Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-12
Nomination Petition Circulated;
 First Signature Secured is
 That of Judge Fred Sutter, Confirms Announcement Made
Number of Other Local Demo-
 cratic Leaders Sign the Roll; New Candidate Announces for County Office; Is Delbridge.

The campaign of Governor George w. P. Hunt for renomination and re- election on the Democratic ticket was formally launched in the district yes terday. when his official petition, nee essary to the placing of his name be- fore the primaries was put in circu- lation.
 The notable fact in connection with the petition as it appeared last even ing. when about fifty signatures had been placed upon it was that first among the signers was Judge Fred Sutter, who a week ago withdrew from the candidacy for the nomina- tion for Governor on the Democratic ticket which had been urged upon him. Signed immediately below the name of Judge Sutter was the signature of Howell. of the Sutter law offices. Judge Suters signature confers with his statement in his withdrawal, that he would support Hunt.
 Following the. names Of Sutter and Howell were the signatures of num- ] Der of the well known Democratic lead ! CTS of the district. They were not all 1 there, of course, but the representa- | ton was held fairly by the Hunt sup ! porters to be distinctly encouraging 1 Those handling the petition said they ] had not seen all the Democrats of l prominence in the district by any man | ner of means and that they expected to get more. Neither had they seen women of the Democratic faith, for there was not a woman's signature
 on the list, but they said they were going to call on the ladies tomorrow. ! Another petition which came out yesterday was that of William Del bridge. widely known in the district
 as Billy" His petition conveyed the the first formal announcement of his
 candidacy for the office of county treasurer. the nomination for which
 he will ask in the Democratic primar-
 ies Although he had not made his
 intentions generally known until yes
 terday, many of his friends had urged
 him to get in the race and have been
 quietly at work for some time in his
 behalf They believe he will show large strength and gather in the nom.
 nation and section handily.
 Billy Delbridge has been we'll and
 favorably known in the Warren dis
 trict for more than eleven years, in
 which he has earned the respect and
 confidence of it's business men and
 of the general public A miner by
 early training and occupation, he has
 followed that work in the district dur
 ing the greater part of the time of his residence here and has won the com
 mendation of his employer and fellow
 miners among the several operating
 companies of the district for the faith
 ful performance of duties assigned him. whether in the capacity of tho . man taking orders or of the man giv
 ing these, in both of which positions he has been at different times.
 Before coming to Arizona Delbridg, was chief deputy in the office of tn,
 County Treasurer and Tax Collecto
 of Nevada and California for fou years, which gave him the prope
 training to ably perform the dutle of the office to which he now aspire
 in Cochise. He is known to hi . friends as a man of attractive person ality and is said to be a live wir in political campign He is man O family and property owner shoul he be successful at the polls the peC . pie of the county may feel assure !, of a capable administration of tn , office he asks, which is one of tn . most important of the county.