Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-28


s-ticaaj clashes when nat'olal We
4 ra-e IS conc -rned
interest in the raoe fer state Ger
r--2'ion nomination On the dsro
rae ti-i~ - IS feu is fast co1rcal-
ing with four active candidates n the
field seeking support, The contest
win be not and hard fOusht and from
present indications factiCnal line -
state party matters will be closely
r1~n TIE importance o. the office
and the personnel Of candidates an
nou1ced in TIE rcCe are atule q
state wide interest
A W. Cole. Of Douglas, COcLise
county, incumbent, viii be enc OF the
! chief contenders Cor the office. d
IS the retiring commissioner. Ccmuis
sioners Amos Belts and F A Jones
holding over. the former fer foui
years and the latter for two years.
Coles has already annOunCed his Il
+ tention Of running, and friends arc
working in his support while cherc
. ave opened an attack on his pas
f services in the Office.
/ Others in the race viii te S5rr
/ Proctor, D. F. Johnson and sOan NV
E hery. Each has announced MS can
did8cy for the domination
Proctor is the present secretary 0,
the commission. H0 comes from th-
northern part of the state where foTu
erly he was a railroad man. In tho
rs LEGISLATURE Re vas chief CLERK o
the house In The election pas, hs
was talked OF rs candidate fer CO..
.. a. rr
reorganization of the commission wiz
the retirement of Paul Geary. aa-
the installation of Mr.. patts. PTo~O
WIS appointed secretary
= q. JChns3A. STATE treasurer dr.
ing the past two years. 2ni fou~ year
ago state treasurer came aVai7 m
ID wear for the same Office because
OF a pTohibitive stat2 law. o-s
ruently he has csst his eve ab-u- f.
the easiest political -pickiRs-" sad ie
0i5cd L concentrate his elfcr-s on
the vacancy which arises n the cen
mission
The fourth candida is John N-N
hery, OF COchise county, Q f-Tmc-
member Ct the sta.e legislature ana
formidable entrant into the race. ri
past record has BEEN claon, and IN
ability for a position such So the com .
missiCnstip is UnGuestioned Gle .
factor in MS favor. howeve- : the .
fact that he has never be7n st-
with factions and thai he enters tic
r-ce without party prej-dices wOrkiu
for or against him.
Cole has come into the limelgi, in
the past TWO weeks in his attack OF
=. A. Jones. whom he charges w-Ch
stirring Up opposition 20 bin in the
primaries. Cole has been the minor
ity on the, commission through the
domination OF Jones and Is Eettins
even with the leader through eNro
sure Of the iatteT's eXnloltaJ On Of
Cotton county. Speaking OF this
fracas tn Tucson G. tiZen frcpuhii-
CAM saws Cole is actually scorin
some heavy POINTS. Eetails of his
scores. however. as outlined b. tae
Citizen. are not altoee.her clear.
Spea king further OF state matters The
Citizen deals with Homer Woods. oi
Prescott. Yavapai county. AID r. c.
Struckmeyer. of Phoenix. Maricop-
county. as follows:
The circumstances which led 20
the resignation Of Homer NOod have
" Yer Deeu iLli1 FAUtlAucA nun ~
said 10 Rave high admiration f0r
him but he soon found out that Ee
would never do as chairman Of TIE
Commission Of state Institutions.
Wood is alright as. an executive
where he can run eybryth.ng but 10
does not know thu meaning of the
word cooperation 10 lost his
temper when Hunt tried To arbitrate
the dispute between the commission
and tie regents OF ths university
over jle Lyman appointment and
quit re was disguised De ausa Ern5
diG not stand with the c0mmissica s.
their demands
r. c. Struckmeyer may re sn
from tire commission re has been /
in san Francisco ana % Is said thai /,
- plans 20 remove there. There is !
a story goins the rounds tsat Dee ID Z
iered the orchestra b q rabare .
hrs s-m O. pisy Die Wacrt Am ,
Rhein' but this cannot be confirms /
4 Struckmeyer does nct atteilp 4
10 conceal his Pro-Germen r,mpltiics 2
Irsr.s d. s-anHsss fa- rrr-fs..r.. .aa Va"