Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-22
We Should Elect
a Republican
De lie g ate


CFrom the Tucumeari News: RcpD
New Mexico wants admission to the
union at the opening or the sixty-Grst
congress and Il Is necessary to elect a
republican delegate in order taht the
bill for admission meet the approval
Of a republican congress. So tho issue
confronting as first is the election of
a delegate, and the election of a re-
publican depends upon the selection
Of the right "Mann"-Judge Edward
A.. Mann. Of Alamogordo. Leading re-
publicans all over the territory believe
Judge Mann is the strongest candidate
asking for The republican nominations;
the governor believes he can easily
win against Larrazolo; and while he
IS taking no part in the campaign. he
feels "a deep interest I'm the selection
Of some one who can win at the polls
In November. The fact that Andrews
is not a strong candidate for the nomi-
nation Is developing in many sections
Of New Mexico. In san Juan county
the tide has turned against him, and
the arguments that have been made
there that he, and he alone, was re
sponsible for the efforts made to re-
luce the size of the Navajo indian
reservation and TO cause It speedy al
lotment Of the reservation lands ha
toppled over Of It's own weight and
those who have been alleging it to
have resulted through Mr.. Andrews
influence are confronted with the fact
that Governor Curry IS the man to
whom this honor must be given. The
truth or this was dcvo'of'~l In the or
ganization of a I|rpu"l9 club at
Pennington when I'm" friends of An
drcws made the assertion that he w'e
solely responsible for this legislation.
It was further developed while sup
porting their candidate with this argu-
mcnt that they intended to organic
an Andrews club, having IN view the
instruction OF san Juan county dele
gates for Andrews, This p%recipitatcd
"a disturbance akin To "a riot and thir-
ty-Gvc Of the forty-five republicans as
semblcd. walked out and after con-
vening ia another place. organized a
Tart republican club, So II may be
added that the nomination or An
drcws would cause "a split In the re-
publican organization of san Juan
county which would result la q ma
iority for the democratic party add
To the probability Of republican
defeat Ina the territory, thus again
hazardlng our chances of admission TO
unfSn during the siNty-tirst con-
press. II Is given out plainly no san
county that the feeling against
is very bitter. ecaus OF
what lis believed to have been his ln-
i'm several matters of import
t. that people before On" l7Sl
of congress tn which hc III
charged with duplicity of political ace
ton towards them
Now as to the situation in quay
county. The News has no hcsitancy
In saying that it has materially chang
ga since AIR. Andrews conduct to-
us during the time quay county
was asking for "a United states land
office at Tucumcar0 We were disc
posed at first to give him credit for
his legislation, and we gave him "a
enthusiastic boo for that roa
The situation in Quay county IS
pretty well explained in a T~ucumcari
dispatch to thu A~Ihuuucrue Journal
of july i4th % is Ia part as fol-
ovs
"As is we'll Known clayton and Uu-
ou county pcoplr were bitterly or>
posed 20 the creation OF the LAND ~;
hcrc which took AVA quito o.
ot of the business from CLAYTON.
rucumcari ON thr contrary. was very
in its demand TOR the land of
which WIS needed and which tho
Interests nf thIs section of thc
domain demanded.