Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-23

The name most frequently mention
ed in the papers has been Senator "
H. Adams. ] ne best guess is that Ser
at0T Adams IS not . candidate. H
has run about this FAR each electior
for many years. He has tried To-
he past dozen years 10 retire fror
the senate, but has been persuaded to
again accept election because of hi
value and influence thru his long eS-
percrce la the legislative body. Those
who know him are his friends, no
matter What their politics. He is
known as the man whose word is
always good. II he were a cand .
date il is not probable that he would
have allowed the Denver cofnmittee
10 endorse him, FOR that did not help
him any thruout the state under al
the conditions. II is just probable
that those urging him 70 run, over
rate his strength Those who know
him are his friends, but taking the
voters as 4 whole, large majority OF
them do not know him personally and
he has for many years been known n
most extreme conservative. The
present trend of sentiment is not
in that direction, at least thruout the
state. He would make a splendid and
an entirely safe governor II elected.
Representing the other extreme in
political sentiment is William +
Sweet, radical. He is from Denver.
one handicap. He is a bond man, Ger
tainly not an asset, and his activities
have been Largely with the Y. NJ. C. A.
Without going into the merits of the
case, that is certainly not an asset
with an eX-seTvice man. His political
enemies refer 10 Mr. Sweet ms a
'parior socialist" He is rich and il
going TO spend his money to secure
the nomination. He is maxim z
speeches and he is good orator. Just
now he is making a special appeal to
the fam and labor element, factions
very desirable to have with any par
ty but whose entire domination provcd
disastrous TO the party two years ago
Mr.. Sweet has been an active Demo
crat many years and was once a pre-
idential elector.
Fred Sabin of LaJunta is another
active candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination. For many years he has
been a resident of LaJunta and Is
known as an astute lawyer, having
built up n large practice in the Ar
kansas valley, where he has many
friends. With years Of faithful par
ty. he is for the first time asking for
nomination. His acquaintance thru
out the state is not extensive, but his
accomplishments are such that IL he
Is elected, he would make a splendid
governor.
Another man who has announced
his candidacy for governor is William
Weiser of Grand Junction. He is a
former member of the House Of Rep
resentatives, former district attorney,
now president of one of the largest
banks in Grand Junction, president of
the commercial club and member Of
the highway advisory board. He has
a splendid record OF public service
and is high type Of citizen.
There are others mentioned by their
friends and among them Judge Will
am A. Hill, very able man, who has
all the elements going TO make up .
satisfactory governor, but il is under
stood that Judge Hill prefers TO be
candidate for the supreme bench, on
which he has served with great credit
for ten years.
Now, having distributed some
bouquets, we are getting down TO the
real candidate, who can both get the
votes Of united party and who will
make a real executive.
He is B. L. jefferson of Routt
county.
He perhaps has not as much money
as any of those mentioned, is not as
brilliant an orator as some of them,
but is a real executive with wider
experience than any of the others in
state affairs and record of always