Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-11
SEES LIVE PERIL
IN THE METEORIC
RISE OF NEW
DICTATOR
Santa Fe Newspaper Views
With Alarm Sudden Aoces.
sion to Dominant Influence
of Albuquerque Man.
MAY GUIDE DEsTINIEs
OF REPUBLICAN PARTY


lilo county, chairman OF the commit
tee Of thirty, which runs the leeisla-
tive house. Is the future dictator OF
the Republican party "A New Mexico
and that he viii 40 to congress IL the
prospect viewed with some apparent
alarm By the Santa Re New Mexican,
which devotes a long editorial to the
sudden rise Of Mr.. Burg 70 q position
of supreme power IN the popular
branch OF the state legislature. The
New Mexican says:
The legislative SESSION has advanced
far enough 70 permit a Weighing Of
certain facts that appear to be- OBJ
vious. For instance. Il has been de-
termlned that tho Legislature thus far
has made the political fortune Of only
one man. That one man Is not Gov
ernOr Mcdonald. who has wisely re-
Trained from thrusting HIS hands lnto
the cogwheels Of legislation In an ef-
fort TO change their motion; Il Is nor
Colonel Lleweliyn, who was a figure
OF nationwide reputation before the
legislature met; Il 10 not Speaker
Baca, who has been speaker before.
and who has manipulated large pOllti-
cal propositions ere this; but Il II no
other than John Baron aurg
What good can come out OF Nazar-
eth? the lacrednliOua will ask. When
John Baron Burg arrived In Santa re
on March 10 from Washington, u. c..
man practically unknown, a man
small In stature and OF the English
] type against which there exists much
prejudice IN the popular mind. man
who belonged TO what the politicians
called yellow dor faction" or party
that had only five representatives
among the seyenty-three members OF
the legislature, q man who had made
no reputation that any one had par
ticularly heard OF before; a man who
with his two inseparable companions,
two Scotch collies. seemed reserved,
Ianything but n mixer or free spend
err; a man utterly foreign 70 the New
Mexico atmosphere, many astute poll
tlcsans thought he was man who
could be ignored without danger.
One Of his Albuquerque colleagues
was asked; who ID this man Burgl"
'Oh, he Ia a joke down our way; a
pocket edition Of NELL y. Field. H8
was elected by the pufest accident
and was nominated because no one
dreamed for a moment he could be
elected" was the answer.
And yet. today. the legislature
dances when this man whistles. the
Republican organization has met its
Waterloo from bis hands; he Ia even
lplanning to reorganixe the party ant
20 become It's "boss''--beg pardon, itB
"leader," and has announced himself
las candidate Tor congress, the
greatest gift that che voters can be-
stow directly upon any man.
John Baron Burg had some advan-
tages when he appeared upon the leg
islaeive stage. lie had no one 10 look
out for but himself. he had nothing to
lose, he knew how 70 take advantage
Of an unparalleled political situation
at the psychological moment; he had
no past thar any one knew OF; he has
habits Of consistent and marvellous IN
dustry; he has no particular prein-
dices against anyone or anything.
John Baron Burg had evidently
studied British or German or French
parliamentary history and dug into
the fact that in those countries, very
lOften, not any OF the many parties has
a clear majority IN the legislative
bodies. that a single man by skiliiul
combinations can make himself the
dominant factor. II, was a new game
In New Mexico, where either one or
the other party had a clear majority
from time immem0riai. where even In
this legislature the Republicans has
ltwO-thirds, and were 80 cock-aure OF
Their control that they failed 10 rec
IOgnlze that both Of the great parties
were divided into factiona with ideis
farther apart than usually separate
loyen the great parties. The Ropnb-
Ilican leaders began 20 deal with the
majority as II Il were one coherent
lmass instead Of composed OF forty
mime individuals. each with his own
lamblli0ns, his own little hopes and de-
Bires. When Il came 70 measuring
Istrength over the United States SEN
atOfship, the majority ship went 20
pieces for the time being on the rool,a
lby way Of which A. y. Fall and
lThomas 81 Catron MADE their way 20
the United states senate.
John Baron Burg took the snllnteFs.
He played on the vanity OF this one,
the cupldity OF the other, the ambi-
ton OF a third. the weakness of a
fourth and the good sense 81 ilith,
and constructed q raft of which ne 10
lCaptain, He permitted others 20 inn
lagino thoy were running the raft. per
mitted others TO pose 80 floor leadars'
but Il d John Baron Burg who al the
time Is steering the ship straight into
the progressive Republican harbor II
was IN an ungunrdcd moment that ne
exultlngly said "The Republican
bosses now have 10 came 20 me- "
they want anythine," and tho bosses
are doing a..
Only thla week an Albuquerque
newspaper printed q significant llitie
personal, telling that John Baron Surg
was taking a spin IN tho automobile
OF one Herbert 81 HnFefmnn. 81
course, these two gentlemen con-
versed only about next falls apple
crop. bat with John Baron Burg an
announced candidate for congress-
with an ambition 10 re0rganize the re
publican party. with the desire 70 step
Into ,ho shoes az solomon Luna OF
Holm llnrsum. or even Albert y. san
people can not BE- blamed for iumplne
10 conclusions.
In the meanwhile. John Baron Burg