Arizona republican., 1912-05-27
DEMOCRACY HAVING TRULY
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John T. Hughes, senator from Pima county. for secretary of state against Osborne.
 All this. of course, is based on the assumption that there will be an cleo tion the coming fall. It is not known. of course, that an election of state of ficors will be held at that time; but these names have been suggested in the event of such contingency Anu they do say-that is the Hunt demo- crats saN'-theY are in a position to make it nightly interesting for the opposition if it comes to q snow down.
 But here is the point-there is a strong probability that it may not come to d show down. Thomas Weedin. of Florence is credited with being the leader of the anti-Tunt sentiment and on the face of it it looks extremely doubtful f Mr Wcedin is going to take a decisive step. Then, the develop ments of the last few days show that the democrats in the legislature, at least the democrats in the house. are not greatly in love with the election proposition. Despite the fact the gov crnor, in his message, urged it upon them as enc of their duties to pass a general election law, there seems little disposition in the lower house to pay much heed to the governors request They seem to think Mr. Hunt didn't mean exactly what he said in making that recommendation, and they are GO- ing on :he assumption that one bird in the hand is worth a whole coVey in the cactus. For that reason it is 1 by no means certain the house Woul@ 1 not defeat any general election bill that | came before it. And whether an cleo 1 ton can be held without this enabling 1 legislation is a matter for lawyers to determine
 1 But here is the point-whother there | is a deep dark scheme to supplant MT. ! Hunt and his friends it is evident some of the latter think so; and they are not disposed to take any chances They l have taken a gool, healthy grip on the forelock of time and they are not dis posed to let go until they find out 1 what's what.
 And already they are doing some l talking ls to the dcsirabiity of new 1 men. They say, for instance, that in
 the collection of the express tax NIT. l Callahan. the auditor, made a serious l bmndcr That collection was made un- der the one per cent tax law while the new five per cent law was pending,
 and it is said if MT. Callahan had wait
 eI a couple of days it would have i meant 2 difference of about 5000 in favor of the state. on the other hand
 it has been said that the -new law would not have applied and that the collection could not have been made
 on the five per cent basis in any event But the Hunt people say that inter pretation of the law is not sound Then there is the resignation of George NichcIsen from the tax com mission and as secretary of the state 1 central committee. That has caused 1 something of a political sensation and
 is more or less interwoven with the l circumstances already outlined. The
 word has been going around that Nicholson could no longer accept tho
 practices of the Hunt organization
 and so got out. Others say there is
 another reason back of it all which
 may eventually come to the surface.
 These are some of the things that
 make all the talk of democratic har-
 mony. of which so much has beer
 heard recently, sound d good deal lik,
 d joke The truth is that however
 much or little reason for it there may
 be the Hunt peope are suspicious thaI
 something is going forward and they
 are preparing to meet it, whatever il
 may be.