Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-02
Meeting Saturday Night Or
ganizeS Democratic Votes
After DenOunCing Late
Allies Severely.
BERNAulLO COUNTY MEN
AFTER Mr.. LARRAz0LO
Would Like to Run for Congress
on Democratic Ticket but are
Keeping it Mum-Mum-Mum--
Un.Washed Oratory Still
FlouriSheS In BunCheS.

The Democrats, after having been
severely and summarily kicked out
by the recent fusion crowd, although
they claim that they furnished the
votes and the brains to defeat the
Republican organization in Bernalillo
county, tried to patch up their own
differences Saturday night and then
held a rousing meeting. which would
have made Tommy jefferson him
self feel good.
They left the fuslonists entirely
out in the cold.
AS a result of that meeting a nu-
cleus. was formed for a Democratic
territorial organization and everybody
who spoke, and they all did, said
that nothing could keep the Demo-
Gratis from carrying New Mexico at
the next election-not even Bryan.
Summers Burkhart was elected
chairman of the Bernalillo county
aggregation--with the endorsement
apparently OF o. N. Marion and
Neill b. Field, In fact, it was quite
apparent that these three scions of
Democracy were In full charge and
had dragged out the old band wagon
OF Democracy and had applied a lit
tie oratorical grease to its rusted
axles.
The meeting was convened in the
police court room on North Second
street but later adjourned 70 the Ok
ford hotel In order to give the ora
tors a better chance to do business.
There was an abundance of speech
making of the pyrotechnic kind and
1t would have been entirely complete
and satisfactory in every respect had
there been present one. o. A. LARA
| zolo, of Las Vegas, the sllvery tongued
orator, and General Charles Easley
| of Santa Fe. who can talk a few him
self when occasion demands, or
| when any sort of an opportunity
| turns up. But considering the alb
sence of the two above named, the
| oratory was all any Democrat could
ask and then some.
All For Harmony.
Harvey b. Ferguson and T.. v.
| Chaves also took turn on the ros-
trum while X. w. d. Bryan drove a
nail with one blow when he exposed
| the good government principles of
| the Morning Journal, which he said,
| had gobbled all of the county print
| ing without a bid in order To keep
any one else from being tempted to
| charge a lower price. Mr.. Bryan's
| remarks along that line, did not make
a hit in at least one section OF the
| audience where the Morning Journal
was represented more or less
| The Democrats were all there and
| they all had something to say. Incl
| dentally several of them had axes to
| grind but they kept the little axes
| carefully concealed beneath their ora
| tory. In fact ii is quite generally
reported, that several Of the eminent
| members of the new organization, as
| pire to run for delegate to Congress
on the Democratic ticket and that
was why the new organization was
put forth. a delegate to Congress
candidate naturally feels that he
ought to have at least a little vest
pocket vote in his home county.
However, that feature OF the meeting
was carefully concealed from the
eyes of every one except the chosen
few.
A. b. McMlllen also spoke. He
said the Democrats needed daily
| paper and il was then someone was
heard to murmur that the Morning
Journal was already striving for hon
ors in that capacity and would not
need much fixing To answer the pur-
pose admirably.
Col. w. 5. HOpewell was called up
on and while he did not commit him
self to much of anything having had
long practice in politics and having
already noticed the little joker i'm
the band wagon, still he acquitted
himself altogether well and made a
speech which it would have taken
Charley Easley some hours to outdo.
| According to the various speakers
at the meeting, there wasn't a Re
| publican left i'm New Mexico and a
Democratic victory would be easy
However, one of the speakers in
adyertantly mentioned that II would
be necessary for some one 10 do
some work 9nd for a whole lot more
10 put up after financial fashion,
whereat enthusiasm wauei consider
ably but was later revived.
Don't Love FuslOnists,
None Of the Democrats appeared
20 have any love for the fusion ele-
ment. In fact, almost every speaker
said few uucumplimontary things
about the bunch that had turned tur-
tie after having used the Democrats
70 pul up a blum incidentally there