Weekly journal-miner., 1918-05-29
POLITICIANS BY SCORE THROW
 HATS IN RING

PIOENIX, May 2l-A large number oi announcements of candi- dates for State office appear in the Arizona Labor Journal this week for the first time.
 Chief among these is the announce mcnt of r. (. Siruckmcyer for attor- ncy general Struckmcyer was Hunts attorney in the contest and Is said to be his attorney general. He was d member of the commission of State institutions but stepped down when the Citizen advised him to sub init his resignation.
 Harry $. Ross of Tombstone. for mally announced his candidacy for State treasurer Dave Johnson. the incumbent, cannot be a candidate under the law and as far as known Ross is the only Democrat out for the office.
 Coles Hat in Ring
 A. w. Cole again casts his hat in the ring for the Arizona Corporation Commission making his first formal announcement in ihe Labor Journal
 William NJ. AIoeur carries full page advertisement announcing his candidacy for governor Sidney P. Osborn also carries an advertise ment of his candidacy in Cfoaff' S paper.
 Alfred Franklin formally announces his candidacy for judge of the Su- preme court. Jesse L. Boycc is out again for State auditor, but makes no mention of the San Diego affair in his formal announcement. J. O. Case wants a fourth term as superintendent of public instruction.
 Cobb Carries Large "Ad"
 Lamar Cobb carries large adver- tiscment in which he says nothing about his candidacy for governor but places this legend under his pho tograph:
 Resigned when the commission of State institutions, through the instru- mentality of the attorney general, without warrant of law, usurped the functions of the office
 Wiley Jones IS ont again for attor- ncy general
 In announcing his candidacy for governor, (. NJ. Roberts of Cochise county says:
 Senator Roberts life and training in the rugged Western country has been wide and varied, and has moulded him into a true Arizonan. He was born in Texas in lS66, moved to Colorado as boy and worked on his fathers ranch farming and punching cattle. While yet a boy, he became interested and worked in mining in the San Juan country, Gunnison county, Leadville and other districts in their boom days. His training and experience makes him practi cal miner who can go into the mines and work on machine, in the stopes, shaft or mucking.
 Senator Roberts was a member of the constitutional convention and the first Arizona State senate and ard entity supported the effort to make the large companies bear their part of taxation. He was again nominated for the State senate and elected in 1910, although bitterly fought by large interests. Roberts has always opposed bonded indebtedness. ! Roberts says: I am for a gov crnment that will use all its force in protecting the property of the great est corporation in all its rights. l am for a government that reaches down with all its force and protects the person of its most humble citi- zen
 Announcement By Coulter
 Fred T. Golfer makes the first for nal announcement of his candidacy. He features the fact that he is ma tive son of Arizona and after printing a sketch of his career says:
 "Coltcr does not believe that war conditions should cause us to neglect politics. He says: Politics is the only means through which we may express our ideals of government and it is the foundation upon which rests the economical and efficient existence and development of our moral, indus trial, sanitary and social departments of government. Being convinced, and sincerely believing these things after many years of serious. intense and analytical study and because of my interest in the political and industrial world. l am impcllcd to direct your attention and to sincerely plead for the necessary interest that should be given to politics, especially at this time, and urge you to commence carly, as it requires time and careful i thought to get at the fundamental ! truth of conditions in order that we may correct our false inclinations and our disposition toward indifference to politics. !
 To make victory in this war quick and certain, ard to realize the hcnciits for which it is being fought, ii becomes us to take a deeper and more abiding interest in politics. It is imperative, especially in this great world crisis. to know ourselves, know our government, see conditions as they naturally exist, and bring about direct, intense and quick action to build up a strong body polite neces- sary to back up our efforts in the trenches and enable us to more speed lily win the war
 Sam w. Proctor makes formal an of his candidacy for member of the corporation commits sion. He is now the secretary of the