Arizona republican., 1914-09-08
IN
GRAND W|NOUP
The Campaign for Primary
Closed Yesterday With
Two Large Meetings
Many Contests in Party
Make Election Interesting

Many Contests IN Party |
Make Election Interesting
The Windup of the campaign on the |
part of the democratic candidates for |
nomination on that ticket yesterday !,
occurred in a blaze of glory and oratory |
All the politicians and all the candi- |
dates and three other people We're at
Riverside park for the great Labor Day
celebration during the day time and f,
vote getting went on down there with !
pretty much of a vengeance. The work
at Riverside closed at night with the
Reese Ling meeting while the campaign
of DR.. Hughes for the gubernatorial
nomination took place at the city hall
plaza. Both meetings We're hugely at
tended
Today the battle of ballots in the
democratic ranks will be on in earnest
that party having most of the candi-
dates in the field. The progressive and
| republican nominations are foregone
conclusions as the members of both
| those parties have contented them
selves with selecting favorite sons to
| run, and these will receive the nomin
atoms unopposed.
The greatest amount of interest in
! the ranks of the free and untrammeled
| has been shown in the senatorial and
gubernatorial candidates. respectively.
Senator Mark Smith is opposed by
| Reese Ling who has made a statewide
| campaign against the present incum-
| bent Governor Hunt is opposed by DR..
| H. A. Hughes of this city, who in his
turn has made a statewide campaign
against the incumbent.
Tho Ling Meeting
| Reese Ling's windup was a barbecue
and speaking at Riverside park yester-
| day evening. He served something
| substantial 10 eat and refreshments to
about five thousand people, and then
the speaking began. DR.. Rose Goodrich
Boido and Judge Mcbride of the city
court appeared on the platform
| the candidate and each spoke in his be-
half. The candidate then addressed his
| fellow townsmen and for about three
quarters of an hour told them what he
| would and would not do if elected and
what Senator Smith had not done and
ought not to have done since he has
been serving the people in his present
capacity. Word from both the Ling
| headquarters and the Smith headquar-
ters last night after it was all over was
to the effect that everything was all
right Both sides expect to win big.
| The Hughes Meeting
DR.. H. A. Hughes spoke at the city
| boI ,1n al obi or Il
Pioneer Band out early in the evening
collecting the people and when he arose
to speak he had more people to address
in the city hall plaza than has yet
gathered there this year at a political
or public meeting. He seemed to inter-
est the crowd a great deal He dealt
almost entirely with the capital pun
ishment and scored the present admin
istration for its attitude on that ques-
ton. He also took up the governors
record since election and scored him
strongly on his alleged shortcomings
and lapses. As Il political meeting the
gathering was all of a success
DIR. Hughes expressed himself as
sanguine of election yesterday but
there were some wagers made down
town that he would not carry Maricopa
county. 1t is said however, that his
money was promptly covered by his
friends and supporters
The Other Contests
| Some interest is manifested in the
corporation commission contest where
SIX candidates are running for the three
places on the ticket, Maricopa has two
| IN 4 Doh
and f. A. Jones incumbent: Coconino
has candidate in j. w. Weatherford.
while Navajo has a candidate in w
Paul Geary, the present chairman; the
big square county of Cochise is repre-
scented on the ballot by two candidates.
Sam B. Bradner, secretary of the live
stock sanitary board, and former
speaker of the house of representa-
tives; and Amos w. Cole. the present
incumbent.
The State Auditor
j. c. Callaghan, the present incum-
bent of the office of state auditor. is
opposed by Lin B. Orme. This fight
is being made solely on the support
. or lack of support that has been
accorded the governor by the pres
ent incumbent. Then Mr.. Orme is
popular in this county and others
which is expected to aid him mater
Tally in the contest
The Attorney General
There are three candidates for this
position. L. T. Hardy, H. H. Linney
and Wiley E. Jones, Mr.. Jones COM
ing into the campaign at the last
moment. He has had little oppor-
. tunity to do much campaigning. He
/, is considered a factor in the race,
however. With him out the fight
would be one of the prettiest ever
, seen in the state
The State Superintendent
Resting upon his excellent record
as county superintendent, C. O. Case
, goes into the primaries confident of
}tvictory over Maricopas candidate, H.
\lQ. Robertson of Mesa. This cam
paign has been interesting to watch
land the result cannot be told until
) the ballots are counted.
81 In the County
81 In the county there are a number
| of fights notably for SllperiOr court