Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-05
W|NsOR LEADING
NIT S|MMs BY
A WIDE MARGIN
Democratic Gubernatorial
Race in Arizona Is Fast
Narrowing Down; Repub-
IicanS Will Celebrate.

llCdtlS VIII OeteUFdt6.
tspe"int Torrespondrnca TO The Journni,l
Phoenix. Ariz., July 4.--The dem
ocratic gubernatorial race Is fast
narrowing down ) Nit Simms and
milford Winsor. with the latter
for in the lead Simms, who is
campaigning throughout the state,
lis meeting with no enthusiasm,
while radical democrats are every
where rallying to Winsor with en-
thusiasm and the mantle of Hunt
Is falling on his shoulders. Simms
recently spent several days In Bis
bee and Douglas but his reception
there was discouraging and only
big cattlemen, who approve of his
stand In the Moeur ease. and some
of the old conservative democrats
are showing any interest in his
candidacy.
On the other hand, Winsor gets
: a good reception everywhere he
goes. Word came from Cochise
county that he will receive big
plurality over Simms there, as
large as Golfer over Suffer in 1918
with Roberts trailing far behind.
Roberts is not taken seriously as
a gubernatorial candidate in his
home county, the radical vote will
shun him and go to Winsor, leaving
Simms to split the conservatives
with Roberts.
Simms will receive his greatest
support in Maricopa county but his
Z attitude In the Moeur case has not
(helped him here and his majority
In MaricoDa will not be sufficient
to overcome Winsors lead in Coz
chise. In fact, Winsor's majori-
ties in Greenlee, ella. Yavapai and
other mining counties will be tre-
mendous and taken together with
his practically unanimous support
among democrats in Yuma, to off,
set anything Simms can get in
Graham and Greenlee, will leave
Winsor far in the lead.
Winsor is making his campaign
largely among Hunt democrats
and radical leaders. AS he goes
from place to place he IS throw
ing off the mask of conservatism
winch he tried to wear before
Simms entered the fight and 1t is
becoming more and more apparent
that the primary battle will be
fought out along the lines of 1915
and 1918. Many conservatives,
however, are not satisfied with
Simms and would have liked to
have seen stauncher member of
that wing of the party in the race.
Simms is lining UP some of the
big corporation democrats, how
fever, and it is not impossible that
The will have a considerable sack be-
fore he gets through, to spend in
the campaign.
The republican senatorial race
has narrowed down to f. S. Clark,
Captain Robinson and Ralph Cam
eron, with the announcement from |
Cochise that neither Col. John c. |
Greenway of Warren nor James p |
Boyle of Douglas will enter the |
lists. Mr.. Clark announced at Tue
son the other day that he was go
ing to makefsa campaign tour of
the state, following the frontier
days celebration at Prescott. Word
comes from Casa Grande that
Judge Peter D. Overfield of that
city, chairman of the last repub-
lican state convention, will manage
the primary campaign of Mr. Cam
efon and make vigorous fight.
One or more speakers of national
prominence are expected in Pres
colt for the statewide republican
meeting on July Is. to ratify the
of Harding and Cool
idge, The republicans at this
meeting will also place in the field
three presidential electors to be
voted upon at the primaries, The
question of whether Governor
f. Campbell will make the
race again will probably be de-
lermined at this meeting. Many of
the county committees have pass
I'D resolutions asking Governor
Campbell to run again. The re-
publicans are planning to place
full state ticket in the field.
Captain Mellgren of Tombstone,
who has announced his candidacy
'or mine inspector. subject to the
'epublican primary, served
the world war and
vent through some of the hardest
oattles with the American expe-
iitionary forces. Miss Elsie Toles
las formally announced her can
lidacy for state superintendent of
chools, SO that 1t Is apparent that
Sochise county will be well rep
esented on the republican state
icket this year.