El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
WILSON GAINS
FRIENDS III
bRIZ0NB
Quick Change in Democratic
Sentiment Follows Nomi-
nation.
REPUBLICANS WAIT
FOR ROOSEVELT TO ACT


Phoenix, Ariz., July. Cone of the
results of late political happenings is
to emphasize the fact that the personal
equation, after all, is not of much i'm
pOrtance in national affairs. This is
especially true of the Democratic stu
alton. Although at the preferential
primary the state went for Clark by an
Overwhelming majority, Wilson having
hardly a look in, as soon as the news
came that the New Jersey governor
had been nominated one would think
he had been the favOrite all along.
There have already been a couple OF
demonstrations in honor of the noml-
neeS and more are possible 1t is true
there are few unrecOnciled CLARK
men, but they are conspicuous by their
scarcity more than anything else. 1t
is a remarkable situation in several
ways.
Whether Wilson has grown In
strength and favor in Arizona since
the primaries. or whether the vote was
cast for Clark simply because he was
played as the favOrite by the leaders
it would be difficult to say. But since
the nomination it is evident that VIII
son has grown tremendously in favor.
4 factor, and a big factor, IS the
Bryan support
Organism Strong.
For after all. the most pronounced
sentiment in evidence in this state
among the Democrats, is the Bryan
sentiment. Through all the -enthuSl-
assn for, Wilson there IS an undercur-
rent of Organism and if the signs
mean anything at all they mean that
the New Jersey mans popularity IS due
in no small measure to the fact that he
had the support Of the perennial can
didate from Nebraska
Arizonans have come to like Wilson
better than Clark because they believe
he is more progressive than the
speaker And they ike Bryan better
81 Tsra naW
believe he is the most progressive Of
all Of them. When 1t is considered
that a little more than two years ago
Arizona was safely conservative state
the change must be considered 3
rather remarkable one
RepL bIicanS Are Waiting.
On the Republican side it is perhaps
enough TO say that the situation IN
the country at large is accurately re-
Elected in Arizona Just now the poll
ticians are playing a waiting game.
They are waiting for ROOseyelTs next
move And IT, as seems certain, there
is to be a third party in the field, there
Will without doubt be three cornered
fight here.
on the Taft side viii be the "old
guard, headed by J. Lorenzo Hubbeu
and J. c. Adams On the progressive
side will be the Roosevelt men headed
by Dwight B. Heard and J. Fred
Cleaveland. There is going to be
plenty doing politically in Arizona Tor
the next several months.
However, it is not all harmony in the
Roosevelt camp. Heard has been re-
pudiated by some of the Roosevelt
men who claim that he has been more
intent on his own personal advance
ment than on an unSeltlsh effort 10 al
vance the fortunes of his chief. For
the past several days gossip has been
busy with Mr.. Heard's name and It Is
said he had already fixed up a deal
with Mr. Roosevelt in the event of the
latters nomination and election oy
the terms of which he was to be min
lister TO Belgium. Just why that par
ticuIar post was selected is not known;
but the alleged deal has been discussed
with great seriousness
Heard Is ROOscVeIt's Friend.
OF course it is quite possible Mr..
Heard would have been taken care Of
in the event of ROOSeyeIts success. He
and the former president are personal
friends; and in addition Mr.. Heard gave
literally of his time and money 20 ad-
vance the cause of the man from
Oyster Bay. So. that, when the time
came for handing round the plumss II
it ever had come, II would be nothing
more than would be expected that one
of them should go to Mr.. Heard. The
perfectly unselfish plane in politics has
not vet been attained and the itching
political palm is just as manifest IN
Arizona as anywhere else.
OF course it is too soon to tell much
about the probable strength OF the
Roosevelt movement here. but it seems
altogether unlikely that it will cut any
great figure. so far as accomplishing
positive results is concerned The state
is normally DemOcratic-that Is, pro-
gressive Democratic-by a heavy ma
jority. considering the size of the vote,
and it is evident that the net result OF
the Republican detection wiz be to aid
the Democrats. As pointed out above
the Democrats generally are perfectly
satisfied with the nomination of VIII
son and it is not likely any great num-
bers of them will desert to Roosevelt
And on the other hand there is
strong probability that some of the
conservative Republicans, to guard
against the possibility of giving the
state to the former president will vote
for Wilson as the choice Of two evils
But there are any number of guesseS
with little certainty except that II IS
going to be a rather badly scrambled
affair.
The Local Situation.
Much has been written already about
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