The Washington times., 1911-11-22
PARTIES TO DIVIDE
SENATE SEATS TO
BEAT THE BOSSES
Blow Planned At New Mex
leo Standpatters-Frauds
I Are Trailed.
By JUDsoN c. wELL1vER.

Despite the fact the regular or stand-
pat Republican organization has car
ried a majority Of members of the New
Mexico Legislature chosen two weeks
ago today, Indications are that one
Democrat and one Republican progress
.sive will be elected Senators. ''Bull''
Andrews stands to lose the seat for
which he has so long struggled. and
solomon Luna. Republican boss and
national committeeman, has more pros
pect OF an inglorious retirement from
politics than he has or being Sena-
tor.
This Is the story which comes from
the new Southwestern State today. 1t
10 brought by John Baron Berg, a for
nler Washingtonian, who has for three
years lived In New Mexico, and has just
been elected as a progressive Republi-
can to the State senate. Berg has
been scrapper ever since he went in
to the Territory, and was one of the
group Of progressives that bolted the
machine convention at Las vergas last
summer.
The remarkable. result in New Mexico
is OF the greatest national interest at
this time, because It may determine the
political complexion of the United
States Senate after March 4, 1912. The
regular Republicans always counted OH
two Senators from New Mexico. They
conceded. that the Democrats would
get two from Arizona, and SO in all cal
oulations the twin Southwest States
were set down as a stand-off.
election was a revolution. directed
against the reactionary Andrews-Luna
Fall-Catron machine. The progressive
Republicans Joined with the Democrats
in supporting the Democrat State tick
ct, and elected nearly all Of it. The
biggest fight was to control the SUI
preme court, and two Democrats and
one progressive Republican have been
elected. 1t Is composed OF three men,
bers.
The old corrupt New Mexico gang
wanted to be sure of the court because
II would be their final safeguard. LOS
ing 1t, they have lost the one assurance
for domination of the State.
"The legislature would have gone
Democratic-P Progressive by at least two
to one," said Mr.. Berg today, but for
the machine. On everything that gave
opportunity for Statewide vote, the
machine was defeated. They held back
the returns, doctored them as much as
mo less than 16l precincts were held
back for ten days after the election
and then the returns from them were
all found to be overwhelmingly in favor
of thing they saved nominal consent OF
the legislature, but they couldn't save
the State ticket. Mcdonald, Democrat
is elected governor by about 1000 ir
spite OF all the fixing.
"While the machine was holding bacl
and plugging the returns, the Demo
Gratis and Progressives organized a lega
committee, raised $4,000, and are nov
on the trail Of the election crooks"
Mr.. Berg's explanation of the Sen.
atorial situation Is most interesting
The Democrats and progressive Repub'
licans together come within three OF
four of a majority in the Legislature
This of course cannot control. But II
turns out that a number of the mer
whom the machine Republicans nomi.
mated and elected were in sympathy
with the revolt, and are determined
TO Join it. As result. the coalescence
is assured, Mr.. Berg says, comforta-
ture and to carry out the original pro-
gram and elect one Democrat and one
progressive Republican to the United
States Senate.
Few Mexico is progressive COM
munity, as the country soon will dis.
covery," declared Mr.. Berg. "The re-
suit was u rebuke to the gangs meth
DDS at the Las Vegas convention. The
real people simply had no chance there
at all; the gang rode over them in a
manner that made all the decent opin-
ion of the State rise up in the protest
that brought about the result we have
seen. Now watch New Mexico; there
is going to be a carnival Of machine
busting and boss-punishing when the
election frauds get to the courts"