Arizona republican., 1912-06-04

TUCSON. Ariz., June 3.-With the thermometer at 100 derees hot" and in presence of a considerable gathering of residents of the Old Pueblo who had come to witness a knock down an1 drag-out fight, the two factions or republican party of Arizona held con- ventions in the opera house here to- day.
 The visitors were disappointed and each faction in remarkably short time and in m unusually peaceful manner disposed of the business they had gath cred to transact and by noon hal ad- journed after having elected six dele gates and six alternates to the repub- lican national convention.
 One faction proposed as member os the republican national committee for Lorenzo Hubbel of Apache county, delegate alternate w H. Clark, Navajo county: delegate James T. Williams of Pima; alternate Allen T. Bird, Santa Cruz; delegate Dr. F. T. Wright of Cochise; alternate J. H. Reddick of Moiave Delegate P. H Freundenthal of Graham; alternate W. D. Flick of GiIa. Delegate Robert E Morrison of Yavapai, alternate H. Vince Ciymer of Yuma: national committeeman, Ralph H Cameron of Coconino.
 The Roosevelt delegates and their alternates are: delegate ThOs. Motley of Yuma: alternate C. J. McCabe of Cochise.; delegate Ben Daniels of Pi- ma: alternate Walter Wakefield of Pima; delegate Dwight B. Heard of Maricopa: alternate w. B. Shively of Yavapai: delegate John McRedman of Pinal: alternate F. F. Cummings of Santa Cruz; delegate E. $. Clark of Yavapai: alternate A. l.. Cummings of Greenlee: delegate j. C. Greenway of Cochise; alternate F. Jerry Elliott of Gila: Fred Cleveland of MaricOpa for national committeeman.
 THE PRELIM MARES.
 For the past two days delegates and leaders have been arriving at Tucson to be on the ground early and in at tendance at meeting of the state exec utive committee which had been by an- nouncement called for the presentation of all contest papers. It had been planned to hold a meeting of this com mittee on Sunday but that was found to be impossible and it was not until last night that the committee met. The first contest to be heard was that of the COclise delegates. The contention of the Roosevelt forces was that of regular procedure. their delegates hay ing been chosen by a majority of the members of the 1911 county central committed The Taft delegation from Cochise claimed to be regularly elected delegates on the ground that the 1911 central committee was without juris JictiOn in the matter of naming dele gates by reason of no election certifi- cates ever having been fssed to the 1911 committeeman by the Cochise county supervisors
 They took the position that the 190t committee was the only legally consti tuted committee and consequently thu only committee which had authority tC elect delegates to the Tucson cOnven ton under the state committee call Of the 1908 committee a meeting haC been held with a good sized majOrit, present end had named a Taft delega tion
 No other contest was presented t. the executive committee for cOnsidera ton and all of the other counties pre- scented their Credtntials to be passe upon. 1t was the announced intention of the executive committee to prepar a temporary roll call for the conven tion after the hearing they went int executive session for the contest. Whil no official announcement was made O the result of the executive session gos sip was soon in possession of both fac tions that the Taft forces from Cochis county were accorded half a vote o the temporary roll caI1 of conventio and the Roosevelt forces from Cochis county half a vote.
 It was at this time in the evenin that the Taft and Roosevelt leader