Weekly journal-miner., 1910-10-19
Constitutional Convent1on

lfun sway. Hunt and Winsor stand for the same Socialistic ideas. Hunt was elected possibly because of a portly presence, suggestive of a lit tie more dignity than that carried by the smaller physical man from Yuma. Webb of Graham Is undOubt- edly the parliamentarian of the Democratic majority. He can give cards, spades and the little casino to the fat president from Gila, and beat him easily at the game. In the petty parliamentary floor skirmishes the Republicans have taken no part. Webb is one of the few commanding personalities. among the Democratic delegates. He has brains, and uses them, but for what ultimate purpose is yet to be learned. He would have made the best presiding of lficer from the whole Democratic out fit, but in the eyes of his colleagues | his Mormon church connections were fatal to his presidential aspirations. At that he is going to cut a lot of ice in the proceedings.
 The Republican members are smiling sweetly over the Democratic determination to shut them out of any share of the patronage bone. As a matter of fact, not a single Re publican delegate came to Phoenix expecting to install one Republican D,NA ha naunnarofc or rather Socialists parading as Dem oerats, could not refrain from an Op- portunity to impress upon the eleven Republicans that they were on the outside and in reality had no rights as against the Democratic majority. Be it said to the credit of Mulford Winsor of Yuma, that he tried to head off the exhibition of bone grab ping, coupled with a ridiculous idea that the grab was to numiliiate the Republicans at the same time. Win sor made a motion that a commit tee of three be appointed by the chair on convention employees. I'm mediately Mike Cunniff of Yavapai one of the windy five who have thus far practically monopolized the con veDtiOn proceedings, amended that a committee of thirteen-one from each county. But right nere Cunniff caught warning glance from some one, at the door-and changed the number to ten, thus eliminating the three counties represented by Repub. lieans, from the pap grab.
 The Republicans were given an other reminder this morning that they may be, but are not really of the convention, from the majority viewpoint. Immediately after the body was called to order, Chairman Hunt announced in a loud voice that Judge Baker, one of the delegate. from Maricopa, desired to confer with the delegates in an adjoining eommittee room. "I mean only the Democrats - Democratic delegates, 'i Hunt quickly corrected.
 Thereupon the forty-One solemnly herded themselves into the sardine can committee room adjoining, leav. ing the big, well aired, cool and cosy assembly chamber to the smil- ing eleven Republicans.
 The committee of thirteen on special committees made its report this morning to the effect that the standing committees were made up of three on Order of Business and twenty-one on Constitution making.
 By actual count, there were just thirty-five people in the galleries this morning. At least twenty of these people hoping for jobs. Among the latter present was Bo Whitesides who hopes to be sergeant-at-arms. Bo has been a legislator and an attacne for many years. Nearly everyone is kindly to the man from Nogales. He is picturesque, interesting and kind ly, but with a splendid nerve when nerve is needed to swat the fellow opposed to Bo's side of the house Bo has been such feature and fix ture around the capital in political fly time that the molasses is sure to miss him if he fails to squat on the edge of the plate.
 PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 13. - Ap- parently Hunt tried to play petty politics in his committee appoint. ments today. He is avowedly a can didate for Governor.