Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-27
DEMOCRATS ELECT
 JENNINGS CHAIRMAN
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 present get together and select the additional names of those ro be added. An adjournment was then taken over the noon hour to allow the committee | to report.
 Before this was done, however, John w. Newburry, of Douglas, had been elected temporary chairman and James Mcdonald, of Bisbee, secretary. Upon reconvening the meeting was called to order by the temporary chairman and nominations made for the chairman of the committee. Doug las placed in nomination Thomas As kins. Harry Jennings was placed ill nomination by Alexander Murray. The roll was called and on the vote Jen- nings received 8 votes and Askins 19. A motion then was made to make the nomination of Jennings unanimous which was carried. James Mcdonald, of Bisbee, who acted as secretary and treasurer for the past two years, was again given these places. The head quarters of the committee will be in the banner Democratic precinct of the state, Lowell. Quarters have already been provided by the citizens of that city.
 The report of the committee on the platform was then taken up section by section and adopted by a vote of the whole committee. iThe platform as finally adopted is as follows:
 We, the representatives of the Democratic party of Cochise county, do reaffirm our allegiance to those great essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our institu- tions are founded, and which the Democratic party has advocated from the time of Jefferson to our own freedom of speech; freedom of the press; freedom of conscience; the preservation of personal rights; and the equality of all citizens before the laws.
 Record of Achievement.
 We indorse the administration of Woodrow Wilson. During the past four years the splendid record of con- structive legislation enacted by the Democratic party has no comparison in the annals of American history; and we especially commend the pas- sage of the Federal Reserve Act the establishment of a tariff for rev venue only, for the income tax, the child labor law, and especially for his bring ing to a peaceful settlement the con- troversy between the railway em- ployees and officials.
 We indorse the administration of Governor Geo. w. F. Hunt. It speaks for itself. It is the highest exemplifi- cation of the principles of Democratic faith. of sound Democratic doctrine.
 Within five years, honest, fearless, intelligent and efficient Democratic officials have made Arizona, Qong a victim of the abuses of territorialism), state foremost among the enlighten- ed progressive states of the Union
 The Constitution.
 we reaffirm our allegiance to the Constitution of Arizona. We hold that continued and unalterable, belief in the collective wisdom of the people be and hereby is expressed; that the fundamental principles of popuIa. gov ernment, as embodied in the Initiative, the Referendum and the Recall powerful rights secured to 'Arizona's s people through Democratic effort and action-are inherently and everlast- inglv right. that all movements to abridge these sacred rights and pow CTS, reserved by and vested in the people, should be viewed with the ut most alarm, and particularly and spe-