The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-03-07
POLITICAL
POT SOON
WILL BOIL
Although Election is More Than Nine
Months Distant, 1t Is Now
Simmering
DEMOCRATIC DOVE OF
PEACE IS VERY FESTIVE
McCarran to Oppose Newlands for
the Senatorial Nomination, Ac-
cording to Reports

Although the date OF the eleclion
ia more than nine months distant.
the political pot has begun to simmer
in Nevada and there is every indi-
cation that it will reach the boiling
stage much earlier this fall than in
recent campaign years. 1t is safe
to predict that by July the approach
ing campaign will be in full swing
and that it will prove one of the live
lest in the latter day history of the
state.
Interest naturally centers in the
three highest offices to be voted up
on, namely, United States senator,
representative in congress and ov-
ernor. While many candidates have
been mentioned for these offices, only
a few formal announcements have
been made, the remainder OF the
willing B~arcuses" apparently con-
sidering that the opportune time to
advise the voters of their determine
ton has not yet arrived.
The delay of the United States SEN
ate in confirming the appointment OF
various leaders who have been recon-
Tended by Senator'S Newlands n
Pittman for certain of the federal
plums, as we'll as the failure OF the
senators to make recommendations
of candidates for other federal Of
ficers that remain to be filled, has
given rise to a report that the demo-
cratic dove of peace has become ex-
ceedingly FESTIVE of late and is re-
strained from taking fight only with
the greatest difficulty. There are
marked and distinct rumblings of a
hot primary campaign for the demo
cratic senatorial nomination.
There is justification for the state
ent that Senator Newlands will have
ficulty in persuading the leaders
and near-leaders of his party that he
should be it's standard bearer in the
coming election; in fact, it is pre-
dicted that he will have to make the
most energetic campaign of his ca
reel to capture the nomination. Al
though he has made no formal an
n~ouncement, it is practically certain
that P. A. McCarran, associate JUS
tice of the supreme court. will op-
pose Newlands in the primaries.
Senator Pittman, who was elected
a year ago last fall as the successor
of the late Senator George S. Nixon,
is scheduled to arrive in Nevada in
the next few days. 1t is said that he
will make a stay in Nevada OF several
weeks, possibly a month, and that
upon his return to the national cap
ital Senator Newlands will journey
westward to look after his political
fences. Pittman S mission, it is gen.
orally understood, is in the interest
of party harmony, which seems
somewhat lacking at present in con-
sequence of dissensiOn Over the fed
eral plums to be handed out. 1t is
said Pittman purposes to first of all
endeavor to get a line by personal
conference upon the wishes OF the
majority of the party leaders as to
which of the two candidates-John
F. Kunz of Goldfield and c. H. McIn-
tosh of Tonopah-is most favored for
the office of United States district at
torney. McIntosh's chances for
landing the plum, it is reported, have
waned considerably during the last
few weeks, but Senators Pittman and
Newlands are not quite convinced, it
Is understood, that Kunz a be ap-
pointed without giving affront to a
considerable number of the demo-
cratic voters. During his approach
ing visit, Pittman, it is generally con-
coded, will seek to estimate the
strength of the opposition that might
follow the appointment of Kunz;
thereupon will probably depend the
appointment of the GOldfield attor-
ney.
A report reached Goldfield yester-
day to the effect that William Wood
bern, district attorney of Washoe
county. is being considered by Sem
ators Newlands and Pittman as a
possible compromise candidate for
the office. WOODBURY. was formerly
the private secretary of Senator
n glands.
MANUEL Plat, at present United
States district attorney at Carson
City, is the only republican who has
announced his intention of seeking
the nomination of his party for the
senatorial toga. 1t is generally UNI
derstood, however, that w. A. Mas
sey of Reno, who served a brief
term in the senate Immediately fol-
lowing the death of Senator Nixon,
will be an opponent of Plat for the
nomination.
Following is a list of candidates
who have formally announced their
candidacy or been prominently men
toned for the nominations desig-
mated: