The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-06-07
Both Taft and Roosevelt Factions of Party Hold Conventions in Same Hall While Band Plays and Delegates
 All Shout.
 ls SHOUTING AND YELLING CONTINUED 20 MINUTES At End of That Time Roosevelt Faction Left Hall; Taft Fac ton Remained to Com plete Their Labors.


 Tucson, June s-This way, ladies and gents, this way to the two-ring circus
 Secure your seats before the circus in the big tent begins.
 No side show today, ladies and gents, the entire performance is giy- en under one canvas and for one price of admission:
 The only and original great two ring circus, ladies and gents! Two rings. remembah, count them, TWO.
 Many of the living political wonders of the state, ladies and gents, you'll find upon the inside. They're not dead but alive
 Hear the band play and watch the actors ride their hobbies furiously about the rings, performing wonder full. marvellous, amazing and daring feats.
 That was not the spiel made be- fore the Tucson opera house yesterday morning when the Republican state convention convened to elect dele- gates to the national convention, but such a spiel might have been made without being in the. least inappro- priate.
 For it was a great political circus 'fwith- two rings, and the band played while each faction occupied ring and was trying to do business. It played any sort of tune and the delegates went right ahead talking as they would if they could be heard.
 Two Delegations.
 Both the Roosevelt faction and the Taft faction elected delegates to the national convention in Chicago and both conventions were held under one roof and with two chairman presid ing The faction which will be recog- niZed at Chicago will be the one which happens to be with the win ming faction at the national conve,i- tion. Each elected a national com mitteeman-
 It happened this way:
 There were four contesting dele gations. These delegations were from Maricopa, Yavapai, COchise and Pima counties The executive committee of the state committee was to have passed on the contest Saturday, but it let the matter go over until SuE- day, and then it didn't act until Sum- day night when it refused to consider any of the contesting delegations credentials except Cochise county, and to this county it gave one-ha.f vote to each of the contesting dele gates Roosevelt delegates of other counties presented no credentials to the committee.
 This left the convention in such shape that the Taft men would be in the control and they could seat the other Taft delegates who were con- testing. It seemed to be a very .smoothe scheme but it didn't work.
 The Roosevelt men proved to be the smoothest politicians for they out generated the Taft delegates. They held a meeting Sunday night and agreed to not bolt the convention but to capture the convention by fair means and do business in the opera house.
 The plan was to have the presiding officer recognize one of the Roose- welt men and after he had done so the Roosevelt man was to place in nom- ination T. D. Molloy for temporary chairman If the presiding officer. J. L. Hubbel. refused to put the motion after it was made the Roose- welt man was to put it and then Mol Joy was to take his place on the platform as chairman.
 This plan worked to perfection. Judge .Kibbey got the attention of MT. Hubbel and objected to the accept ance of the roll call as made. He was interrupted and the chair admit ted, upon Judge Kibbey insisting, that the judge had the floor. Then he made the motion nominating Molloy for temporary chairman. Of course MT Hubbel, being presiding officer, chairman of the state committee and a pronounced Taft man, could not al low that motion to go so he refused to put it, but put a motion nominat- ing J. J. Reddick, of Mohave county
 Then the big two-ringed circus started and it kept going for exactly twenty minutes when the Roosevelt men finished their business and ad- journed, leaving the Taft men still doing business.
 Two Chairmen Busy.
 The chairmen of both factions inl- mediately took their places on the platform and the temporary secre- taries were elected. George Mauk was secretary for the Taft faction.