Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-24
WHITEHEAD IS
NAMED FOR JUDGE
Democrats Finally Settle On
San Juan County Minister
for That Office
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
w. c. Mcdonald and H. 0.
Bursum Are Making Speeches
Day and Night.

The Democratic Judicial conven-
ton has finally met here and nominal
ed +. S. Whitehead OF Pennington,
San Juan county for Judge of the first
judicial district and Jacob II. Crist for
district attorney. The convention was
presided over by " II. shea.
Mr. Whitehead is Baptist minister
and lawyer but is not very well known
throughout the Territory J. H. Crist
is practicing law in this city and is
pretty well known. 1t was he who
asked in the convention if the north
west of the Territory is to receive the
crumbs from the masters table when
he foand that that part of the country
had been sighted in the Offices.
Mr.. McDonald's itinerary.
w. c. Mcdonald, the Democratic
candidate for governor was at Wagon
Mound, Mora county, last night and is
touring Mora county today. Tomor-
row he will speak at Las Vegas and
Thursday he will tour Colfax county
speaking at Dawson during the day
and at Ration at night
Mr.. Rursum's Itinerary.
Holm o. Bursum Republican candi.
date for governor, was at Silver City
last night wi,A A. B. Fall and George
w. Armijo. He and his party are en-
route to Deming today stopping at
towns between and will speak at
Deming tonight. Mr.. Bursum starts
north tomorrow.
Activity at Headquarters.
At both the Republican and the Dem
ocratic headquarters there is mucn ac-
tivity suggesting the hard work that
has to be put in tor the final two
weeks of the campaign.
At Democratic headquarters it was
denied today that annotated" copies
Of the New Mexico constitution are
being sent out to the voters. The
rumor was Spread few days ago that
the Democrats were sending out
enough literature to give the average
voter eyestrain.
Murphy Homeward Bound.
AL Murphy, the political writer of
the San Fraacisoo Examiner, who has
been getting up material for a special
edition of the Los Angeles Examiner
which is to be thrown into circulation
in New Mexico toward the end of the
month, was scheduled to start for his
home in San francisco today. Mr..
Murphy IS a veteran newspaper man
and is vel liked by both Republicans
and Democrats. Mr.. Rainey, anotuer
representative of Willie r. Hearst is
still here and very much on the job,
1t is said.
A Curious Question.
Should women vote? was the ques-
ton asked by man today. Then he
said he had recently attended poll
tical meeting here and sat near a
lady who was overheard asking will
New Mexico come in as state even if
the blue ballot is defeated?
A Splendid Ticket.
One of the chiefs topics of converse.
ton in the city today was the fine
ticket put up by the Santa Fe County
Convention yesterday. The strength
of Benjamin Pankey as a vote getter
is recognized and even Democrats
were heard acknowledging that the
Democrats would have to "go some"
to keep Pankey from polling the 500
to 700 majority that he has set out to
get.
Sending Out Facsimile.
The Democratic headquarters is
sending out a facsimile of the ballot
which will be in bl1e on election day.
/ The facsimile is such in fact except in
color. 1t is printed on white paper
and contains six suggestions" telling
the voter among other things that he
is entitled to only ONE ballot.
Curry is Confident.
! After touring the eastern counties,
the Democratic stronghold, including
his own county of Curry, former Gov.
ernor Curry expressed confidence in
the victory of the Republican party
at the polls November T. Mr.. Curry
is an ardent campaigner and his
/ friends say that even Democratic coun
ties will help land him in congress.