Weekly journal-miner., 1918-09-25
DEMOCRATS IN A TURMOIL OVER
 GOLFER CASE
HUNTITES WORRIED AT PROSPECTS THAT THEIR NOMINEE MAY BE HELD TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
Special to the JournaI-Miner.


 disclosure that Fred T. Colter is in- eligible for the office of governor by reason of his having voted to increase ,he salary of that office while a state senator.
 Although requested in an open let ter by George Stoneman, chairman of the Democratic State committee, to call meeting to consider the sit ration and perhaps fill the vacancy flor Golfers enemies in the party contend that there is a vacancy-the Apache senator and his sponsor, Gov ernor Hunt, are standing pat. Golfer will refuse to withdraw, but will probably stand on the contention that the law increasing the governors sal ary is unconstitutional and is there fore no law at all. Under such a com struction Golfer would not be dis qualified.
 The danger to the Hunt machine lies in the possibility that, should Golfer withdraw. it might not be able to pick as strong a Hunt man. Of course there remains the possibility that Osborn will refuse to put Golfer s name on the ballot, and everybody is wondering what tack he IS going to take. If an opinion of Wiley Jones is needed by the machine, it will be forthcoming, but Osborn never did rav much attention to Jones. There will be an awful mess if the case ever gets into the courts. Judge Franklin is feeling none too good over his de feat. If the matter gets tied up in the courts. there is no telling where the party will land.
 Franklin's Defeat.
 One of the surprises of the primary was the defeat of Alfred Franklin for renomination as jurge of the supreme court by A. C. Baker. It is generally recognized that the Hunt-Campbell decision was responsible for this, and that it is a protest by the people against the action of the court in set ting aside the verdict at the polls. It had been generally believed that Franklin would be renominated, as the Hunt machine was behind him, but it now develops that the machine centered its force on Golfer and that Franklin had to shift for himself in q large measure.
 Will Ladd Lead?
 Golfers supporters say that Leroy A. Ladd, chairman of the commission of state institutions and former sec retarv to Hunt, is the logical man on the Golfer side for chairman of the state committee. Of course George Stoneman will be promptly ditched. He has thrown a wrench in the Hunt machine at every opportunity. There IS a bitter fight on Ladd, however, and it has gone so far that some of Golfers supporters. who are enemies of Ladd. have tried to pledge the nominee not to reappoint Ladd if he is elected. or give him any job what ever. Mulford Winsor will be fac tor in the picking of state chair man. While this is generally con- eidered a prerogative of the nominee for governor. a lot Of conciliating will have to be done. and Golfer is not very good at ironing out the wrinkles. Ii will be up to Hunt to turn the trick and put over Ladd.
 Party Organization.
 County committees will meet next Monday to perfect their organiza- tions and elect county chairmen and members of the state committee. The state party councils will meet at Phoenix on the 30th, to elect state chairman and promulgate party plat forms. It is regarded as probable that Judge Albert NJ. Sames of Doug las, present Republican State Chair man, will be continued, although he was reluctant to accept that office last July. when he was selected to succeed Tom Maddock. The candi- dates will have six weeks to stump the state. Tom Campbell will make the trip in his automobile, as he did in 1916. ard endeavor to visit every section of Arizona. The itinerary will be announced following the party council Lieutenant Maddock, Repub- lican nominee for congress, is in France, and his campaign will have 10 be conducted by his friends, but some splendid speakers will tell the people of Arizona why they should send Lieutenant Maddock to con- gress to succeed Major Carl Hayden.
 Tom Maddock Old Resident. Splendid posters of Lieutenant Tom Maddock are being put all over the state Lieutenant Maddock has been a resident of Arizona for twenty years. He started as call boy on the Santa Fe, and rose 10 be assistant construction engineer for that rail road. He made a success as a con tractor. As a member of the legisla- ture. he was an able representative of Coconino county He conducted the Campbell campaign in 1915 and won victory when many people thought that Campbell did not have