the required percentage of signatures from at least half of the counties in the state. This would prevent any one county or any one class of citi- ezns from forcing vote on proposed legislation.
 The president of the convention, Mir Hunt, was escorted to the chair by ID. l.. Cunningham of Cochise county. who had placed him in nom ination. and Judge F.. w. Wells, who was the minority candidate for the position Mir Hunt attempted no speech, merely thanking the conven- tion for the honor which he declared was not sought by him. This state ment was somewhat of surprise to Will Webb and others who had
 President Hunt is regarded as one of the ultra radicals of the conven. ton and he advocates the Oregon plan of the initiative and referendum on 5 per cent basis There will be strenuous opposition to this, how ever. Many of the democratic dele gates will not agree to this low per centage, and it is not likely that the percentage will be put below F pel cent. and some of the delegates want Is per cent. basis.