Arizona republican., 1912-12-10
MANY MORE JOIN
 OFFICE SEEKERS
Regular Crop of Candidates for U. $. Marshalship Becoming Apparent. t. Dark Horse Brings Dark Looks.

While the general attention of the average reader who is interested in politics has been drawn of late to the contest raging among the Demo- crats for the probable appointment tC the United States district bench for the district of Arizona, this does not mean that there are not others in the party of free and unterrified voters who are not also candidates for something. There are only 1O.- 900 or so offices to fill, and this. judging from the prolific crop in Ari- zona, means that there will be about 100000 applications for President Wilson to consider when he takes of flee. This. not the number of ap- rlicants but the feWness of offices, has caused q little soreness among many Democrats and was referred to yesterday at a meeting of the eat abiteapie" society for the division Of United States marshal IL is neces- Sary to segregate the candidates there are so many of them-aCcord- ing to the office each particular bunch wants.
 There are plenty of candidates for the office. and nearly every county, or at least every section, of Arizona is represented in the society. From the imperial county of Maricopa there is Walter BraWner, county chairman of the party. who is anxi- ously working upon scheme to get up d trainful Of office seekers to journey with him to Washington fer the purpose of interviewing MT. Will son. singN and in pairs, as to the crop of offices and the probable chance to make more
 Mir Brawner is followed by Hon. W. T Webb. presidential elector, for mer speaker of the house, Whcelhorse. etc. who helped throw the hooks into the present administration during the meeting of the party council and state committee before the election MT. Webb is prominent candidate for the office now held by C. A. Overlook and claims to have it seWed up in the proverbial vest pocket. MT Webb also is going to Washington, or at least says he is. IS messenger for the Arizona class in the electoral college to carry the vote of Arizona there to be counted If he k not elected messenger he says he is going anyhow. Another prominent candi date halls from Pinal county. and is none other than Hon Thomas \. Wills, supervisor for that county, one of the cattle kings of the country, who is q prominent member of the Arizona Stock Growers association and good fellow. He lives at Nam moth. Gene Livingston of Yuma county must not be forgotten in the membership of the "eatabiteapie' so- ciety: neither must NJ. Drachman of Tucson.
 While Speaking of Tucson. atten- ton is drawn to the fact that the ancient city has two candidates for the office of |. $. marshal, as well as other innumerablc candidates for still other offices The other gentle man is A W. Forbes. no less per son than the campaign manager in the first state campaign for Eugene $. Ives. who then wanted to be sen ator from Arizona. Forbes claims to have gotten so far along in the mat ter Of getting the job that he has chosen his office deputies. Many re- gard this as authentic, remembering the prominent part taken by MT Ives in forcing the Democratic na- tionaI convention to Wilson when Champ Clark had q majority. They believe Ives can get what he wants and that he wants the U. s. marshall ship for Forbes.
 Be that as it may, there are still others Mir. Meredith of MOhave county and A J. Laird of Tempe in Maricopa county must be mentioned. What scares the others, though, Is the looming of d dark horse upon the horizon. who is said to have a good ly amount of indOrsement from di- Vers prominent citizens and political perSonages. That he is a dark horse was learned from the dark looks upon the faces of the members when his name was mentioned.
 This, however. is very similar to the speakership fight in the Arizona house of representa- tives, which was summed up by the old politician in the words. Well, we shall see what
 we shall see.