Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-22

ATTEMPTED COERCION
BY HUBBELLlTES FAILS
Tatt-Jaffa Club to Depend on
Large SIush Fund to Garry
Out Its Purposes According
10 Current Report.

The first effort OF the to-hc organ
| ized Tnft-Jaffa club 10 assist the re-
publican county committee In their
endeavors 10 insure a large majority
for the republican ticket in Bernalillc
county" resulted last night IN the clos
! ing OF the republican headquarters ana
the declaration Of Chairman Elfego
Baca that he would ignore the club
ana would not be responsible for any
az It's acts during the campaign
| While declining 10 take an active
part In the campaign subservicnt to
the lubbel men composing the Taft
Jaffa club. the members OF the regular
organization declare that they Will
support the republican ticket and will
not surrender the organization. They
will simply let the self-consttuted, or
rather ubbell-constituted. organiza-
tion handle the present campaign and
take the responsibility of the over
whemng defeat which they are sure
win be the result Of the breaking up
Of the regular organization
It il stated that the Tait-Jaffa clul,
expects to have A large siush fund and
that one Of the reasons for taking the
control of affairs from Baca was the
fact that he had pledged himself to
conduct clean campaign free from
the bribery and corruption which has
marked previous elections
Thus have the statements OF the
evening paper ana certain gentlemen
who grew somewhat hysterical over
the article published In the Journal OF
Yesterday been fulfilled
AS to the stiil more hystcrical state
menls Of these same gentlemen, ana
the militant young men who conduct
the evening paper applying the short
amt ugly Word al frequent intervals
to the statement In the Journal that
Frank Hubbell inspired and was back
Of the movement to oust Elfego Baca
from tho chairmanship of the county
central committee. the journal Will
furnish its readers before election day
with the affidaNits Of a large number
of members OF the republican county
central committee 10 the effect thnt
they were approached either by Frank
Hubbell. himself, or by his son and
solicited for their proxies NJ the meet
ing Of the central committee at which
the question of ousting Baca was to
c. nae up
Those affidayits will show that Hub
hcll represented that he was d friend
OF EacH ana in one instance at least.
obtained u proxy on this statement and
IN others the proxies We're not given.
Chairman Baea upset the calculations
of Hubbell by issuing "A notice that no
proxies wuuld he allowed at the meet
ing,
broad smile went around among
the politicians Of the county yesterday
when they read the list of names OF
organizers oi the Taft -Jaffa club
coupled with the rather flamboyant
statement in the evening paper that
these men were one and all above the
suspicion OF being implicated in any
political scheme of Frank Hubbell. In
the isi appears the name of Francis
= Wood, personal attorney and loyal
henchman Of Hubbell; j. l.. Perea.
who was appointed to "A lucrative fed
eral office solely on the recommended
tion OF HubhelI. NJ. e. Hickey, who re-
ccived the republican nomination for
district Judge last fail solely by grace OF
lmbbell and WAS overwhelmingly de-
tclted 10y the same grace: Il. A. Mann,
" hu as Hubbcll's chief lieutenant, en-
sinecred the move last fall which split
the republican party in half and lost tho
state and county to the party: George
Il; craig. Charles Melini. George ii.
Moore, George F. Albright. George A.
Ilascman. ". ]. Johnson, ID. ]. RAN
Kin and others whom the records fail
10 disclose have ever opposed tho
former county boss. Far be IL from
hcse men to take part In any move-
nrnt which bears the taint Of Hubbel-
sln.
Many of tho names obtained on the
Tub roster. II was learned. were mis-
ed and believed that they were joining
club which was to work In harmony
with the republican organization and.
~ one instance. at least. IL is known
hat the organizers were told that
hey might put down the name but tho
nan would contribute only to the
'ouny committee direct.
In his letter addressed to the MEM
,ers of the progressive. democratic and
committees which had
agreed upon a plan for clean cam
Daign and election, published else
where, Chairman Baca states exactly
he proposition made by Max Nord-
laus and Louis 1lfeld and win doubt
ess explain more la detail II the