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' Territorial T.lhmry COPFiiii AND flORENCl LEADER Published in the Mo-rencl-Clifton District. Population 15,000 Oldest Copper Pro ducing D I strict , In Stat of Arizona. VOLUME XIV CLIFTON, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912 NUMBEB 3 nr jhi WILSON AND MARSHALL HEAD DEMOCRATIC TICKET CHOICE IS MADE ON 47TH BALLOT THE LAST ROLL CALL. Alabama Wilson 24. Arizona Wilson 6. Arkansas Wilson. IS. California Clark 24. Wilson 2 Colorado Wilson 2. Connecticut Wilson 14. . Deleware Wilson Georgia Wilson 28. Idaho Wil son 6. Illinois Wilson 58. In diana Wilson 30. Iowa Wilson 26. Kansas Wilson 20. Kentucicy Wilson 26. . Louisa na Wison IS, Clark 2. Maine Wilson 12. Mary land Wilson 16. Massachusetts- Wilson 36. Michigan Wilson 30. Minnesota Wilson 24. ' Mississip pi Wilson 20. Missouri Clark 36. Montana Wilson 8-. Nebraska Wilson 16. Nevada Clark 6.. New Hampshire Wilson 8. New Jer sey Wilson 24, Clark 4. New Mexico Wilson 9. 8 New York Wilson 90. North Carolina Wil son $4. North Dakota Wilson 10. Ohio Wilson 33, Harmon 12, Clark 1, absent . Z. Oklahoma Wilson 20. Oregon Wilson 10. Pennsylvania Wilson 75. Rhode Island Wilson 10. South Caro- Hni Wliann 18 Rrkllth" Ttalrfvta. Wilson 10. ' Tennessee Wilson 24. ' Texas Wilson 40. Utah Wilson 8. VermontWilson 8. . Virginia i l. , W8t ' .frginia Wilson , . '.Vis-fsKiHin W'.l: . n 2C. .yoining District of ; Columbia Clark 6. Hawaii Wilson & JPorto Rico Wilson 6. Totals Wilson 9S0, Clark 84, Harmon 12, absent 2: " ' BALTIMORE. Md. July 2. Gover nor' Tttomas Woodrow Wilson! of New Jersey,' was- nominated for " .' president of the United States by the Democrat ic national convention at its afternoon session today when, on its 46th ballot he received 990 votes to 84 for Clark. The Missouri delegation, which had remained faithful to the end, - then moved the nomination be made unani mous:. There was a chorus of approv al and the long fight was ended. Only four ballots were necessary today to reach the nomination. Seemed Hopeless. , When the. convention adjourned last night it seemed it was in a hope less deadlock. Wilson had begun to lose ground the last few! ballots and Clark showed gains. This encouraged the speaker to run over to Baltimore from Washington in hope of still further turning the tide and rallying his forces to a final stand.- wmen-tne speaker arrived, however, he found the Illinois delegation had decided to cast 58 votes for Wilson and this it seems, was fatal to the chances of the Missourian and inspiring to Wil son. The Wilson forces went into the hall at noon firm in the conviction their candidate would be nominated before adjournment. As had been expected the Illinois vote marked the beginning of the end. West Virginia joined hands with Illinois going over to Wil son on the first ballot of the day, the forty-third. Wilson jumped from the final 494 of last night to 602 on this ballot. The figures told their own story. Wilson Men Happy. The Wilson men were jubilant as Chairman James ordered the forty fourth ballot. The most important change in the ballot was Colorado which had been 'voting solidly for Clark, giving Wilson 10 and Clark 2. Altogether there was ac hange of 27 votes on this ballot. Then came the forty-fifth. This, in a way, was dis appointing as Clark held his own and Wilson gained but four. But there were few in the hall all the time who did not believe but Wilson would win, but they expected It would take a long, long time, as the 725 1-2 votes necessary for nomination seemed far removed. It was realized that there must be a break in the Underwood forces before anyone could win. , The forty-sixth ballot had just been ordered when Senator Bankhead, Ala bama Chairman, was seen making his way to the platform. Word flashed over the armory he was to release the Underwood delegates, and the del egates, wearied by the long session, seemed instinctively to realize this indeed was the climax. There was great cheering and confusion. Dele- I gates called to one another, and the gallery, taking up the din, kept the 1 hall in a great uproar. Senator Bank. j head stood on the platform facing the i mass of humanity. It was some time I before he was able to be heard, but j with the first few words the mean- j ing at once was understood, and the ! demonstration broke. Missourian's Peevish. j The only display of temper in the nominating scene came from the Mis souri delegation which demanded to know of Bankhead why Underwood had not withdrawn when Clark had a chance of winning,and some of them accused the Underwood delegates of "faking." Bankhead paid no atten tion to the remarks. Platform Adopted. lVHtnall Pulmer Wilson's niansciir i asked unanimous consent that the consideration of vice presidential nominations be suspended until the report of the committee on resolution be received and acted upon. Con sent was obtained and Kern, chair man of the resolutions committee be gan to read. There was a general movement to leave the hall and Kern waited until order was restored then he resumed the reading of the plat form. The reading of the report of the committee on resolutions consumed nearly an hour. It was listened to with careful attention by the dele gates and the few spectators who re mained in the- hall. When the read ing . was concluded Kern moved the adoption of the report which was done by viva voice vote. Gov. Brewer of Mississippi then of fered a formal resolution giving the thanks of the convention to National Chairman Mack and National Secret ary Woodson., l it -was passed without debate. Other customary resolutions approving the convention also were adopted. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon was then placed in nomination. The District of Columbia placed Bryan's name amid laughter and cheers. Bryan . took the platform and was given a great cheer, Bryan said for sizteen years he had been the fight ing man and now he desired to "say a word in the nature of a valedictory. He said that if he had any enemies those who were his enemies had a monopoly in hatred, for he did not feel that way toward any human be ing. He said he eld . the country above any person. "Tonight," said Bryan "with joy I surrender the standard I have, borne for three cam paigns, to the. nominee of this con vention: and I challenge any one to say it has ever been lowered in the face of the enemy." Declining to allow his name to be considered, Bryan said it was not with any desire of disparaging the of fice. No office is so low, he said, that he could not fill it if he felt his coun try needed him. Bryan praised the platform and Governor Wilson and said no candidate for office would be more active in the coming campaign than he. Bryan said Wilson should have a proper running mate and in conclusion seconded the nominations of both Governor Burke and Senator Chamberlain. Six candidates for vice president then were balloted for Gov. Burka, North Dakota; Gov. Marshall, Indiana Elmer W. Hurst, Illinois; Martin .1. Wade, Iowa; James Preston, Mary land; and Champ Clark. The sug gestion of Clark for the second place on the ticket was a feature of the evenings i)erformance. .Three Ballots Taken . The first ballot i-esulted in no choice. Marshall polled the highest vote 389, Burke second with 305 2-3. Chamberlain with 157 was third choice while the others poled votes ranging from seventy-seven high to three low. Hurst received 77, Pres ton 58, McCombs 18, Osborne 9, Sul zer 3, Wade 26, absent 46 1-2. The second ballot was then ordered but the vote showed leading candi date far from necessary two-thirds despite changes. Marshall soared to 645 1-2, Burke received 387 1-2, and Chamberlain fell away to 121. On the third ballot Marshall was nominated. J. W. Aker, county school superin tendent of Duncan, is spending the week, in Clifton in attendace at the meetig of the board of supervisors. OUR NEXT ft - -., : 'tfir- y if - - ; '"''"' ' 'f j . Wood row Wilson asks the Democratic nomination on the strength of promT tees of what he will do If made president, rather (han on his record as an ex ecutive, for. until he became governor of New Jersey last year he had been known only as an educator. He was highly .esteemed as " president of Princeton university, and Is considered a man of advanced ideas concerning government and legislation, and a deep thinker. He has been expounding his theories in all parts of the country. SCHOOL LAND LEAS ES TO BE EXECUTED BY COM MISSION Letter Receive dFrom Phoenix by Board of Supervisors Asking for Information Regarding Pub lic Lands. For sometime past, in fact even since Arizona was admitted to the sisterhood of states, the question of leasing the school lands has been a very perplexing problem. The mat ter was held up until some action was taken by the state legislature with reference to the same; and now with the appointment and organiza tion of the state land commission, comes the following letter to the of fice of the board of supervisors, which will prove of material interest to the ranchers and prospective school land lessee besides settling the question of leasing said lands for all time to come. 