Arizona republican., 1914-09-28
Party State Committees Meet Today at Noon - Fight Among Democrats for Chairmanship = Re publicans Harmonious


 The clans are gathering. Last evening the street corners were oc- cupied and the corridors of hotels were more or less full of men from all parts of the state, all interested in talking politics and probable line ups for the campaign which will be on in earnest after the state commit tees and party councils have met and adjourned. The heads of the fight ing forces of each of the three par ties which will make the shOwings l in the coming battle of ballots next November. will be selected today in the meetings of the state committees and rom then on the official state
 ments can be made from the head quarters of each party for the dis couragement of the enemy and the
 encouragement of the followers of the faithful.
 As has been the usual story of the
 past three years or so, the democrats
 are lined up into two camps, known as the radicals and the reactionary camps, the radicals being the imme- diate followers of Governor Hunt and the followers and. friends of his people as well as those who have il in for the old gang. Similarly to 1.-two years ago this party gathered
 around the Ford hotel as an head Iquarters last evening and talk was lousy and heads were together on tht lprobable slate for the state com mittee today. As the chairman o the state committee is also chairman Icf the party council the command O 1.-the state committee will control t,
 which meets the next day. Around the Adams hotel were gathered tn Iopponents of the radicals, variousl. Icalled standpat democrats, reaction
 aries. old line demos and what not To themselves they represent th'
 simon pure" democratic doctrine lbut to the other fellows they repre- lsent anything but that, and are nor
 generally denounced as corporation
 hirelings than anything else.
 The contest for state chairman wa
 on in real earnest las night. Bu there were no anxious fellows meet ing delegations at the t.,ain an
 counting noses as they got off tn steam cars or dark and whispere mutterings with the leaders of dele ! gation seemed to have been counte beforehand and when Phoenix wa } reached filed off to the headquartcr
 more closely resembling the poiiti cal complexion of the delegation iWhen the delegations reported tn . words "everything's all right" O r solid with us7 told of the outsid work that has been going on sine the primary three weeks ago.
 Il The present fight for state chair man in the democratic ranks seem to be between J. H. Robinson repre- : senting the reactionary wing of tn z party, and Judge Frank J. Duffy, ( 2 Nogales, as the radical representa- l tive. with a good deal in the balanc l iI favor of Judge Duffy For tim there was some talk of c. M. Robert
 former senator from Cochise. as be
 ling candidate for the place, hr
 Roberts, who was defeated for ser
 ator by his fellow townsman, w. \
 Riggs, of Dos Cabezas, declined
 run. Indications seemed to point
 the fact last night that the f-ieni of Governor Hunt will control tf 8 committee. The name of Mel : Bailey, of Yavapai county, was pro posed by some as an aspirant for Il e lchairmanship for the standpat pol d tion of the party. For secretary l. was suggested that Johnny Robinso t might run again if he was defeats a for chairman, o. if some other lins s up was decided upon at the last mir ,. lute, while the radicals have two car e didates in Leslie c. Hardy and C. : Thompson. The Maricopa friends l, Governor Hunt are for Thompsc : while the Pima delegation is behir
 Hardy. who also has the Santa Or, n delegation with him to start out wit t Anyway, the committee meeting t, s day will tell the tale
 Il It is claimed that Governor Hul t has Yuma, part of Yavapai. Coconil Il Apache and pat of Navajo. Cochis Il Gila, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, al e part of Maricopa to begin with, wi r. Mohave and Greenlee to hear frol O The other side claim as much as ],
 the governors friends and state tn,
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