The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20

the supreme court. lower house o:
the legislature and half of a state SEN
ate to be elected.
Democrats. hastened possibly by the
Republican announcement of SO early
n STRAIT. are coming into the open. They
are trlfle behind the Republicans in
arranging for their state committee
meeting. but they are to the fore with
their candidates.
Democrats Have FOwr
Candidates For GOveravr
The Democrats have four possibil-
tiles in the gubarnatorial race: Jul l.,
ius c. Gunter. Fred Farrar. present at
torney general: iIcnery A Hicks and
Justice Tuly Scott OF the supreme
court. 1t is declared by friends OF
both that Farrar and Gunter will not
run against each other They have
been friends for years and either wiz
help the other but will not campaign
against him.
! Justice Ccott is rather undecided a.
bout his race. He is on the bench with
many years still to serve If he is
nominated he probably would have to
resign. thus giving up the certainty of
office for the uncertainty Of the cam
paign. If he accepted the nomination
and stayed on the bench durin3 the
campaign and then was elected. hc
would have the naming of his own
successor. This. it is urged by friends
OF the other candidates, would b. man
iiestly unfair and could be used bv
the Republicans against him in case he
adopted such a course. On the other
hand. should he be nominated and re
sign from the supreme court, the pres
ent Republican governor would hay.
the naming of his SUCCESSOR and the
Democrats would lose a justice In the
court--and possibly not elect Scott
after ALL
Candidates are many
For Every Elective Job.
Robert Higgins one of the commits
sincrs of Pueblo county, is in the race
for the Democratic nomination as state
treasurer
Tony Mcneil. clerk of Montrosa
county for several terms, is after the
Earty's nomination for secretary of
state. He is said to have a large fol-
lowing on the Western Slope
If Fred Farrar does not run for gov
ernor he may be drafted by his party
into the race for attorney general.
This is his second term in that office
and he probably would not be confron:
ed D! much opposition. And, again,
!, he does run for governor, thus leay-
ing his present office vacant, Leslie
Hubbard, state Inheritance tax an
praiser. will be u candidate for attor-
ney general.
julius c. Gunter, should he decline
to center the race for governor on the
Democratic ticket, may be induced to
run for the supreme court, where there
viii be two vacancies. Justice Morton
). Bailey, retiring Democratic Justice
probably will run for recollection,
Against these two the Republican,
are talking Of Justice William H Cab
bert for reelection and Judge A. r..
King OF Delta. Justice Gabbert's term
ike Hailey's will expire Judge King
was formerly on the court of appeals
bench. He is now in Denver hospit-
al, convalescing after two operations.
but his friends are active
Among state house Republicans
things are becoming red hot. Allison
| Stocker state treasurer, is after the
Subcrnatorial nomination, and his
friends say he is running like the
proverbial frightened wolf. His can
dldacy brings no solace to the present
| governor, who is of course, a candi-
date for denomination. 1t is urged in
Stockers behalf that he has every
thing the governor has-and more. He
can bring all Progressives back to the
party. has a large following among
prohibitionsts. and is liked by the Re.
publicans.
| The present governor, if he can be
; reelected. will turn his eyes toward
! the senate in 1918. Against him, tho.
! would be Clyde Dawson of Denver
and Philip b. Stewart OF Ell Peso
county Stewart. who was speaker of
| th2 lower house during tn elast sessions
| is chairman Of the state Republican
central committee. and may be again.
| This gives him a tremendous influence
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