'To the honorable board of supervis ors, Greenlee County, Arizona. Gentlemen: You are doubtless aware that in pursuance of the provisions of house bill No. 120, entitled "An Act to pro vide for a method of compliance with the enabling Act of the United States congress and the constitution of the State of Arizona, with reference to the selection, disposition and control of the public lands of every descrip tion belonging to the State of Ari zona," the state land commission has organized and entered upon the dis charge ot its duties. Desiring the co-operation of the boards of super visors, county assessors and the peo ple generally in the carrying out of the commission's great undertaking co-operation which is absolutely essential to the complete success of our efforts, this letter is addressed to you. Briefly, the duties of tne commis sion are as follows: I. To grant permits to bona fide occupants of university and school lands heretofore holding leases ud- on the same, to continue to occupy such lands "until otherwise provided Dy law," at a rental to be fixed by the various boards of supervisors. l. To determine the value and character of the improvements on ! school lands heretofore leased, and . to cause the same to be aDiraised ' with a view to an equitable adjust-' ment of the reciprocal rights of the ' lessees residing on any of said lands, ' and of the state. 3. To make personal examination I PRESIDENT of the. public lands of the stats; for the purpose of determining the comparative values of the different bodies and the selection, in accord ance with the provisions of the en abling act, of the 2,350,000 acres cf public lands granted to the state, for the benefit of its various institutions. and of such lieu school lands as .the state may be entitled to. 4. The submission to the governor and the legislature, of such informa tion concerning the public lands of the state, as will afford ample knowledge for providing a systemat ic method for handling said lands. i In .pursuance . of the commission's duties, as enumerated above, rules are now being formulated and forms. prepared for the making of applica tions for permits to occupy the school lands hereofore leased. These forms will be forwarded to you, as well as to the lessees, in' order that an early opportunity may be given to all lesees, who may wish to continue the occupancy of such lands. In or der that we may at once secure complete data concerning the school lands which have been leased in your county, we will thank you to provide us at once with the following in-. formation: i The names and the postof fice ad- j dresses of all school land lessees; description of each tract leasea, the j date of lease and termination there- ; of; amount of rental, and according to your best information, whether or not .the lessee is occupying the land so leased, and the general pur pose for. which the land is used that is, for agriculture, grazing, etc. I;i addition to the above information we would derive great benefit from a report concerning the character of public lands either surveyed or un- surveyed in your county ; and an ' enumeration of irrigation projects cr possibilities, their location, and the j character of the irrigation works proposed or necessary, and the an-1 proximate amount oir land wnicn would come under them. Also wheth er or not there are any unappropri ated public lands suitable for graz ingin short, what bodies of land, large or small, are there in your county, that you would consider valu-1 able property for the state to own, i and that might be developed, either J by private enterprise or by the gov ernment, into wealth-producing prop-! erty. At a later date, of which we will advise, we will visit your section, at which time we will confer with you j and go more thoroughly into the work and duties of this commission. ! In the meantime such information as you can give us, along the above i lines, will prove of great value in outlining our work, and your service will be of worth to the state. PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM ADOPTED BY DEMOCRATS Tariff for Revenue Only the Keynote of the Instrument - . the powers ot the federal government. HIGH COST OF LIVING TREATED aU ewerafthgovernmenVboth nun uuvi ui liiiiiu iiikniku state and national, to protect the peo- pie from injustice at the hands of Anti-Trust Plank Is Especially Strong those who seek to make the govern Out The Rights of States. i ment a private asset in business We, the representative? of the dem ocratic ltity.of the LTiicei States in :i tional convention s tumbled, reaf fi;: a v devotion to the principles of de:.voci'sii ic government formulated oy Thomas