Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
THREE PARTIES
 ORGANIZE FUR
 FALL ELECTION
County Central Committees Meet, Elect Delegates to State Committee Meet ings Next Monday and Adjourn

The county party committees un- de.- the new primary law were or ganized yesterday, on the fourteenth day after the holding of the pri- maries. In all of the party commit tees after organization, there was some informal talk regarding party declarations and certain things in ali Of the committees were accepted ten tatively, but they were allowed to go over to the time of the report of the committee on resolutions
 The meeting of the progressive committee was held in the party headquarters in the Fleming block. There was a good attendance. Six teen of the twenty members of the committee were present in person or by proxy. The business was con Iducted harmoniously. George N. MacBean was elected chairman and Fred w. Smith, secretary treasurer. A. Villman of Alma was chosen member of the state committed The following committee was appointed to fill vacancies: Chairman MacBean, H. B. Wilkinson and Secretary Smith The following committee on resolu- tions was named: Robert S. Fisher, B. o. Brown and w. P. Doheney. This committee will report tomorrow. The democratic Committee The democratic committee was or ganized after serious travail and some irregularity, which was given the gentler name of informality. Three candidates for the chairman ship had been announced, Don c Rabbit. c. C. Thompson and w. l.. Barnum. A committee on creden- tials, for which no provision is made in the primary law, was appointed to pave the way for a premature change in the committee Mr Rabbit not being a member of the committee, was ineligible to election to the Craftsmanship. Accordingly w. A Burton, committeeman from Mesa, offered his resignation. MT Barnum denied that the committee had 1a- thority to act upon it until it had
 
 under which the organization must be effected, he showed that the first step in the organization was the cleo . ton of a chairman, and then the election of a secretary and treasurer or a secretary treasurer Until the committee was so organized, the body could not act in the matter of ac- cepting resignations or filling va cancies
 But Acting Chairman Bullard ruled that the committee might proceed informally, and in that manner the resignation of MT. Burton was ac- cepted and in the same informal manner Mir. Babbitt was qualified for the chairmanship, to which later he was elected by exclamation. Frank P. Trott was chosen secretary and Guy Alsap treasurer.
 The county was divided into eleven | districts by the process of gerry mandering, for the purpose of elect l ing state committeeman. These elev- en districts all center in Phoenix, 1 Tempe and Mesa, whence the com mitteemen were chosen, so that the greater part Of the county was left without representation, except i1 name The members of the commit : l tee are c. P. Bullard, Dr. A. B. Nicn- oils, Walter Brawner, Ne.i Osborn, 1 C. C. Thompson, all of Phoenix. c. TT. Thompson of Wilson districts George A. Olney of Osborn, Hugh Dana of Mesa, B. B. Moeur of Tem- pc, &. A. Meyer of Chandler, l.. D. Rousseau of Fowler and w. l.. Bar
 mum of Phoenix, at large
 The democratic committee 1p- l (Continued on Page Six)