Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-19
Political Gossip


 in the office of the secretary of state, and with the end of the first lap of his tour of the state in the interest of his candidacy for nomination in the demo- cratic primaries as governor, Senator Fred Sutter of Bisbee and the Warren district, returned to his home yester- day at noon to spend the next two days resting and preparing for the final preliminary tour of the state. While on the trip which he has just concluded he visited Pima, Maricopa, Yavapai, Apache, Navajo, Mojave and CocOnino counties. On his next trip he will make a complete tour of the re- maining counties of the state.
 Senator Sutter returned to the War ren district satisfied completely with his first political trip through the state. In every district, he reports ne found a people willing and ready to listen to him and to be convinced. in terest in the five-cornered governors race, he found, is fast beginning to take shape and residents of every part of the state are now preparing to go to bat for the men of their choice.
 Tn every city in which I stopped" !" said Senator Sutter last evening, T found the sentiment for me very strong. l have many active supporters in ali parts of the state. and [ find that citizens in every village. town and city are assisting me. I was really sur Prsed al the ready reception l re- ceived and the number of unsolicited pledges of support.
 "I have been making my campaign strictly on my record and my ability. I have invited discussion of the many problems with which the government of this state is confronted, and l have remained staunch in the defense of the blanks of my platform in all my rela- tions with the voting public. l have never adopted the policy of changing my attitude on public questions to suit the occasion, and 1 will not waver from the stand have taken to gain one or ten thousand votes.
 Each of my opponents has strength in some or another part of the state, and I have met many staunch sup porters of one or another of the five of us in the race. How the state will decide in the democratic primaries IS beyond the guess or estimate O. even the most astute Arizona politician, but l am firmly convinced that when the returns are counted on September To-. l shall be nominated by tidy vote.
 Business conditions about the state, declares Senator Sutter, are excellent. In the Salt river valley the farmers are meeting with the success they de- serve after their years of toll to make their project what it has become. The cotton crops throughout the Roosevelt propect district are flourishing and heaithy. Farmers are cutting rich yields of wheat and corn and maize and hay Cattle are in prime condition. The melon crops are heavier than ever in the past and shipments of canta- loupes and watermelons this year will shaIter all former records.
 In the north Senator Sutter reports, conditions of the business men are prosperous. Mojave county is experi- eaeing a healthy growth in the mining industry Besides, the cattle rangers are in fine shape and the cattlemen this year will have d record see eson. In Apache, Navajo and Coconino coun- Les me caJtIe are thriving anu ranges are good with prospects for beIer grass in evidence. HaYapai county is oUnlnung the heal1hy mining and cat lie growth which has marked it's pro- eress Tn the past several yeals, ana Is showing in it's business activity great results in development. On July 4, Sen ator Sutter was a guest at the cele- bration staged in prescott and aJ- tended by many cattlemen and cow boys. He met and talked with many of the cattlemen O. the county at this time. Pima county is more active and prosperous than he has ever seen It, says Senator Sutter. and Tucson is one of the booming. busy and prosper GUS cities of the state.
 Throughout the state politics IS be- coming more and more active each day. declares Senator Sutter, and ih spite of the war conditions and the interest people are taking in the great work of the Americans on the French front, citizens of the state find time Io discuss the merits of the various candidates for state and county or fices.
 "I find a sentiment throughout tao state," said the senator, that employ CT and employee are partners In the winning of the war and in advocating and encouraging measures and princl- ples which will assist the Unitec States in the prosecution of the war. It is a sentiment of harmony, co-opera- tion and mutual trust which will go far toward assuring maximum effort and production in all branches of in- dustry in the state. The same sentl- ment seems to be crystalizing in the race for governor, and conservative working men are preparing to support conservative candidates in all offices. I believe that the choice of the demo crats for all offices this fall will be made by all citizens cooperating to secure businesslike, statesmaniike, economical, thorough, fair and Amer Officials %