The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
some POLITICAL COMMENTS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
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chise.
Dean F. c. Lockwood, of the uni
versity, in a letter to Thomas Ma
| loney, clerk of the district head
quarters, at Tucson, of the Arizona
road department, regretting his in
ability to attend a picnic to which
he was invited, gave unstinted laud-
alton to Governor Geo. w. P. Hunt
in the following extracts from the
| letter:
Democracy still works, and so
! far as Arizona is concerned, the
world is still safe for the Demo-
cratic party. September 7, Gov
ernor George w. P. Hunt was nom
| mated for the governorship in the
Democratic primaries for the sixth
time He polled approximately 26,-
600 of the $4,000 votes cast by his
party, as against 10000 cast for
Mr.. E. E. Ellinwood, his chief op-
ponent The Republicans mustered
only $4,000 votes in the primaries.
A supreme effort was made to put
quietus on Hunt. The battle was
| dramatic and decisive. Stand-pat
Republicans and the money aris-
tocracy of the conservative wing
of the Democratic party have for
IA decade writhed in internal agony
as result of the sturdy mastery
exerted by the honest, humane, and
progressive Governor Hunt over
| the fortunes of Arizona.
Governor Hunt seems invinci-
BILE. He has deep hold upon the
confidence and affections of the
plain people of Arizona-and this
includes a majority of the educa-
tors of the state. He has been a
man for and with and of the people.
His rude, crude strength; his de-
flance of money and the money in
terests; his detestation of snobbery
and pretention, whether social or
intellectual; his big-hearted hu-
manity; and his extraordinary in
tellectual shrewdness and political
foresight, have made him the trust
ed champion and advocate of the
people, and the scourge of the un-
just, the insolent, and the autocra-
TIC"
One result of the recent Demo-
cratic primary election was brin-
ing j. G. Callaghan back into pub
lie life and prominence in Arizona.
Mr.. Callaghan was nominated as
the Democratic candidate for state
treasurer. He first performed pub
lie service for the state as state
auditor and ex-officio member of
the state board of control. Mr..
Callaghan arrived in Arizona in
1898, going to Clifton where he was
employed in the store of the Ari-
zona Copper company. From Cliff
ton he went to Bisbee in 1902. In
1903 and 1904 he held the office of
under sheriff of Cochise county, re-
ceiving the appointment from Sher-
III Del Lewis. He served as clerk
in the state constitutional conven-
ton in 1910, and in 1911 he was
nominated on the Democratic tick
ct for state auditor. He was elect
ed and served in that office until
January 1, 1917. He retired from
office voluntarily to engage in the
mining business which he has since
followed. Mr.. Callaghan is highly
qualified for the discharge of the
duties belonging to the office of
state treasurer.
The itineraries of the Democratic
candidates in the present campaign
has been made up. There are two
parties-one led by Governor Hunt
and United States Senator Ashurst
and the other by Hon. Carl Hayden,
seeking election as United States
Senator, and Hon. Lewis w. Doug
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