Weekly journal-miner., 1910-10-19

corporations Judge Wells and Braeey Curtiss are distinguished in the convention as Republicans elect ed on decidedly progressive plat forms, but they are in a small min ority of the committee of nine hay ing these all important matters to consider. This is one of the commit tees on which the public may well fasten its eyes in search of a cor poration joker. WinsOr of Yuma is the only man on the committee who is not known to have any corpora tion connections. This is one of the four committees which MT. Ellinwood worked hardest to secure a place on.
 The composition of the Railroad Committee is also suggestive of the fine hand of the big railroads oper ating in Arizona. On the face of things it looks like the convention had hOisted a red rag in the face of the Santa Fe and Southern Pa eifie by the appointment of F. A. Jones, Charley Aker's man Friday, for chairman. But on the same com mittee of seven are brainy Ellinwood, Mike Cunniff, whose anti-eorporation stunts have yet to make him fam ous; F. B. Bradner, a switenman in the employ of the Phelps-Dodge road; c. F. Connolly, railroad en- gineer in the employ of the same line; F. L. Short, a merchant of Bouse, and Carl Jaeome, a Tucson merchant. Unquestionably Ellinwood is the brains of this combination. Four constitute a majority. Surely the fine hand of Elliwnood may be expected when this committee makes it's report.
 The Labor Committee has as it's chairman John Bolan, a miner of Bisbee. His associates are F. B. Bradner, switehman, of the same city; Tom Feeney, machinits, of the same place; Morgan, a Santa Fe protege from Navajo, and Judge Cooper of Pima. Three of the men on this committee are employees of the elps-Dodge corporation, one a pro- tege of the Santa Fe, and the one in dependent is a Republican, Judge Cooper of Tucson. The work of no other committee will be watched with more interest. The betrayal of Prohibition in com mittee is plainly evidenced in the personnel of the committee Keegan, one of its members, is a saloon keep CT in Globe. This is the committee On matters for separate submission. The chairman is Thomas Wills, eat tleman, of Pinal, who is bitterly op- posed t0 prohibition. E. A. Tovrea is also an outspoken enemy of dry laws. The three named are the ma fr af Pa- publican drys who voted for them may take what comfort they can in the outlook. Webb of Graham re- fused to take the pledge to submit the amendment separately, but Judge Franklin of Marieopa is on record to submit.
 That Hunt used his appointing power to feather his own political nest, and not for the best interests of the Territory, which are depend ent upon the complexion of the Con stitution, is not to be doubted when one understands the inside workings of the Democratic organization eau GUS prior to the opening of the con vention.
 The five stalwarts of the old Democracy in the convention are Webb of Graham, Baker and Frank lin of Marieopa, Ellinwood of Co., ehise and Goldwater of Yavapai. In the final shuffle, however, Goldwater went over to Hunt, and got his re- ward in the chairmanship of one of the most unimportant, if not the most unimportant of the commit
 tees. Webb, Baker, Franklin and
 Al, into the Hunt or Winsor camp. The first ballot in the caucus was very much scattered, all the favorite sons, GOldwater, Webb, Hunt, Win sOr, Franklin and Baker getting votes. On the second ballot, Frank lin had thirteen, Winsor thirteen and Hunt fifteen. There was not much change in the third, but in the fourth the break came First, Simms and Bolan of the Cochise delega- tiOn, who mad been voting for Win sor, more on aeeOun tof his Elk af- fiiations than anything else, jumped into the Hunt band wagon. Gold water also took a tumble and then the three from Yuma, led by Win sor, climbed on board. The final vote was twenty-three to eighteen, as be- tween Hunt and Franklin. Judge Franklin got nine from Marieopa, five from Graham, Eillinwood of Co chise, LOvin of Mohave and two others
 Neither Ellinwood, Judge Baker, Webb or Franklin was hOnored with chairmanship. As a result there is lot of bitterness underneath the outward quiet of the Marieopa and Graham county delegations. No more intelligent delegations are seated in the convention than these two.
 Hunt ambition, his friends openly declare, is to be Governor of Ari zona. UnquestiOnably he has dis gusted a goodly number of the best delegates by his committee appoint ments. Why Yuma, with only three delegates, should be honored with no less than four ehairmanships, while Graham, with five delegates, is given only two, and the leader of the dele
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