The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-04-01
THE 1914 POLITICAL LINEUP
Faces New and Old That VIII BE
Seen In the Political Lineups
This Year.

approaching campaign, like the base
ball season, requires that those Who
would be in good fettle for the ell
durance races of next September
and November, shall have a long
training season, and accordingly
lines of political demarcation are
now in the forming.
Though Churchill county Is rated
nominally Republican by a bare ma
jority in national politics, it has had
a habit of electing more Democrats
to county Offices than Republicans.
Likewise, 1t has been the practice of
our voters in times past to give their
favor to state candidates who looked
best to them, despite their party af-
filiations
Two Churchill county Democrats
are mentioned frequently for state
Office, Hon. r. l.. Douglass, former
state senator, who may be chosen
for the ant-governorship nom
ination, and Hon. Thos. Dolf, state
senator. whom whisperings say GER
tain politicians would like to induce
to seek the nomination for state
treasurer. The party in this county
has made it plain that Hr. Dolf will
be expected To succeed himself in the
state senate. He has made no an
nonneement, but it Is conceded that
when the time is fitting he will be
mitting the voters of this county
again. Should Mr.. Douglass allow
his name to go before the primaries
for the position mentioned, state
Democracy can expect this county to
make him a unanimous choice
Few names have been mentioned
for the nominations for the assemb-
ly by either party. w. C. Grimes,
democratic incumbent, will undoubt-
edly be asked to seek the place
again. He is needed in the Nevada
legislature, where riot and waste
would occur without men of his
stamp to hold things in check. Il
seems to be the coneensus of opfm IN
that full legislative tickets will be
nominated this year by both old
parties. ]. w. Fere uson, republi-
can incumbent, who was accorded
the honor last session of leading the
minority party in the lower house,
will be one OF his partys two choices
for the assembly. He, like Assemb-
lyman w. c. Grimes, is representa-
tive of the conservative element Of
his party.
So far no aspirant for a republi-
can nomination for the commits
sioners' board has come forward.
The board is solidly Democratic,
though admittedly devoid of partisan
ship. 1t has been essentially bus
mess mans executive board for the
county. The terms of Chairman c.
=. Cirac and Short Term Commits
sioner A. c. Burton both expire this
year, and both will be asked to seek
their places again. Whether or not
they will is largely dependent upon
the shaping of future affairs. If it
Is subsequently shown that the SUBJ
stantial public is in accord with
their business policies and wish
their services again. they will prob
ably shy their castors but neither
has the political bug and their ac-
tions will be altogether shaped by
their constituencies.
Believing in the saw that the
early bird is the favored fowl, T. II.
Depp and w. d. Kemp have an
nounced their candidates. for the
nomination for sheriff and assessor
ON the Democratic ticket. Both are
stalwarts, count many noses in their
list of friends, and with an open field
and a fair contest promised, the
Democratic assessor-sheriff nomina-
tion battle will be a strenuously
and cleanly waged affair. On the
Republican side of the fence, though
he has made no positive announce
ment, Sheriff j. G. Coniff will prob
ably seek his place again with the
added duties of the assessors office.
For clerk and treasurer, County
Clerk c. l.. Noble, democratic in
oumbent, will be seen in the politi-
cal lineup again, though the Repub-
lican aspirants for his place are as
yet unannounced. This Office will
take over the treasury duties now
forming separate Office and with
no increase in salary. Like the
sheriff-assessorship 1t will require
peculiar clerical qualifications. The
elimination OF the two separate Of
ty of more than $4,000 annually. In