The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-24
ARIZONA PRIMARY
ELECTION TUESDAY
Candidates for Office to All
Branches of Govern
ment Voted On.
(National News Association

(National News Association
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Oct. 24.-Men who
have lived from youth to old age in
Arizona, some of them having resided
in the Territory for nearly half cen
fury, went to the polls today and for
the first time in their lives expressed |
by ballot their choice for governor and |
other executive, judicial and legisla-
tive officials. The occasion was the
general primaries for the nomination |
of candidates to be voted for at the
first state election in Arizona, which |
is to be held in December. New
Mexico, which was admitted to state
hood at the same time as Arizona, held
to the convention plan of nominations,
but Arizona adopted the direct pri-
mary system and put it into operation
for the first time today. Owing to the
large expanse of territory covered by
the new state and the remote loca-
tions of many of the communities, the
results of the primary elections may
not be definitely known until late to-
morrow.
A heavy vote reported in Phoenix
and in other of the chief cities gives
evidence of the keen interest the peo-
pie of the new state are taking In
their first effort at self-government.
The citizens of Arizona have always
elected their own county officers and
their legislators, but the President has
named the governor and other execu-
tive officials, including the judiciary,
and congress has always had veto
power over the territorial legislative
enactments
Now for the first time they are to
exercise the power of all other sover-
! eign states, and on December II next
will chose all their own officials, from
governor to constable, and including
| representatives in congress and a
legislature that will choose two United
/ States senators. Heretofore Arizona
has been allowed one delegate" in
the house of representatives, but this
delegate had no vote. H occupied a
seat and was permitted to make
speeches and serve on committees,
but had no voice in legislative matters
so far as voting was concerned. Now
the new state is to send full fledged
member to the house and two mem
bers to the senate.
In today's primaries nominations
were made for governor, secretary OF
state, auditor, treasurer, attorney-gen
eral, superintendent of public instruc
ton, corporation commissioner, United
States senator and representative and
three judges of the state supreme
court The ballots contained com
plete tickets representing the Republi
can, Democratic and Socialist parties
The Republican candidates for the
nomination for governor are E. w
Wells, of Prescott, and Geo. u. Young
of Phoenix. Three Democrats aspire
to the governorship. They are DR.. H
A. Hughes of Phoenix; George w. p
Hunt of Globe; and T. F. Weedin o.
Florence P. w. Galentine, of Globe
has been unanimously Endorsed by thu
Socialist party for governor.
The contests for the two Unitet
States senatorships are regarded b!
the people as of even more interes
and Importance than the fight for thu
governorship. If the Republican,
> win in the first state election the tw'
United States senators will be Ralpl
Cameron, of Flagstaff and Hoval A
Smith, OF Bisbee. Cameron has beel
in congress for several years as tn
territorial delegate from Arizona
Smith is prominent young minin
man and has served as Republican
territorial chairman.
That the Democrats are sanguine Q
controlling the first state legislator
is evidenced by the fact that Their
are more than three times as many al
pirants for the United States senator
ships on the Democratic side as on tn
Republican. The most prominent G
: the candidates are Col. H. l.. Picket
: of Tombstone; Eugene S. Ives, of TUT
con, attorney for the Southern Pacifi
railroad; and Eugene Brady O'Neil
of Phoenix, brother of the famou
: Buckley O'Neill, who met death /
Cuba as captain of rough riders. Tn
other Democratic aspirants for the sci
= atorships are ]. H. Robertson, of Pho
nix; NJ. A. Smith, of Tuscon; and +
F. Ashurst and r. M. Ling, of Pre-
= colt. The Socialist candidates are
:, D. Simonton, of Globe; and E. john
. ton, of Globe.
The Republicans have united upo
y John S. Williams, of Bisbee, as thei
choice for representative in congress
The Democratic aspirants for repr'
sentatives are Milford Winsor, of W
0f Clifton
< Hayden, of Phoenix. John Halberg,
= Jerome, is the Socialist candidate.
ID For each of the minor places on til
, state ticket, including treasurer, Sc
rotary of state, auditor and attorne,
:. general, the Democrats have two {
more candidates, while the Republ
j.. cans and Socialists have named b,