Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-24
National Committeeman Conf
dent That Both viii be Re-
pubIIcans; Not PrOgressivas
or Democrats.
DIFFERENCES IN PARTY
PATCHED UP HE SAYS
Reiterates That His Position
Relative to Own Candidacy
Remains Exactly as It Has
Heretofore,

That all was now harmonious In
the republican party. and that most
| of the talk about row between
Speaker X. l.. Baca, OF the house. and
his followers. or those of Hon. 4. u.
Catron was groundless; that unit rule
had been agreed on by the republic
cans for all questions of party prin-
cipe; that senators would likely be
elected this week, and that all reports
OF the Impeachment of Mr.. Baca were
tgrossiy exaggerated, were the major
points In an interview given out here
last night by Hon. solomon Luna. who
was In the city for a short time on
his way to his ranch AT Magdalena.
The minor points in his statement
were that he had not changed his
original position on his own sena-
torial candidacy and that caucus
had been held last night which pro-
| duced greater solidity in the party
than had existed heretofore, and al
which all grievances against Speaker
Baca had been fixed satisfactorily to
| the party leaders. The republicans
have enough votes" said Mr.. Luna
ito elect two republican senator's
There is not the slightest chance of
anyone uniting with the democrats
and progressive republicans and elect
| Ing a democrat or anyone else. The
republicans have the votes to elect,
and believe they will do 1t this week
That. however, is my own personal
opinion. and may not be right.
There was some talk current on
| the streets yesterday that Speak
! Is all foolishness. ~. will not be, and
/ the stories which were circulated
about the affair were exaggerated and
without proper foundation.
There was really but little ground
Tor break between the speaker and
Mr.. Catron, and the conference last
night fixed all there was.
THE republican party in this state
is now harmonious ana presents a
united front to the OPPOSITION
Mr.. Luna declined to make any
statement regarding the proba bility or
several candidates, who were named,
being elected as senators. All he
would say was, They will be republl>
cans"
Regarding his own candidacy, he
said. II am still maintaining my orig
inal position in the matter"
'"The caucus was called by Speaker
Baca in the house and by Floor
Leader Holt in the senate. Every re-
publican was present, including Rep
resentatives Burg and Gurule, the
proeressives from Bernalillo county.
who have been acting with u.s. The
members of the executive committee
were also present
AT this caucus ii was agreed no
senatorial matters were to be dis
cussed. None were discussed what
ever, but a foundation was laid for
unit rule among the republicans on
party matters OF principle whenever
ii should be necessary to determine
of WhAf prinniuIa oh lot
AT the caucus; which was called
for purposes of harmony and was
really harmony meeting, severa
members of the house presented their
grievances against the speaker. These
grievances mostly consisted of mat
tiers relating to the employment OF
too many extra employees. The con-
stitution allows sac a day for the em-
ployment of extra employees in each
house. The house had a number
which would bring the total expendi-
ture up 10 more than $40 above this.
1t was agreed that the extra ein-
ployes should be reduced to the
proper number. so that members
might know just who was the legal
to be called upon for any
work they might have to be done
Another grievance against the speak.
er, PRESENTED by several members, was
esihN fHeit hou b'th MUSE Tults
formulated.
The speaker explained that many |
of the committee on rules |
We're members of the committee or /,
fifteen which is investigating charges |
against four members, and that they |
had been very busy. These members |
concurred In this explanation, ann |
promised to get right down to work |
tonight. and get the rules in shape for |
use Monday.
The repu blicans also agreed To 1
caucus again tonight. and determine |
which of the employees should be re-
tained. and promised to see that the
smployes were cut down so that the /
allowance would be /
sufficient for their payment
The conference produced complete 4
harmony among the repuDiicans.
The caucus selected a floor leader
or the house. giving the place to
Major w. H. n. Llewellyn. Bias
was selected as assistant floor
eader. This set another point at
est. by giving the house members
tome one To whom they could iooI,
or leadership.
Floor Leader n. n. Holt had been
'elected for the senate when that
body organized.
The caucus occupied five hours.
md We did not get done until nearly /
FORECAST.