Bisbee daily review., 1912-05-23
POliTlcs AND POLITICIANS

The socialist party has grown less rapidly in the Southern States than in any other section of the country.
 A movement has been started to make George Ade. the humortst and play wright, the republican candidate for governor of Indiana.
 knute Nelson Of Minnesota is un- decided as to whether he will be a candidate to succeed himself in the United States senate.
 Three special trains have been chartered to carry the Underwood for President boomers from Alabama to the democratic national convention.
 James Hamilton Lewis, democratic candidate for United States senator from Illinois, is being urged for tenn porary chairman of the democratic national convention.
 Colorado democrats have delegated Mrs. Anna B. Pitzer to cast the vote of their state delegate for her brother in-law, Champ Clark, at the Baltimore convention.
 The first statewide primaries in Maine will be held next month, when both parties will nominate candidates for governor and United States sena. tor.
 The national prohibition convention, which Is to meet the second week in July at Atlantic city, will have a total of 1,4s4 delegates and an equal nun. Der of alternates.
 Massachusetts democrats will urge the selection of Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston to serve as either permanent or temporary chairman of the national convention at Baltimore. Dr. Harry Lane, the democratic can didate for United State senator from Oregon. is a grandson of General Jo- seph Lane, who was Oregon's first territorial governor. one of her first senators and candidate for vice pres ident on the Breckenridge ticket iD 1860.
 Tn the event of Theodore Roosevelt receiving the nomination for presi. dent, friends of William Finn, of Pittsburgh, now the recognized lead. CT of the republican party in Pennsyl- vania, declare that he will be a candi- date for chairman o fthe republican national committee.
 Col. Jake Wolters. who is fighting hard to succeed Joseph W Bailey as United States senator from Texas. is leader of the antisaloon forces in the Lone Star state He declares that [ if he should be elected to the senate he would make strong fight for the | passage of laws which would prevent the shipment Of liquors from wet ter. ritory into dry territory under the | interstate commerce laws The national convention of social ists at Indiana polls has called atten- ton to the rapid growth of this party and its increasing influence in Ameri- can politics. In 1892, when the social | ists first appeared on the national ticket, their presidential candidate boiled 20,000 votes. In 1908 their vote was Just under 5O0,00O. This year a vote of over 2.000,000 Is prophesied, or about one seventh of the ballots of the country.
 1 Women are to vote iu the presiden- tial contest of this year in the states of California, Colorado. Washington, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. The repub- iican presidential plurality in 1908 in
 California was S6,90G. in Washington
 47,35l, in Wyoming, 5.92s, in Idaho i6,459 and in Utah ls.4I4, while Bryan
 carried Colorado by 2,944. The repub.
 lican national campaigners are a\.
 ranging to employ stan of women
 political speakers for these six states this fall. and it is said the democratic
 national campaigners contemplate a
 similar step.