Arizona republican., 1912-06-29
ADAMS HOME
 FROM THE WAR
Says It Was Not So Bloody As Reported; Generals Did the Fighting, Privates Are All Good Friends and Taft Will Be Re e-elected

1 J. c. Adams, chairman of the Ari-
 ZOna delegation in the national re-
 publican convention, returned home 1 yesterday, very enthusiastic over the result of the work in Chicago He says the controversy and bitterness ! of the convention was greatly. eX- aggerated by the newspapers and though it was pronounced among some of the leaders among the rank and file of the delegates generally there was the friendliest feeling The country is prosperous and en- ployment at good wages was never more easily obtained The complaint of both the business men and the la boring people is that the country is suffering from too much politics. Mr. Adams believes that after the tur- mOil of the various conventions has subsided, the people of the country recognizing MT. Tafts able admin istration, will return him to the presidency with a larger majority than before, regardless of who the democrats may name It will resolve itself into a contest between the two old parties as there are no vital points in issue that they do not rep resent. He has some interesting things to say however, concerning the effort to launch a third party by the Roosevelt following.
 Reciting the story of the Arizona contest in the convention Mir. Adams said the national committee first seated the Taft delegates Later the case was taken up by the creden- tials committee of the convention consisting of one delegate from each state, territory or island dependency. Arizona was the second case con- sidered and it was gone into thor Oughly. between six and seven hours being devoted to it. The Taft dele gates from Arizona requested Mir Adams to present their side of the case and that of the cOntesting dele gation was presented by Judge J. II. Kibbey. After the examination and investigation there were but thirteen votes cast against the seating of the Taft delegation. Every committee man representing state that had not sent instructed delegates, includ- ing the La Toilette man from Wis consin. voted to seat the Taft dele gates.
 Mr Adams says that two days later he met Representative Mondell of Wyoming whose delegation was not instructed. MT. Mondell said that after hearing the investig atiOn of the contest he had told MT Heard that he was surprised that he should put up such flimsy contest to be con- sidered by over fifty men represent ing the republican national cOnven- ton.
 Speaking of the friendly relations existing between the partisans of the two leading candidates aside from few leaders, and also of the slight standing the Roosevelt Arizona dele gation had, Mir Adams said that the latter were never even given admis- sion tickets by the convention man agement, but that the Taft delegation was given six extra seats, four of which were generously rendered to the Roosevelt men. Whether all the members of the Roosevelt delegation were able to get in the hall at all he through similar generosity on the part of some one.
 One thing MT. Adams desired to have attention called to particularly is a plank in the platform demand ing an extension of time for pay ment of the reclamation projects. This was done said MT. Adams by the di
 rect efforts of the Arizona delegation,