Arizona republican., 1910-07-18
Democratic Territorial Com
 mittee For a PaPty Fight OVER THE CONSTITUTION
There Had Been a Strong Contrary Sentiment But the Committee Found It. self Unable to Control County Organizations

The democratic territorial commit tee, which met at Prescott on Sat urday night, decided to make a part Arizona A resolution recommending to all the county committees the plac- ing of democratic candidates for del egates in the field was adopted with out a dissenting voice.
 Sheriff Carl Hayden, who with II. Fl. McNeil and l.. R. Kruger attend ed the meeting. returned yesterday. He said the resolution was the view of all the members of the commit tee and especially advocated by Flu gene s Ives of Tucson, who it had been reported was in favor of a non-partisan convention.
 Whatever views some of the mem bers of the committee might have previously entertained, it was argued
  mittee to enforce any program on the county committees. In Maricopa and Cochise the committee had al- ready declared for partisan tickets and they would be nominated in spite of the territorial committee. It was better therefore to make a party fight of it and the winning party in the convention would be responsi ble for the constitution.
 Though Sheriff Hayden said that the meeting was harmonious on this point, according to the Journal Miner. the subject had been vigorously and heatedly threshed out the day before, or the night before at a caucus, the sentiment of which seemed to favor bipartisan convention. As a result of that caucus it was gen eralIy understood at Prescott that the committee on the following day would recommend partisan tick cts. It was stated that Senator Ives was strong in favor of such a course but that understanding was evidently not well founded.
 The meeting was rather more than a committee meeting. Beside the members of the committee there were present many of the leading demo- crats of the territory most of whom took part in the discussion.
 Among those present were Dr. John R Whitesides of Mohave, Chairman Dillon. Eugene s. Ives and J. E. Rreathitt, by proxy, from Tucson; Hon. John R. Hampton and Hon. NJ. G. Burns, Frank Cox and Messrs- Havden. McNeil and Kruger of Phoe- nix and Col J. F. Wilson, J. J. Hawkins. Reese Ling and Henry Ashurst of Prescott.
 Hon. Marcus A. Smith had been Tn town the day before and was pres ent at the caucus but he had left for the coast before the committee meeting.
 If happened also on Saturday that Chairman Harrington of the board or supervisors of Yavapai county had received from Attorney General Wright an opinion regarding the man. ner of holding the election for dele rates to the constitutional conven- tion It had been broadly under stood that the election for delegates and for the first set of state or floors should be held under the laws that prevailed previous to the pas sage of the primary law and the enactment of the educational qualifi- cation. that is under the law gov erning the election of 1908, whlch ,,,ould he the amended law of 1905, providing for the holding of county conventions and primaries of all par, -tv organizations at the same tune. But in the opinion of the attorney general the election will have to be held under the laws of 1901 when the statutes were revised. In that case all political organizations will direct their own affairs, hold their primaries and conventions when and where they please.