El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13
DEMOCRATS ARE
SEEKING OFFICE
Big Rush of Candidates
Starts in Arizona; New
bury and Miller Enter.

Phoenix. Ariz. JsG. I3.-Democratic
candidates for state offices are spring
ing up thick and fast since the new
year began. Within the last few days
half dozen Democrats who had been
regarded as merely receptive" or had
not been included at all in political
representations, have let it be known
that they expect to figure in the cam
paign preceding the primaries and hope
to figure somewhat in the campaign
following.
Prominent among these are John E
Newbury, of Pearce COchise county.
and p. J. Miller, Of Yuma Newbury is
out for secretary Of state and Miller
for the corporation commission
Sidney P Osborn. the present seere-
tary, and state treasurer Mitt SImms
announced weeks ago that they wanted
to be secretary for the next two years.
Simms is from Graham county and Os-
born from Phoenix: both are popular
and it was generally agreed that the
race between them would be exceed
ingly close. Just how Newbury's injec-
ton into the situation will affect Simms
and Osborn is not yet apparent None
of the three is aligned with the Hunt
wing of the party. Newbury, in fact,
was a member Of the lower house Of
the second state legislature and was
most decidedly not a member Of the
now famous Hunt combine" He
fought for a mine tax bill and many
other things that the combine did not
want Nevertheless he was as popular
with the combine as was any member
of the opposition.
NelEbnry Good Campaigner.
Newbury cannot expect any Hunt
support and he is up against two OF
the strongest men OF the party in Os-
born and Simms, but he is popular in
fc ]
and must be reckOned with.
Miller was appointed by Gov. Hunt to /
the tax commission when that body I
was formed. to serve till the 1914 cleo !
ton He was candidate for election I
to that body but was defeated by Thos !
E. Campbell, Republican While on the |
he advocated the taxation l
Of mines under a special law, therefore
he is not one OF the Hunt crowd" He I
is now employed by the state land de-
partment as a selector
Miller Changes Plans.
For a time Miller was planning to /
run for the tax commission in 1916, but /
he has now changed his plans and is
making try for the place on the cor
Doration commission that Paul Geary is
to relinquish- He will have plenty of |
opposition for the nomination. sam
Proctor, Of Winslow. Hunts spokesman
IN the floor of the house last spring
vas the first to announce himself as
;andldate Tor that office J. W. Wealth !
srford. of Flagstaff and Phoenix. de-
-eated for the nomination in 1914, is
rying again
Dr.. W P. Sims. OF Bisbee. president
u the second state senate, had not fully |
iecided at last reports. whether he
would run for the corporation commits
lion or tax commission The chances
ire, however. that he will try to land I
N the tax commission. Charles R.
Howe, the commissioner whose term /
expires this year, is from Cochise. and
l. ". Cole, whose term on the corpora
ion commission extends through 1918,
5 from Sims's county. Sims is a mine
ak law advocate and II he opposes
Howe the battle viii probably be fought
n that issue
Roberts willing to Go to senate.
C. n. Roberts of cochise county, one
# Hunts principal iieutenants, was
linking OF running for the corporation
commission. but late advices are that
lie viii be satisfied with a seat in the
enate. He was a member Of the first
tate senate and as chairman Of the
committee on appropriations became
-nown as the watchdog Of the treas
n.y.
Milford Winsor, OF Yuma. Is Hunts
hief political adviser and he is also
o make bid for tOga. Winsor was
-ppointed by Hunt to a place on the
Id land commission. When the legis-
ature created a land department with
over to appoint a commissioner. Win
or was the governors choice for the
ffice. but he lost to ". A Moeur, Of
'empe- Winsor then retired to his farm
n the Yuma valley