El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-26
ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY
HELD AT ALAMOGORDO
Bursum and Fall the Princi-
pal Speakers and Large
Crowd Attends

AlamOgOrdo. n H., Oct. 26-The big
gest and most enthusiastic political
rally which AlamOgOrdO ever has had
was held here In the court house when
Holm o. Bursum, Republican candidate
for governor, and Judge Albert B. FAN,
OF Three Rivers, were the principal
speakers
The visitors arrived on the limited
from FL PasO at 3-15, and while a num-
Der Of the AlamOg0rdo citizens met the
party ar the station they were princi-
pally personal friends Of the incoming
FlSlLOrs, and no effort whatever was
made at holding a demonstration or
ovation In the party Of visitors were
H. q. Bursums candidate for governor;
frank w. Clancy, candidate for attOr-
ney general, T. l. lledler, candidate for
district judge; George w. ArmijO. can
d1date for corporation commissioner;
judge Albert B. Fail.
An mprOmptu and informal banquet
at the Southwestern cafe at o'clock
was given TO the visitors. Those in at
tendance were II. o. -B1lrsUm, ElfegO
6aca, FRANK W. clancy, b. J. Medler,
George w. ArmijO, judge Edward r.
Wright judge Albert 3. FAN, DIT. J. r.
howell Charles p Downs, John NJ.
Bowman, W. d. Upton, Charles E.
Thomas, Frank II. Maxwell J. E Gregg,
Juan 7. BaldonadO, Clovis Aguilar, J. A.
Baird, D. N. Sutherland, Hal II. Major,
). j. HILL 4. c. ROLAND George J. VOL
finger.
WOulu not nearly accommodate the
large crowd. Many extra seats had
been put in and all the available stand
ing room was used. More than 100
women we're in the audience.
Hal II. Major presided as chairman
Of the meeting and introduced Mr.. Bur
sum as the first speaker. Mr.. Bursum
spoke without notes, and his speech
was CHARACTERIZED throughout by sim
puclty and earnestness- He attempted
no defence against the charges which
are being made against him through
the opposition press and from the cam
paign, nor did he make one single un-
favorable comment upon any of the Op-
position candidates He confined his
remarks principally TO his knowledge
and understanding of the wonderful
latent resources Of New Mexico and
tnenr need OF development. He dis
cussed the needs of the people and upon
every material point pledged his best
efforts TO serve the interests Of
the whole state He declared uneQuiv-
Oca-ly that II elected he would be the
governor Of all the people of New Mex
leo, regardless Of political belief or re-
ligiOus creed
Judge AIedler then made short ad-
dress and was followed by 1Tr. ArmijO
The chairman then introduced Judge
FAN, who made speech which has
been declared the best that he has
ever made
Judge Fail gave his attention first to
cOnrrOverting some statements made by
congressman Flood in his speech in
AlamOgordo last week He told the in
side history Of the work of the Demo
cratic delegation from New Mexico be-
fore the house committee on territories
last spring and quoted the official rec
ords.
He then discussed the merits of the
charges which are being circulated
against Mr.. Bursum- He reviewed the
case from the time the charges were
first filed until settled IN court. Judge
FAN was the attorney general at the
time, and he introduced the original
correspondence to show that his accept
ance Of the post was due to the urging
Of governor Curry, Just then appointed,
and by the further request OF president
Roosevelt, and that his acceptance had
no bearing whatever upon the trial OF
the Bursum case.