Arizona republican., 1910-12-08

ceedings, to cause typewriter copies to be made and forwarded to each of the members desiring them for verification as to the thoroughness of the editing and the secretary of the territory was directed to pay the freight out of the forty odd thousand dollars remaining of the original appropriation.
 MT. Cunningham inquired if it was the purpose of the resolution to afford employment for an indefinite period to five members of the convention, to do something that had been supposed to be done
 Thus the convention in its closing hours was brought back to the question of the "verbatinr reports which had consumed so much time at the begin ming. Mir Franklin offered as an amendment to the Winsor resolution that such record as had been kept of the proceedings be eXpunged. MT l Winsor made a plea for immortality He believed that the acts and words of the members would be of priceless value to posterity. But the record of them in it's present form was crude and it should be put into shape by per son who knew how.
 i Wanted Record Expunged.
 If asked Mir. Franklin. the record is crude. how will any five men after the lapse of sixty days be able to cor rect it?"
 It was brought out in the course of further discussion that the purpose of the resolution was to correct the speeches of members, presumably all of them and when they had been put in to shape. they were to be sent to the authors. who if they found that the editors had wrongly construed their words. should so inform the commit tee of editors.
 Judge Baker said that the task pro- posed to be imposed upon the com . mittee was a hopeless one. The mem bcrs would be widely separated; the I convention would be a thing of the past He therefore suggested another amendment that the verbatim report | he allowed to stand as it is. Mir Frank | lin withdrew his amendment in favor of that. NIT. Cunningham seconded it. He said that when he had had any thing to say in the course of the con Vention he had said it advisedlv and he was prepared to stand bv it. He did
 
 the meaning of his remarks.
 Every Man His Own Editor While the debate was in progress. Mir. Goldwater. chairman of the com mittee on resolutions entered tho ! chamber and after he had caught the drift of the discussion he was remind l ed that he had found on his desk copy of a resolution which had been introduced carly in the session. It pro- vided that any member who had speech that he was proud Of and de- sired perpctuated. should have the privilege of having it typewriter at his own expense and copied into the rec ord More than that. He was. to be allowed to insert wherever he pleased and as often as he pleased the following words and expressions. hear. hear applause" prolonged applause" laughter" "cries of laugh ter" etc
 ! MT. Cunniff said that if the gentle men had had occasion to look over the record of the speeches as they had | been taken they would recognize the need of editing. once he had seen q book written bv an insane man and he had never since seen anything like it until he had perused the record of some of the speeches.
 MT. Cunningham, in jest or earnest. took exception to Mir Cunniffs com parison of insane literature with the speeches
 NIT. Short desired to know who was going to pass on the work of the edit ing committee. There could ne nobdv and therefore he would favor standing by the verbatim record whatever it might be. MT Goldwater suggested another amendment-that instead of the appointment of a committee of five from among the members of the con vention. the committee be selected from among the inmates of the insane asylum. Not seconded.
 There was further running debate and the Baker amendment was carried by vote of 25 to 23.
 MT Jones of Maricopa, who had urged that the proposed revision would be useful in the future. told the con ventiOn that the members who had voted for the amendment did not know what they were doing. A Political Magazine. Another reason why there should be a revision of the record. MT. Cunniff
  said. was that in it's present shape the republicans would make political cap ital out of it. though in what manner he did not explain.
 Couldn't we do that anyhow" asked MT. Kingan.
 .I don't know whether you could or not" replied Mir Cunniff.
 We could as long as we have courts said MT. Kingan. i If we are not going to edit the re- 1 port" said MT. Webb. by all means let us destroy it" Illustrating the in accuracy of it he said he had occasion to look over it once and he found a speech delivered by MT. Crutchfield had been credited to Judge Baker. who though he had been willing to let the verbatim report stand, sprang to his feet and demanded that it be edited out. MT. Crutchfield remarked that he was as much ashamed of it as Judge Baker.
 At this point the vote by which the Baker amendment had been carried was reconsidered. MT. Morgan said that he had voted for the amendment in the first place. but since then dele | gate from Cochise had informed him l that he had looked over the record and