Weekly journal-miner., 1911-10-25

Men who have lived from youth to old age in Arizona, some of them hay ing resided in the territory for near ly half a century, went to the polls yesterday and for the first time in their lives expressed by ballot their choice for governor and other exeeu- tive. judicial and legislative officials. The occasion was the general primar- ies for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at the coming state election. which is to be held De- cember 12th. New Mexico, which was admitted to statshood at the same time as Arizona, held to the cOnven- tion plan of nominations, but Ari- zona adopted the direct primary sys- tenn and put it into operation for the first time. Owing to the large ex- panse of territory covered by the new state and the remote locations of many of the precincts the results may not be definitely known until late today.
 A heavy vote reported in almost all the chief cities of the new state gives evidence of the keen interest the people are taking in their first effort at self-government. The citi- zens of Arizona have always elected their own county officers and their legislators but the president named the governor and other executive off cials, including the judiciary, and congress has always had veto power over the territorial legislative enact ments.
 Now for the first time they are to exercise the power of all other sOver- eign states and at the general election will choose all their own officials, in- cluding representative in congress and legislature that will choose two United States senators. The election of the United States senators will be governed by the advisory vote at the general election.
 Due to the fact that there were only a few contests for nominations for county offices on either the re- publican or democratic tickets yes terday's primary did not call out the full strength of the electorate in this city. The total vote cast in Prescott was 743. the republicans having 27I | tickets. the democrats AZ and sO- eialists 1A There were no contests for nominasSas on the socialist tick ct. As usHa1s on election days the city presented a lively scene from the time the polls opened at s o'clock until , oeloek in the afternoon Hacks with streaming banners bear ling the names of candidates sped to and fro all day. carrying partisans to the two polling places. The Cartez street headquarters was the most pop ular. AT votes being east there against 267 in the Palace hotel. Quiet prevailed throughout the day and the presence of peace officers was zen tirely unnecessary.
 Inner republican and democratic circles were stirred in the early after
 noon when the word was whispered laround the faithful that telegrams ihad been received at both headquart I CTS from Mayer reading, Running neck and neck, want more money
 The message received by J. P. Dillon
 chairman of the democratic territoria
 central committee, was signed by Lor D. Hall, and the one received by E. H
 Meek of the republican county com
 mittee was signed by Joseph E. Cook
 Hall and Cook were in charge of af
 fairs for their respective parties a
 the Big Bug metropolis. A hurried consultation was held by Dillon anC
 Meek to which a couple of lawyers
 and a member of the constitutions convention were called into confer
 ence and duplicate answers were wired to Bosses Cook and Hall al
 Mayer embodying the leading fea lures of subdivision 9 of section 20 O the primary act which provides tha anyone promising or soliciting any thing of value in the interest of him