Jefferson and enforced by a long and illustrious line of democra tic presidents. Tariff Reform. We declare it to be the fundamental principle of the democratic party that the federal government under the con stitution has no right or power to im pose or collect tariff duties, except for the purpose of revenue, and we de mand that the collection of such taxes ! shall be limited to the necessities of ' government honestly and economical ! ly administered. i The high republican tariff is the I principal cause of the unequal distri i bution of wealth; it Is a system of : taxation which makes the rich richer : and the poor poorer; under its opera- . tions the American farmer and labor- ing men are the chief sufferers ; it : raises the cost of the necesaries ot life to them, but does not protect their : product or wages. The farmer sells i largely in free markets and buys al I most entirely in the protected ma kets. In the most highly protected ' industries, such as cotton and wool, steel and iron, the wages of the labor ; ers are the lowest paid in any of our industries. We denounce the republt : can pretense on that subject and as 7sert that American wages are estab- i lished by competitive conditions and rnot by the tariff. We favor the immediate downward 'revision, of the existing high and, in j many cases,- prohibitive tariff.- dues, i insisting that material reductions be speedily made upon the necessaries of ilife. Articles ' entering into ' competi' Vtlon with the "trust-controlled.,, 'prod- , ucts and articles of American manu- i facture -which are - sold abroad more 'cheaply than at home;' 'should be . lut i upon the free list. i We recognize that our system of j tariff taxation is intimately connected j with the business of the country, and :-we favor the ultimate attainment of the principles we advocate by legisla tion that will not ' injure or destroy legitimate industry. We denounce the action of the pres ident in vetoing the bills to reduce the tariff in the cotton, woolen, metals and chemical schedules and the farm ers' free list bill, all of which were designed to give immediate relief to the masses from the exactions of the trusts. The republican party, while promis ing tariff revision, has shown by its tariff legislation that such revision is not to be in the peoples' interest and having been, faithless to its pledges of 1908, it should no longer enjoy the confidence of the nation. We appeal to the American people to support us iu, our demand for a tariff for revenue only. High Cost of I iving. -The high cos of living is a serious problem in "very American home. The ! Miblican par. in its platform, at tempts to escape from responsibility for present conditions by denying that they are due to a protective tariff. We take issue with" them on this subject and charge that excessive prices re sult in a largev measure from the high tariff laws - enacted and maintained by the republican party and form trusts and commercial conspiracies fostered and encouraged by such laws. Anti-Trust Law. A private monopoly is indefensible and intolerable. We therefore favor the vigorous inforcement of the crim inal as well as the civil law against trusts and trust officials, and de mand enactment of such additional legislation as may be necessary to make it impossible for a private mo nopoly to exist in the United States. We are in favor of the declaration by law of the conditions on which cor porations shall be permitted to engage jn interstate trade, including among others the prevention of holding com panies, o interlocking directors,- of stock watering, discrimination in price, control" by any corporation of so large a proportion of any industry as to make it a menace. We condemn the action of the re publican administration in compromis ing with the Standard Oil company and the tobacco trust and its failure to invoke the criminal provisions of the anti-trust law against the officers of those corporations after the court declared that from the undisputed facts in the record they had violated the crinminal provisions of the law. We regret that the Sherman anti-trust law has received a judicial construc tion depriving it of much of vits effi ciency and we favor the enactment of legislation which will restore the stat ute the strength of which it has been deprived by such interpretation. Rights of States. Believeing that the most efficient results under our system of govern ment are to be attained by the full exerciseby the states of their reserved sovereign powers, we denounce as unsurptation the efforts of our opo- nents to deprive ' the states of any of the