Arizona republican., 1912-06-05
CONVENTION STORY
 suCc|NcTlY TOLD
Relation of Delegate Who Only Wants the Record Kept Straight

| Some of the delegates from this
 county to the Tucson convention re-
 turned on Monday night and the rest
 of them as well as those from the
 northern counties kept drifting in | throughout yesterday
 1 One of them belonging to the re- gular convention said that he would 1 like to see a succinct account of the
 proceedings printed merely for the purpose of keeping the record straight He had no feeling in the
 matter. that is, no i'll feeling for the utmost friendliness prevailed after the close of the conventions and the night was spent by the delegates to both in fraternizing and swearing eternal friendship to one another.
 But briefly, he said, the facts were
 as follows. At ten o'clock on Mon
 day, Chairman J. L. Hubbell of the republican state central committee called the convention to order in the | Tucson opera house according to the official call ThereupOn he directed | Secretary Hayes of the committee to read the call. At the conclusion of ! the reading, the chairman stated that 1 on account of the numerous contests, leaving the uncOnteSted delegates in number considerably less than a | quorum. the secretary had made up i a temporary roll call consisting of the names of the uncOntested dele gates The roll call was read and then the chairman stated that nom nations for a temporary chairman
 were in order. MT. Reddick an un- contested delegate from Mohave was placed in nomination and his nomina- tion was seconded by two uncontest-
 ed delegates
 At this stage. former Governor Kibbey of the contested delegation from Maricopa arose to make a pro- test which he stated. The point of order was raised that the name of Governor Kibbey was not on the tenn porary roll, that he was not at pres ent q member of the convention and that, beside his protest was not ger
 mane to the matter before the con-
 vention, the election of q temporary
 chairman. The point was sustained. It was then noticed that the ROose
 welt delegates had seated themselves together on one side of the auditor
 ium On the decision of Chairman
 Hubben on the point of order, they
 moved forward toward the stage in
 a body and Thomas n. MollOy an
 uncontested member from Yuma took
 his place on the stage in front of the Roosevelt delegats Meanwhile Tem
 porary Chairman Reddick had been
 elected Just what happened on the Roosevelt side of the house is not known Not a word could be heard. Judge Kibbey now and then passed continually waved his gaVel in the air now and then striking the table with it, d sign taken to mean that some motion or other had been car ried On one side band was play ing and on the other tbere was loud but good natured cheering. When the tumult and the shouting on the Roosevelt side died away, that con- vention passed out.
 The Taft convention proceeded with it's work and two and half hours later it adjourned, all the business having been transacted in an orderly manner. Throughout this strange, scene, there was not an angry word spoken on either side nor was there any other manifestation of hostility and when members of the opposing forces met that night their conversa- ton related chiefly to the subject of ways and means for skinning the democrats when the first opportunity should offer