Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-16
.IN POLITICS
Being Original And Culled Notes From Exchanges Up
 on Interesting Subjects

On a platform of enforcement of the prohibition amendment and "op- position to the red flag element" pr. Il. A. Hughes, who opposed Gov. Hunt n tine primaries in 1914, will take the stump next fall in a campaign for gov. ernor. Dr. Hughes will run as an independent candidate, it is said, and his nomination will be made by peti- Ion after the primaries. No formal | announcement of his plans has yet been made, but he has intimated that Ii he becomes an independent candi- late, he will run on tn eplattorm out lined.
 Arizona voters who have no politi- al affiliations may vote at the pri- nary election, but they cannot vote tor any candidates whose names ap, pear on the party ballots. This is the opinion of County Attorney c. Nj. Candy, of Maricopa county, and con- cured in by the attorney general
 The age of the candidates for the Republican nomination averages high. Following is partial list, with resi- dences and full names:
 Age Elihu Root, of New York City,. T Albert Baird Cummins, of Des
 Moines. Iowa ......-........ 66 Theodore Elijah Burton, of Cleve-
 land, Ohio .................. 65 Charles Warren Fairbanks, of h.
 dianapolis, Indiana .. 64 Robert Marion LaFollette of Madi-
 son, Wis. .......A. ........ 61 Theodore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay,
 New York 5S Lawrence Yates Sherman, of
 Springfield, III. ......... 58 John Wingate Weeks, of Newton,
 MaSS. o6 Charles Evans Hughes, of Wash
 ington, D. C. ...............:. 5i Thomas Coleman du Font, of Will
 mington, Delaware .... B Henry Ford, of Detroit, Mich. .... B
 Politics is beginning to warm up in Santa Cruz county. However, county candidates are slow about coming to the front, no doubt, be- cause of the city campaign of Nogales, which is now in full swing and getting somewhat calSric. It is a straight fight between the Republicans and the Democrats and the former at the present stage of the game seem to have the best of. it. The election will be held on the 22nd inst. So far as the county campaign is concerned, the Republicans seem to be more confident than the Democrats. This is because they are united and are anxious to enter the fight. The Democrats are handicapped by a very preceptible split in the county lineup and then they have a Hunt and anti-Hunt ghost D deal with. The Hunt factions have the best of the fight and will undoubt- edly control. The old organization is for Hunt, while Senator Karns and the Birds are making a desperate effort D effect some sort of organization for Olney. It will be a fight to the finish and there will be an abundance of scars left. Bird and his Oasis" news paper are yet fresh out Democratic digging clothes" don't seem to fit all right just yet. For the last few years Hunt has been belaboring the tradi- tional plum tree in that section diii- gently and effectivelyTa has built up a pretty strong machine.
 NJ. c. Hankins, of Douglas, has been slated for the postmastership of the Shelter City since Wilson was sworn in as president. According to letters to his friends in Douglas the appoint ment will soon be made. Hankins has great many friends in the Warren District as well as in Douglas. At one time he was chairman of the Democratic county central committee and of the state central committee of the same party. A NEW MISS GALLAGHER.
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