rights reserved to them, and to enlarge - and magnify by indirection There is no twilight zone between the national and the state governments in which exploiting Interests can take refuge from both. It is as necessary that the federal government shall ex ercise the powers reserved to them, but we insist that federal remedies for the regulation of interstate com merce and for the prevention of pri vate monopoly shall be added to and not substituted for state remedies. The party then congratulates the country upon the. reform triumphs of the federal income tax and direct elec tion of United States senators, and urges all to ra-ly-to their adoption. Gratification is expressed at the unan imous sentiment", in favor of publicity before elections of campaign contribu tions and the house of representatives is commended for extending the doc-, trine to .presidential annointmenfR ownership of newspapers and expendi tures for , candidates : for presidential nominations. : In 'justification ' for the . last three' the Dartv nointa tr rim "enormous" .use of nioney in , behalf of the president ,.aid his predecessor : of the recent republican' presidential . contest. ' . Presidential Primary. The movement towards more dodu- lar government should be promoted through legislation - in each state the preference of the electors for na tional candidates at -presidential pri- : Wa riirMt"liatYfcho nsllnnil tee incorporate in the call for the next nominatins convention a. reauiremAnt - that all expressions of preference for and the selections -of -delegates' and -alternates made through a primary '. election conaueted-'by-' the party or. g&nization, . in- each-state waere sttoH - expression and -election -are - net ro viuea ior uy me state iaw; uoarmiuee aen. are. hereafter'-- id '-constitute' 'tih6v ! membership of the -national committee-'. and whose election '& hot .pEoyided.-fdr' ': . Ah All n I - -11. ' i - at such primary elections and- the ser- "- vice and authority of "committeemen. . however chosen, shall begin immedi ately, upon the receipt of their creden-' tials respectively. . We pledge the. democratic party to the - enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund and any individual from contributing any amount above. a reasonable maximum. At this time, when the republican. party, after a generation of unlimited power in its control of the federal government, is rent into factions, it is opportune to point to the record of accomplishments of the -democratic house of representatives .in the sixty second congress. We indorse its ac- . tion and we challenge, comparison of its record with tlt of any congress which has been controlled by our op ponents. '.' W J' ,- We call the attention .of the, patriot ic citizens of . our country to its rec . ord of efficiency, economy and con structive legislation, .v. ., ) The platform then enumerates many oi tne Dins initiated -ana passed Dy . the house. '. Regarding the democratic plans for national defense it says: We annrove the measure reported . by the democratic leaders wi the house, for the creation of a council of national defense which will determ ine' a definite naval program with a view to increased efficiency and econ omy. The party that proclaimed and has always enforced the Monroe doc trine and was sponsor for the new navy will continue faithfully to ob- rve the constitutional requirements to provide and maintain an adequate and well proportioned navy sufficient to defend American policies, protect our citizens and uphold the honor and dignity of the nation . Republican Extravagance. We denounce the profiligate waste of the money wrung from the peopie by oppressive taxation through the . lavish appropriations of recent repub lican congresses, which have kept taxes high and reduced the puchasing power of the people s toil. We de mand a return to that simplicity and economy which befits a democratic government, and a reduction in the number of useless offices the salaries of which drain the substance of the people. Railroads, Express and Telephone Companies. We favor the efficient supervision and rate regulation of railroads, ex press companies, telegraph and tele phone lines in regard to interstate commerce. To this end we recom mend the valuation of railroads, ex press companies, telegraph and tele phone lines by the interstate com merce commission, such valuation to taice into consideration tne pnysicai value of the property, the original cost, tne cost ot reproduction, and any element of value that will render the valuation fair and just. - We favor such Jegislation as will (Continued on Page 8.)