El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02
than they began to dare their oppo-
nents 10 knock them off.
Conservatives In Saddle.

! than they began to dare their oppo-
nents 10 knock them off.
Conservatives In Saddle.
To the selection of J. J. Birdno as
temporary chairman there was no 90
lection, but when Mark Dunbar, who
was not a member of the committee,
was named as temporary secretary, a
howl went up from the radicals Dun
bar was duly seated by vote which
showed the conservative strength.
Then came the question of permitting
proxies to vote, which brought on a
warm passage at arms between Null
ford Winsor, who was there with
Yuma county proxy, as the representa-
tive of the administration crowd, and
". T. webb, the newly elected Demo-
cratic elector, representative, or leader
of the conservatives 1t was finally
ruled by the chair that no holders of
proxies should have the right to the
floor until the report OF the committee
on credentials had been received. That
temporarily settled that row.
Clash Between Leaders.
While the committees were out, John
Robinson, of Yavapai, and Eugene
Brady O'NeiIl, of AIaricopa, become en-
broiled, and Robinson in a cauStic
speech, flayed the Maricopa county
man, telling him in plain language
what he thought of him and his pecu-
liar brand of Democracy. As Robinson
is a conservative and O'Neil a radical,
stead of being bridged over by the
wordy war, was further widened, as
was evidenced when at the close of the
meeting OIney was chosen chairman
over Roberts by the decisive vote OF
AZ to 25, and Robinson was made secre-
tary by unanimous vote
Radicals Are Sore.
Whether or not the fight Will be car
ried into the campaign is problema teal.
The radicals are sore and it is be-
radicals from principle will vote with
the Bull Moosers" on election day as
a rebuke to the so-called conservative
Democrats, whom they charge with be-
ing willing to ruin the Democratic
party if they can't rule it
By comparison with the stormy Dem
ocratic meeting, the meetings of the
Republicans and ProSressives were
tame affairs, though there was no lack
of enthusiasm in either. The old or
ganizations of both were chosen for the
new term and all went merry IS that
marriage bell that IS so much talked
about Chairman J. Lorenzo HubbeIl,
of the Republicans, is as confident OF
carrying the state for Taft, as chair
man Alexander is that Arizona will go
almost solidly for Roosevelt, or as
chairman Olney is that the state will
cast two votes for Wilson to one for
both Taft and Roosevelt.
Arizona Takes Politics Seriously.
Arizona is taking her politics very
seriously this year. 1t is the first
time her citizens have ever had an
opportunity to vote for a president OF
the United States and they feel the
weight of the responsibility thrust
upon them by their new environment
They are going TO make the most of it. |
The meetings of Monday and Tuesday
brought nearly every politician OF note {
in the state to the capital ION Camp
bell, the young candidate for congress
upon the Republican ticket, came down
from his home in Prescott with a
strong body guard led by that veteran
campaigner Bob" Morrison. Robert |
i. Fisher, the Bull Moose candidate for |
congress, came in from spelIblndlng
trip in the northern counties to be |
present at the ''doin's' of his party, and |
Carl Hayden, present incumbent and |
Democratic nominee for reelection to |
congress, also found it to his advan- |
tage to be on the ground. Governor |
Hunt was on hand, of course, as were ]
all other state officers and United /
States senator Ashurst found it con-
venient to stay over after his speech at 1
the Democratic rally of Saturday night. !
To revert to the split in the ranks 4
of the Arizona Democracy, II might be 1
added that in the recent primaries for /
choices of electors, only among the /
Democrats was there a contest and in /
the contest the conservatives won, ". |
T. Webb of Graham; Wylie B. Jones, of |
Pinal, and George Babbitt of CoconinO,
all conservatives, being chosen.
For Equal Suffrage.
1t is not a coincident that each Of
the three party platforms contain |
planks favOring equal suffrage regard
less of sex The women of Arizona |
have organized pretty thoroughly. es-
pecia1y in the most populouS coun-
ties, to bring pressure to bear to have |
placed upon an equal foot
ing with their sisters in California and
Colorado in the matter of voting. and |
the men of all parties are inclined to |
ct them have their way in the matter.
Gov. Hunt is known to favor equal I
suffrage; chairman Hubbell. of the Re
publican state central committee ex-
pressed himself in favor of giving
votes to women in an interview on !
Monday, while the Bull Moosers can't