Arizona republican., 1910-12-01

had been repeated. MT. Ingraham confessed that he was the chairman of the committee but he sought to shift the blame upon the convention which had named him and the other members of the special committee.
 The proposition was gone over sec tion by section. Section con- sists of the piece work of the 1909 primary law. not only changed as to dates to make it applicable to an election held at some other time than the regular election but it was otherwise amended so as to meet the views of the amenders as to what a primary law ought to be.
 Regarding the last paragraph of ths section. creating the primary canvassing board, Mir. Cunningham asked if it was not unusual for the name of an individual to appear in such a measure. What if George ". F. Hunt should die before he could perform the duty imposed upon him in this paragraph? Life is uncertain at the best Beside, after the con vention. there will be no convention and therefore no president of the convention. If such a canvassing board is needed, in the opinion of Mir Cunningham. precaution should be taken so that its existence should not depend upon any particular man. The duty which it was sought to lay upon the shoulders of MT. Hunt should in some way he perpetusted.
 This was thrown out merely as a suggestion and it was admitted by Mir Ingraham that perhaps it had not been best to name any particu- lar person in regard to the canvass ing board.
 A Blow At Ambition.
 MT. Ellinwood said that it was un- thinkable that any man should be placed on the canvassing board. or who should have the power of ap- pointment to the canvassing board who might himself be a candidate at the coming election. He would there fore offer the following amendment to the canvassing board paragraph Provided that no person serving on such canvassing board or appointing anybody to such canvassing board shall be eligible for nomination to any office to be voted for at such election"
 Mr. WinsOr said that it was equal ly urihinkable that the field If ann bition of any patriotic Arizonian should be so circumscribed as was provided for in this amendment. IL might not be possible to secure a canvdssing board in all the state. Mir Ellinwood replied that he could find enough men in the convention. Mir Winsor would not dispute the statement but he doubted it. MT Parsons believed that the entire six ty days of the convention would be consumed in vain in a search for such disinterested patriots as Jr Ellinwood believed to exist.
 The office seekers were in such overwhelming majority that the Ell inv, Od amendment had no chance It was smothered under a storm of Noes
 Mir. Cunningham moved to strike out all of section ,. He said tha special committee had be.n formed ton law It had not done so but had undertaken to amend the ter riiorial law; had engaged in legis- lation and had gone contrary to th, enabling act. Reference had been made to the primary law adopted lay the Oklahoma convention, but Mir. Cunningham asserted that it was not such a primary law as this pro- posed one. besides the circumstances in Oklahoma were quite different. Chairman Hlgraham replied that tl,is matter had been g0re ever al the tune of the appointment of the committee ano he believed that il was within the power of :he commit tee to prepare this or some such law for the first state election. Thi; view vas conc urred in i,y Mr. Ellin- 'Sood who sai1 though that he was oppn: cd to section ard would vote to strike it out.
 Why 1t was Done.
 Mir. Jones of Maricopa, a member of the special committee. explained why the comm ittee had found it nee essary to brirg in such a proposed law It was that an advisory vote for United States senators might bt obtained That. of course. was some thing that the framers of the enab- | ling act had not thought of. Tn, same framers will probably not thinl much of fhis correction of their over sight now that their attention is tt | be called to it.
 Mr. Winsor made an appeal, frs to the democratic members and ther he included the republican member! for he said that all of them had beer pledged to a direct primary system