The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-06
New Mexico Will Vote on a
Full Set of State
Officials
MASSACHUSETTS RECOGNIZED
IS POLITICAL WEATHER .,.s.1,.,
New York Has an Apathetic Election
Of Assembly and In New York City
judiciary and County Tickets WIN
10 Selected.

Santa Fe, NJ M, Nov. 6.-Fully q
thousand candidates have been nomtn-
ated for the various offices to be filled
tomorrow when New Mexico votes the
for members of congress. for su.
preme court. eight district judges aud
eight district attorneys. Besides twen-
ty-four state senators and forty-ntne
Representatives are to be elected.
Heretofore New Mexico was represent
Cd in congress by voteless delegate
but henceforth It is to have two mem.
bers Of the United States senate. IT.
governor. judges and other territorial
ofncsrs were formerly appointed BY
the president, but now the people will
elect them. However, even under the
territorial form Of government. New
Mexico elected legislature and its
own county ohicers.
In addition to state omcers, judi
ciary. legislative and county omcers,
New Mexico will on November vote
on an amendment to Its constitution
the Hood OF blue ballot provision. It
gives the people another opportunity
to pass on the amending clause Of the
state constitution. whether 1t shall
make the constitution more easily
amendable than its present provision
for that purpose. The Republicans
have declared against . too easily
made this Question q test Of party
fealty. The. Democrats. progressive
Republicans and Prohibitionists have
declared for more easily amended
constitution. the: hrst two because OF
the hope Of embodying the Initiative
and recall and the last named In. the
hope Of prohibition amendment to
the constitution.
Each voter will therefore deposit
two ballots. one with the names OF
sixteen candidates for state ONCE. be.
attorney, legislative nominees from two
TO six in number In each district, ten
candidates FOR county ,o1ace. and In
some counties, also i've river con-.
missioners. The other 10 Q blue bal.
lot" having printed on 1t in English
and in Spanish the full text Of the
flood Amendment. and = squares IA
which to mark ascr0ss. either ior or
against the proposed amendment.
and close at 8 in the evening. Because
Of the fact that each voter will be
handed "blue" ballot upon which
two Of the election officers must mark
their initials, the voter being required
to hand back the blue ballot whether
he marks II or not. some delay and
much confusion Is anticipated. In ad.
dition the multiplicity Of candidates.
together with the vote on the constt.
election returns out Of the question
and It may be days before the result
is definitely known.
The issues have been complex. and
include the tariff. New Mexico being
a great wool growing state. Besides.
there are state. local. race and personal
issues, all SO interviewer and bearing
to make prediction estimates. New
Mexico has beer considered Repub1i-
can by a majority of five to eight
Thousand in a total Of fifty to sixty
thousand, and has elected only Repub-
Mcans to congress-, but in the last two
general elections the Republican ma
jorities for delegates have been only
time on the legislative and county
tickets the majorittes totaled five and
eight thousand. Naturally the Repub-
lican and the Democratic-progress
Republican headquarters make the
usual claims Of certain" victories. In
the Republican case by ma3oritfel
from 5000 upward and in the Dem
ocratic by 5000 upward.
Holm o. Bursum of socorre, form
er state chairman and wool grower
and mine owner, heads the Republican
state ticket. Ex-Governor George Cur
ry is one Of the candidates for con-
gress. The Democratic-pr
Republican fusionists have nominated
q full ticket, the candidate for gov
ernor being w. G. Mcdonald, b cattle
grower and lawyer Of Carrizoxo. The
Socialists have, nominated q ticket
headed by T. G. River. physician.
In New York