Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-12

TIE LOGICAL CANDIDATE
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'fNAAN ~ WV NifNNNNf
san Miguel ana Chaves counties
have both named their fnvoritc sons
Tor the Republican candidacy Tor the
gOvcrnorship ana there may be other
counties who also have worthy sons
they might delight 10 honor Bu,
circumstances ana events are shaping
the destiny OF the Republican party
so that % now appears certain that
the majority of The delegates will on
the FIRST ballo' at Las Vegas or Sep.
TENDER % 81 MiChaels DAY. cast
their vote for State Chairman II -.
Bursum National Committeeman
solomon Luna has definitely declined
10 con fidei for moment nomi-
nation which might have been
his without the asking In al respects
he would have been the ideal candi.
date hut his wishes not TO make the
race must bo respected by his friends
and his followers
That does not mean that STATE
Chairman " q Rutsum is the second
choice Of the party He WAS certain
OF ne majority OF the delegates from
the start. but he would have stepped
aside so that the marty might have
houored IT'S tuyoritc leader National
Committeeman Luna. Bm now that
the way II clear, the party viii nomi-
nate the nan from Socorro, the Gem
CITY sturdy. aggressive ann progress
siNc. Clcan-Cut. able ana vigorous
he Is man OF the people who pos
scssrs personal magnetism lie has
worked from the ground MP as ala
Lincoln. he Is selimado. selrcdu'
Gated man who triumphed over haudi-
cans and difficulties thar would have
squelched any ordinary man He is
near 10 the people and they know
h. The count of the ballots on
election dav will show that they love
and trus, him
As the leader of the Republican
party during lbs most trying years,
he was the target ol the most vicious
aud uniu.tihablp attacks. lie emerged
not only victorious but clean and re-
spcciod lie Is q constructive states
man. as his service in the Legislature
anI the constitutional convention
nave demonstrated, ~ has the eNecu.
tive ability as he proved as organizer
OF the Republican party ina three ny
Ing territorial campaigns
The New Mexican Will. during The
campaign. dwell more intimately ana
more IN detail upon his sterling qual''
ties aud his career. bat at the onset
wishes 10 make 70 plain that state
Chairman Bursum is not a reaction
airy. that he stands pa; only on the
eternal principles OF right the very
fas tina, he has Decn constantly
growing in intellectual stature stamps
him as man whose mind rs open ia
the prOmptings OF tlue progress Dur
ing the constitutional convention u
wa, ne who placed In the constitution
such progressive and constructive ar
t,cles as that creating coronation
commission. % was he VINO hrHfed
tho chasm between the radical eA'
tremlsts and the reactlonary stand
patters
This alone would make him an ldchl
executive NJ this particular time ~
the history OF the commonwealth
with the backbone 90 withstand sell
FISH promptings and the encrouch'
ment oi selfish interests, he would
al the same time insist on the full pro
lection of property and personal
rights. and would ioyiully receive and
work for such progressive AMI sane
measures as the spirit OF the times
and The people demand