Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-03-19
Joyous MEETING OF
The MACHINE
REMNANT
4HBBELL BUNCH NAMES
DELEGATES TO SILVER
Peace, Harmony and UneaSi-
ness Prevail in Undisturbed
Gathering of the Faithful
Few


The remnant of the Hubbell ma
,nino. with a few Of those gentlemen
o,b, always attend political conven-
ti,r 10 which. the name of the party
is attached, gathered together in Elks'
tbeater at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
inc and with the assistance of a scat
terng delegation from Barelas and
.,rothor from Paiarito and from Dog
Town proceeded with the solemn duty
or electing a delegation TO the Silvcf|
CITY convention. 1t was not an en-
thnsiastic gathering, nor did it seem
10 partake of the spirit of the old time
Hubben convention. There was some
Thing missing and then there was
nrpseut feeling, present i'm every
move a trihe but none the less evident.
n was manifest every time Frank A.
Hubbel had anything to do with the
meeting, an apologize, restless feel
ing--and no one who watched the
convention closely but knows that ii
would have been much more enthus-
iastic and much more al ease had
Hubbell detached himself from it, III
is simply another evidence of the
feeling that is bound to come to any
man or aggregation of men who fol-
low a leader who they know to be a
has been. and who, if he has not dis
covered the truth himself, is begin
ming to seriously suspect It, It was
this feeling of restlessness and uneasi-
ness under the Hubbell leadership
that caused considerable number Of
the men elected delegates to the con-
ventiOn from Albuquerque to fail TO
attend It was this feeling which kept
away the delegates from the county |
some of whom were not present at the
primaries at which they were elected. |
The convention yesterday morning.
was the last CHASTITY evidence of the |
decay and downfall of the HubbeIl /
machine and regime in this county |
There were no pronounced enemies OF
Hubbell in yesterdays convention, |
They stayed away and they stayed i
away to the last man. The men pres |
ent were either his warm personal |
friends and most faithful followers or
men who have followed his leadership /
in the past through their desire to be |
regular. 1t was evidence, plain and .
that the people who !
have fought him are no longer alone /
in desiring Hubbells retirement from
politics here, but that his friends and /
most faithful followers recognize that
the time has come when they can
sustain the old time boss no longer
It is simply the end.
HubbelI has now been advised to
'etre from the leadership of what Is
,aned the regular republican organi-
alton in this county by practically
very one in and out of the organi2a
ion who knows him well enough 10
ldvise him. His closest friends have
isked him to get out for the sake
VI party harmony and his reply has
leen that his friends have the power
o put him out
There has been a new deal in COun-
Y management. There has been a new
lea in county politics and there is
needed no more evidence than yes
erday's convention that there will
shortly be a new deal in the regular
.epublican organization of this coun-
", in which new deal some of Hub
BELLS friends at least win have a part.
Republicans who care for the good
If the party and its success in the
.ounty and the territory watched
convention with something
If regret In the days when he ruled
the county through bluff and the big
stick a Hubbell convention was an
east q good sized gathering of noisy
md enthusiastic followers. Yesterday
he band serenaded the Evening Clti-
zen, then it played tune on the, cor
ler of Second and Central whore the
Bank of Commerce could get fun
benefit of the inspiring strains, then
i trailed off to the theater followed
~ some proxies from the country
'hefly from Barelas and PaJarito.
The former boss called the conVen
ion to order, He made a speech,
In it he did not, as used to be his
way, tell the convention how great the
'epubican party was in Bernalillo
county and how great he had made
t. He made a plea for party mar .
nony and unity in this county. In
he good old days when there was
ack of party harmony Hubbell IN
luced it with a club. He ala NOT
speak long nor did he speak nara,
There are those who believe that it IS
gradually beginning to break through
Mr.. Hubbells clouded perception that
he has lost out as lone star leader
n this county The impression IS not
but it is beginning to seem
o be possible. The secretary OF the
committee was absent, as We're a g2od
many of the delegates elected from
he Albuquerque precincts. J. J'
sheridan aSted as secretary, Modesto
)rtiz was elected interpreter but even
Modesto was not there on time and NJ.
J. Vigil was finally pressed into ser
ice. After the convention Mr. Vigi'
lsked the reporters to please make
t very plain that he was q democrat
md was not participating IN the con
'ention He said and urged that ne
. tan fA la &C.