Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-19
BOTH PRESIDENCY
AND SEMATORSH|P
ARE At STAKE
Regular Republican 0rgaOizl-
ton in New Mexico Holding
Delegation to National Con-
vention as Club Over Taft,

Venll0n as CluD over ! all,
Especial Dispatch to the Morning journal.
, Santa fc, y NJ, April 1S.-The
bearing which the recent presidential
order, declaring all federal offices in
New Mexico vacated by operation of
law on the admission of the territory
to statehood, win have upon the race
foT United states senator continues
the very live topic or discussion in
Santa Fe. and DEVELOPMENTS arc likely
to follow rapidly in the next few
days.
The political fortunes of President
TAFT, So far as New Mexico Is CON
cerned are closely interviewer with
those of the candidate for senator.
In the game that is being played both
the presidency and the senatorship
are at stake.
There is no getting around the fact
that the New Mexico republican or
ganizatlon holds club over the head
of the president. due to the fact the
delegation To the Chicago convention,
while supposed to be for Mr. Tafts
denomination, is uninstructed and is
absolutely at the beck and call OF the
organization. Convention votes are
now matter of great Importance to
the president. ana II Is not unlikely
that he will be In need of the aid that
New Mexico can give him. In order
to get those votes he must not antag
onize the organization, and the or
ganization Is emphatically in favor of
the reelection of senator 4. Il. Fall
During his service as delegate In
congress- w H. Andrews was instru-
mental in securing the appointment
of many men to federal offices in New
Mexico and when he retired from Of
flee. n short time ago. he had built
up quite nice little machine in this
way. by reason OF the presidents or
der. however, the machine has been
taken to pieces and when II is re-
bnilt there Is no telling whose ma
chine II VIII be.
The organization is busily engaged
in taking advantage of the presidents
otlor by arranging slate of federal
offieeholders on which Will he only
on to sit tight and vote right when
the interests Of the organization are
at stake. The talk today is that
Manuel r. Otero. the assistant post
master at Santa Zee, Is due to be APP
pointed commissioner of Internal rev
enue to succeed Henry T. Bardshar
an avowed Andrews man and Roose-
welt rough rider; that Fritz Muller Of
The land office another rough rider.
Will feel the weight of the official axe
in favor of someone not yet decided
upon who will be more satisfactory
to the organization; that Postmaster
r. G. Burke of the Santa Fe office,
will he succeeded by George w Arm
iio. who is at present secretary of the
commission: that a fight
is being started on Postmaster e. W
Hopkins Of Albuquerque, and that
James 5. Black of that city, newspa-
per man. may be named as his sue
cessor. and there are others.
\ meeting of the republican eNeCu-
tive committee has been called for
next Monday, at which the whole sit
uation will bc gone over. ana after
that meeting it will be possible to de-
termine more definitely who's who In |
the federal officeholding game IN New |
Mexico. Hon. solomon Luna. who Is |
the controlling factor In the urgani- /
zation. Is not in Santa te at present. |
but he viii be on the job when the /
comm ttce meets next Monday
Mr. Andrews viii not he quoted on |
The subject of the president ord'.. /
but his friends pooh pooh the idea
that Icy that order every federal Of
ficcholder In New AlcXico has lost his
position and can De displaced at the
,apricc of the authorities In Wash
ngton. They say that the men af-
'ccted 10y the order are In the same
position as a civil service Hppointcc
whose term has expired bnt who can
DOT be- removed except FOR lnefficicncy
n dishonesty They point to the fact
hat there II only one first class post
,ffice In New Mexico and that the
'ast majority of The federal office
lolders In the state are protected from
by the civil service law Thvs
leny that MIR Andrews candidacy has
,een IN any way affected 10y the recent
urn Of events.
There H. every reason to believe
hat senator Fan Is by no means So
irong in his advocacy Of the candi-
acN OF Theodore Roosevelt for pr,'si
ent rs he WIS little while buck.
'olitics makes strange bed fellows.
= is shown bv the fact that Judge 4
'al and President Taft are now in
he same political bed