Arizona republican., 1912-09-30
Three Political Parties Meet at High Noon at State House to Elect State Chairmen and Secretary; Delegates Gather
DEMOCRATS HAVE
 SCRAP IN RANKS
Other Two Parties Will Quietly Meet and Re-elect Present Officers While Free and Unterrified Fight It Out

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 Fight It Out
 ] Phoenix is today the scene of the meetings of three state central com nittees of the three parties which are
 now engaged in the presidential | campaign These three committees : will be called together simultaneous | ly at high noon today in various portions of the state house for the l purpose of electing the state chair i man of the parties and laying the [ plans for the completion of the pres | cnt campaign which will end with 1 the first Tuesday after the first ] Monday in November. when the cit izens of the state of Arizona will 1 cast their first vote for president of l the United States.
 1 The republican party meeting will 1 be held in the senate chamber for the draughtsmen of the state engi-
 neer and land commission will be 1 forced to vacate for the day. Prom inent republicans from all over the state began arriving last night and yesterday for the meeting and more are expected this morning by the early trains.
 The present organization of the C. Q. P will not be changed if the views of the republicans who arrived yesterday are anything to go by As one prominent member said last evening, The republican party seeks for this election to retain in control of the party those men who are not republicans for the sake of office, but who are particularly republicans and who have fought the battles of the party for years" This is taken to indicate the reelection of Hon. J. Lorenzo Hubbell of Apache coun- ty, as state chairman, with Charles Arnold of MaricOpa county county as state secretary.
 Following the adjournment of the state committee meeting today the plans will be laid for the first meet ing of the party council which will be called to order promptly at high noon tomorrow by Secretary of State Sidney P Osborn.
 Like their republican opponents the present Bull Moose organization com posed of J L. B. Alexander as chair
 man and Charles Civille as secretary will not be changed. The progressives will meet in the legislative chamber of the state house also at noon sharp. Over in the supreme court chamber where the democrats will be meeting things will not be as pleasant, There | is a three cornered fight on among ! the free and unterrified for the posi- ton of state chairman. J. J. Birdno of Graham county, the present chair man is d candidate to succeed him self and is opposed in his desire by l Senator O. M. Roberts of COchise | county who is conceded to be the | administration or radical democratic
 choice, and by George Olney of Mar | icOpa county who represents the con servative democrats of the state. The fight is fierce and the posi- tion of the various county delega | tions is eagerly sought. It is con- l ceeded that if Birdno sees he has no | chance of reelection he will throw his strength which comes from Gra- ham. Greenlee. Apache and Navajo | counties to Olney which will leave no | The adherents of Senator Roberts
 were last night busily engaged until
 the early morning hours in getting second choice pledges from the coun- ties that were likely to be for either l Birdno on the first ballot or so. In l the same way the other delegations were milling around trying to secure 1 the election of their man as a sec ! ond choice.
 The conservative democrats are sure that Onley will be the next state chairman They claim Mari copa, Pinal, Pima, Mohave. Yavapai with more than a fighting chance in 1 Coconino. This leaves but Cochise and Yuma for Roberts, but he also l claims Yavapai. Navajo, Apache and 1 Pinal. The exact strength of the com mittee shall consist of one member from each county together with one member from each county committee l for every two hundred votes cast | in the recent gubernatorial election. 1 Tn the fight for the chairmanship | the secretaryship has been overlook | ed The present secretary of the | party is J. l.. Kerby, with Mark l Dunbar as assistant secretary. The meetings this morning is the | first time the state committees have
 met on the same day. Until the pres ent primary law was passed they were allowed to choose their own place and time of meeting, but the new law not only sets out the time | of meeting but also provides who shall belong to the state committee, and where the meetings shall be held,