Arizona republican., 1914-07-20
New Party on Wednesday at Colorado Springs Viii Hold the First of the Political |" Assemblies" in the State
MANY OFFICES
 TO BE FILLED
Besides Electing a United States Senator and Four Congressmen, the Gov ernorship is Also Con- tested
Especial to The Republicanl

state assemblies in Colorado this year, that of the progressive party, meets next Wednesday at Colorado Springs. This marks the real begin ming of what is expected to be one of the most interesting and exciting campaigns furnished by Colorado politics in some years. At the cleo : tiOn next November the people must elect a United States senator, four representatives in congress, besides a governor and other state officers and a great many of the legislators.
 Under the laws of Colorado, each party holds what is known as q state assembly The members of the as sembly are elected by the party or ganiZations of the various counties. The assembly names d first and sec end choice for state offices, and no more If there be any other candi- dates before the primaries they must get on the ticket by petition, the signers being limited to the bona fide members of their own parties.
 Senator Charles s. Thomas, whose successor is to be named in Novem- her. is a democrat. He is a candi- date for renomination. Governor Ammons. whose term is soon to ex- pire, is a democrat, as are also the four congressman whose successors are to be chosen.
 The progressives, who are the first n the field, feel confident of win ming at the fall election The demo : cratic party, they argue, has made itself absolutely hopeless because of the state administrations failure to bring peace in the coal strike The republican party, they feel, has been so weakened by the toll taken from it by the progressives that it also has no chance in the state. The progressives are said to have re- ceived overtures for an alliance from both the democrats and the republi- cans, but rejected all suggestions for conferences with either
 The confidence of the prOgressiVes has not prevented both the repub- licans and the democrats from pre- pairing for vigorous campaign. In each of the old parties there are a half dozen candidates for the head of the state ticket. The democratic assembly will meet next week and the republican assembly the first week of next month
 The women's vote is expected to be an influential factor both in the primaries and in the election. AL though the women of Colorado fought shoulder to shoulder for l
 tained it. they are divided now just as emphatically as are the men politically While few of them are avowed socialists, most of them be- long to one of the three dominant parties - democratic, republican or progressive. The women. to a much greater degree than the men, are strictly partisan in their beliefs anu teachings.
 Prominent among the partisan fighters are Mrs. Gertrude A. Lee chairman of the state democratic committee; Mrs. Dewey c. Bailey republican; Mrs. Mary C. C. Brad ford, democrat, and Mrs E. P. Cos
 tlgan, wife of Edward P CostigaE
 Who is expected to be named as the 1lrst choice of the prOgressives fol governo.
 The activity of the women politica
 leaders equals that of the men. The
 democrats among the women are ir position to spread their doctrine more successfully than the women ot the other parties by reason of tn, fact that the democrats in this stat,
 are in power and many of the office holders are women.
 Mrs. Lee, chairman of the demo cratic state committee, boasts tha she is a machine politician in ever, !. sense of the word. She declares tn : belief that the party in all case should be supported in preference t the man. Since she became head o | the state committee Mrs Lee ha visited nearly all the counties of tn state and has conferred with tn heads of the county committees. He aim is to build up a machine in Col
 orado that cannot be beaten.
 Mrs. Costigan, being a member O the new party, naturally takes the op posite view. However. she is jus
 as loyal a progressive as Mrs. Lee i
 a democrat. Mrs. Costigan also ha travelled a great deal over the stat, { making speeches for her party. MT! Bailey, republican. has confined muc
 of her work to Denver, but has mad
 several trips to different cities in tn state. Mrs. Bradford is one of MT Lees chief lieutenants and has tray . eled with her a good deal of the tim, ], She is said to be one of the mos
 effective stump speakers in Colorado