Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-09-24
HUBBELL ATTEMPTS
! TO DENY THEFT OF
PRIMARIES
HUNDREDS OF CIRCULARS
DISTRIBUTED IN CITY
Cites Instance of PajaritO
Where 90 Votes Were Cast
With But 60 Voters Present
The BareIaS Primary,

Desperate efforts were made yes
terday by Frank 4. Hubbell. ex-boss
Of Bernalillo county, now making
the fight G.; his life for the recovery
Of his hold on the county. to deny his
apparent attempt TO steal the prim-
aries in Albuquerque and the county
precincts. Thousands of circulars
were distributed broadcast over AL
buquerque yesterday fatty denying
the fact that secret primaries were
held, without previous announcement
of time or place, In many precincts I'm
the county and claiming that tn"
Hubbell followers had controlled
these precincts in an open fight
The circular contained two or three
rather interesting blunders. one of
which was the signature of Frank A..
Hubbell and Nestor Montoya at the
bottom Of the circular. It had hardly
been expected that Hubbell would
admit his attempt TO steal the prim-
aries, even though the attempt made
through the official call had been
most apparent.
The circular claims boldly that the
Hubbell forces have regularly elected
delegations i'm twelve out of thirteen
precincts, but It neglects to state what
hundreds Of men i'm the county have
testified 10 within the past twenty
four hours. that these primaries were
held without any notice whatever
and that whenever any notice was
given the anti-Hubbell forces were
in every case victorious.
Another interesting statement in
the Hubbell circular is as follows:
In Pajarito precinct the meeting
nf oil
straight republicans had sixty-eight
votes and the Perfecto Armijo crowd
had two votes. But the two also
went out and held a meeting and
viii return a contesting delegation -
1t Is difficult to determine just how
the Hubbell followers could have had
siXty-eight votes in a meeting COM
posed of sixty men, and it has been
concluded by close observers of events
that Hubbell must have returned to
his old tactics Of voting the sheep and
the dead; although this is something
new for precinct primary.
The fact OF the matter is that no
notice at all was given of the inteu-
tion to hold the primary In Pajarito.
the family home OF the Hubbels ana
that several members of the oppose
tion happened on the primary in the
course Of the meeting. only in time 10
enter protest against its secrecy.
In every precinct of the county
where the primary was held without
notice and in secret. Contesting dele
cations will be sent To the county
convention, and these contesting dele
cations will be supported by the sig
natures of the people Of the precinct,
who are thoroughly aroused by the
efforts of the boss to take by stealth
what he has confessed himself unable
to win.
The circular makes no mention Of
the manner OF holding the primary
I'm the precinct of Barelas. where. ac-
COrdlng 10 statements by reputable
men made to the Morning Jour
nal yesterday, the meeting was
held in the rear Of a sa-
loon owned by Eslavio Vigil, former
county school superintendent under
the Hubbell regime. This saloon,
which has been the camping ground
of the former school Superintendent
for a long time was used as the
place of meeting because the anti
Hubbell forces would be least likely
to appear there. At the meeting were
some ten followers Of Vigil one
or two Of whom yentured to protest
against the manner Of holding the
primary, or Whlch no public notice
had been given. Vigil, however, told
his followers that it had to be done
that way, and thercupOn appointed
the delegates to the county couven-
ton and declared the primary ad-
journed. The next day a notice was
posted on telephone pole In Barelas
announcing that the primary would
be held on the day before This no.
flee was not on the telephone pole
the day the primary was held
Incidents like this one in cOnnec-