El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-24

me e1positions to be held at san Fran
o-scO ana san Diego, Cal, in 1915.
state lands iei~llns 10
SS,--ProFiding for the printing and
PIDlcaJion Of the acts Of the first leg
-aluIe, and making the necessary an
preparations therefor
SS-Aaking an apDropriatior ror The
"a! mehI OF the expenses of this sDe-
Clei session OF the legislature ana TO
tahe such action relative TO the sinh
Jects herein before referred to ..as the
legislature may deem wise and ev-
pedient" anu sA-
Direct Primary Bugaboo.
It has to be confessed that the gov
StHoE lnslstence uDon the passage
OF an election law that shall aDplv to
state' county and precinct offices has
---Sed Z olI OF CONSERVATION in the
Inns ~ the opposition to these meas
ures II is funny situation. too. for
the men In the laWmakfng BODY will
.aNe 10 deal directly with a matter af-
IecJhg their own tenure of office. And
since the matter has been put IN TO
them sQUarely in a special session II
certainly seems they viii have 10 take
some sort Of decisive action.
good many OF the legislators say
ne enactment Of new legislation is
UoI hecesSary-that there would have
TO be such election this fan ANYWAY
But the governor has responded to
lnls Dy saying IL that be true the en-
actlnent Of a new law can do no harm.
since u would be merely cOnfirmatory
% statute already on the books At
Lne same time IL is quite possibIe-in
Lacli II has been positively asserted
tnat several public officials including
lne governor, are not especially strong
Tor lhiS legislation and that tho de-
mand for its enactment is rather a
play for popular favor than anything
else However. no one can say posi-
uNely that that Is true; and in any
event Mr. Hunt has placed himself in
position Of tactical advantage and
mas thrown the burden of REFUSING 10
enact such law-if there is such re-
Iusai-squarely upon the legislature.
Politics Are Sizzling.
Meanwhile, as the Legislative wheels
uaE begun TO reVoiYe again. political
attairs continue TO sizz.e. The Demo-
Gratis VIII hold their statewide primary
May % and the Roosevelt Republicans
VIII hold county convention June l
TOT .the purpose Of choosing DELEGATES
10 the state convention at Tucson June
3. The Taft Republicans aTIeera the
action taken by the committee is frreg-
ular and Illegal and follow this with
the declaration that the primary I'm
winch delegates to this county conveu-
ton are 10 be selected is without sane
uon- This primary will occur the 25th.
Inc bitterness OF. the fight has been
accentuated by personal controversy
between h. p Hays. chairman OF The
Republican county committee
roosevelt supporter. and Celora NJ
Stoddard, the secretary, who is counted
with the Taft adherents. StOddard al
leSes that Hays, in issuing the can for
the country primaries, used his name
without his knowledge or consent
Rays has replied that the afffxine OF
MS name TO the call was a mere matter
Of form. Then, Paul Benau Tnpfes.
chairman Of the Taft Republican club
mas come out in an open letter asking
an Taft Republicans to refrain from
voting in the primaries. To add to the
complex situation, Robert S. Fisher. one
or the Republican county committee.
ana a Roosevelt man. has broken with
'Wlght 3. Heard chairman of the Taft
bureau In Arizona, declaring that Heard
is trying TO use the Roosevelt com
pdlgn for his own personal glorifica-
non All in all II IS one Of the prettfesr
rights ever witnessed in Arizona. one
on the Immediate results will be the
sending of cOntesing delegations from
4arcopa county 10 the state conven-
llon at Tucson; and theresis strong
pI ,1I,oaolllty that cOntesting delegations
VIII go TO the Chicago convention.