El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-12
are taking the offensive? one might
say. almost joyfully.
naunocrafic Candidates.


There is. however no scramble for
the nomination for the governorship
H. B. Ferguson and y. n. Marron, OF
AiouqueTque; w: y; Meoon nS S.O u Fe.
@. A Richardson, of Roswell, are Pc
ing mentioned in the same breath, but
they are all shy about 1t and TINS
very shynesS lends substance TO the
view that Herbert j. Hagerman NAV be
nominated and endorsed by the Pro-
hibitionists and the progressive Re-
publicans.
For lieutenant governor a Spanish
American is to be nominated. Who,
it has not yet been fully decided, but
Manuel q. Vigil, Of albuquerque.
toned Ezequiel c. de Baca. Of La
Voz del Pueblo, of Las Vegas, may have
the place, especially since he is an
editor and the Democrats propose to
be more thoughtful of the newspaper
men than are the Republicans.
Newspaper Man Wanted.
For congress. H M. Dougherty. OF
competitor of the Republican candi-
date John Morrow. of Ration, is the
man mentioned for the other candi-
dacy
For secretary OF state, the Democrats
are figuring on J. T. Mabry, the bril-
liant young editor of the Clovis Jour-
nal. again showing their Partially for
newspaper men,
To be truthful. Democratic senti-
ment is not crystalizing itself so stub
bornly about certain candidates as II
IS in the Republican ranks. This Is
an advantage and will make the state
convention at Santa Fe much more IN
teresting than that at Las Vegas,
which viii have as great enthusiasm
but will act on lines pretty well pre-
determined.
Where Hope Is Deferred.
On the Democratic side, there is lit
and therefore there is no eagerness to
announce candidates. for the senatorial
togas. But should such thing as a
Democratic legislature come to pass.
slide to bring that about, A. A Jones,
of Las Vegas, and II. B. Ferguson, of
Albuquerque. would be the senatorial
favorites, with Arthur Seligman OF
W. Poe, of Roswell. as possibilities.
More likely is that the progressive
Republicans may hold the balance of
power In the legislature and by com
bining with the Democrats, create
havoc But such possibility is mere
ly a remote contingency.
Prohibition and Socialism.
Fortunately for the peace of the
commonwealth, the Prohibitionists are
not at all aggressive, have attempted
no systematic organization. and will
campaign, even for the legislature.
With the funds they might have had |
at their command, and with a few |
good politicians as leaders they might !
have forced the issue, but thew have |
permitted the psychological moment to |
pass and viii confine themselves to /
making general moral pleas.
The Socialists will be very active and /
will put up a state ticket as well as |
number of county tickets in the east |
ern part Of the territory Their /
strength will come mainly from the |
Democrats.
A calm and impartial survey shows !
that the Republicans have the advan- /
tage, in fact are almost certain TO
win by unusually large majoritieS pro-
vided their leaders are not too re-
dictionary in their platform and meth |
DDS. Unselfish advice, for instance. !
urges the party not to make the Tit
tie blue ballot" a test Of party fealty. |
and to make the platform broad
enough for even the most radical pro-
gressive to stand upon. 1t seems that
this counsel will be accepted and the
nomination of 81 o. Bursum for gov
ernor, who is in reality conserve
tive progressive. would mean such
platform
The, only potentially Of trouble for
the republican party is a formidable
combination of Democrats and Hager-
man followers, although such a com
blnation would make the Republican
party only the more determined to win
and seems so ridiculous as to be out
OF the question