Arizona republican., 1910-10-14

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 stood that his name was suggested to 1 President Hunt for the position, but | other considerations weighed against ! him and favored the application of 1 Cunningham
 Although the real significance of i the committees has not yet sunk in 1 very deeply, as the personnel of them all is rather difficult of immediate grasp, there are some obvious deduc- tions that may be made from cas- ual inspection of the list of chairman i ships and appointees.
 There is, for instance, a notable ab- sence of the names. of certain promi- nent delegates It is probable that Ellinwood didn't want a chairman ship-at any rate he did not get one.
 Franklin and Baker of Maricopa are also conspicuous omissions, and Webb of Graham is another who seems quite competent to hold down
 a chairmanship, but didn't get one
 But of course there were only twenty
 four chairmanships to be divided
 among forty-one democrats, and there
 was only one man in the whole con-
 ventnon who was fortunate enough to
 get away with two chairmanships,
 and he was the man from Yuma-
 Mulford Winsor-on whom the gods
 smile for the present It hardly seems
 necessary to make the statement that
 none of the eleven republicans got chairmanships. They did not expect
 any, and were not disappointed.
 Another obvious deduction-so ob-
 vious, indeed, that it requires no law
 ish expenditure of gray matter to
 make it-is that financial institutions
 will get-let us say-a square deal from the convention. You see," ex-
 plained one newspaper man to an-
 other as he ran his finger over the
 list of appointees on the committee
 on private corporations and banks,
 there is Roberts, the chairman, and
 Keegan and Goldwater, and Ellinwood
 and Tuthill, Tovrea, Curtis and Wells every one of them is interested, di-
 rectly or indirectly, in some bank or
 other. Winsor, the final member of the committed appears to be the only one who isn't a banker by profession or connected with bank. According to the personnel of this committee, I rather think the financial institu- tions will get an even break. Of course" he added, facetiously, 'I would. not go so far as to say that the banks will get a little the best of it-an even break sounds more conservative.1
 The same might be said of the committee on labor. With four men out of the five carrying union cards in their vest pockets. it is probable that labor will get an "even break" also.
 The makeup of the committee on matters for separate submission is also interesting. When the commit tee on committees was making up its list of standing committees stand was made for a committee on liquor traffic. The submission of a pro- hibition measure to popular vote would be referred to this committee. The anti-saloon men wanted the com mittee, but there was much opposi- tion. Crutchfield of Maricopa, who was a member of this committee, was strong for it, but was compelled to yield to a compromise by which any measure dealing with the liquor ques- ton will be referred to the committee on matters for separate submission. In looking over the personnel of this latter committee it will be noted that two of the members have been, at one time or another, interested in the conduct of a saloon. A third mem Der is said to be decidedly wet" while the remaining two are supposed to have rather strong inclination toward the dry end of the prohibi- | ton barometer. Under these circum- | brightly as it might for the votaries of the anti-saloon movement. There l is little doubt that when the matter | is finally threshed out there will be a | lively argument that will be carried | to the floor of the convention. A | majority and minority report may be l expected from the committed, for i there is about as much chance of the l members getting together in harmony | on the liquor question as there is of l a nest of jackrabbits affiliating with some hungry coyotes. This metaphor | should not be applied too vigorously, | of course. t W tf
 After everybody had learned just | what committees they were on and who got the places they wanted to | fill, and it had been decided to print | a hundred copies of the nominations | for distribution. the matter of report | ing the convention was taken up. |
 It Is going to cost just about $s,50o |