Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-13
HI'rJBliCAN LEADERS say
TIM STATl ~ THEIRS


At the meeting OF tho Republican
state committee here last week there
was plenty of tssJssluu ~ the Wo0se-
Welt vote ana among some uf the COM
mlttecmon uncasiucss was shown as
to its effect upon tho result. The
leaders. however. men who have been
most prominently aud closely assori-
atrd with the campaigns OF the past
ten years expressed absolute" Dunn-
doncc iu a TAFT victory I'm the state,
regardless OF AN the gompuca lions.
The Republican organization, it was
stated. was not seriously impaired in
any pf tao counties save Bernulillo,
whore chaos exists. ana in Dona Ana
county whore there ls a lively fish, fpr
urganiz tiun ountrnI stiu in progress.
one fartion OF tho Doua Ana Nopuhli-
cans insists upon the elimination ol
H. E. Holt as 20 party leader tn"
hight upon Hut has bccn Wugcd for
snme time HIS friends however,
point out that ho is "a member of the
state committee and % member Of the
state senate and that ne VIII decline
20 be- eliminated. The disposition
seems Co 1c among a majority Of tho
committeeman Co Jet the long stand
Ing row In Bernalillo county work H.
SELF out us best II can 80 f1r as tho
state organization Is concerned, de-
pending upon the loyalty of the rank
and dle of Republicans 90 march up
and east their ballots for TAFT the
evidence OF the past few elections goes
90 show that Bcrnalillo county loyal
lists are the swiftest Nttlc disappolnt
ments on the state map. They have
not heen tried out before on prosi-
dental election. however and the Re
pubicans believe they viii stand for
TAFT
The Republican committee had "A
rather enthusiastic meeting in spite ot
the Bull Moose shadow. An but four
on ave ut the counties we're repre-
scnted. % majority OF them by commit
teem.n. aud as there was no business
hut tho selection 90 the convention
place and date. the representation
wa. considered good There were no
formal reports from the various ooun-
tics. bat the members came u with
voluntary statements and Ia almost
every case these were hopeful Re
publican leaders say that every stand
nat county uf the past viii 90" found
in the TAFT column In November, that
Wilson viii not get the united sup
uurt the Democrats expect, mat
gposcyelt VIII draw equally from the
Violently progressive bon beth parties
and that hc win cut down the Demo-
cratic total almost ICES heavily aa the
Republican. Estimates of the louso-
welt vote, given hy Republicans az tho
meeting here varied from 5000 10
600 for tho state. The Progrcssi'rs
auqb at these estimates, but the
stand.pat men stuutly maintain mat
900 is the outside limit la add'-
tion 10 the expected Tnit vote in Der
nalilo county. the Republican leaders
say that the condition which brought
about the revolution iu SandoVal
county last fam no longer exists. thal
there are no county orlcefs TO elect
trat "a, liberal outpouring OF cam
paign slncws ia not likely 90 be re-
pented aud that Republicans VIII vote
for TAFT They express confidence, lh
fact that tho Republican vote VIII
stand btt In November, save for mat
part of IL which went 10 the Demo
Gratis In the ars, state election This
vote they say viii now go to th' hnll
..oosc. leaving Taft with "a safe ma
iorIty. plans are being iaid for "a
very vigorous campaign in every
county in the state.
The Republican committee VIII be
reorgunizcd. rhis has been given out
without any trimmings. chairman
Vencesluo JaramillO viii be replaced
ana the Albuquerque convention Is eN-
perted 60 introduce "a considerable
number of rev faces into the mem
bcrship ~ the committee. HerborI
W. Clark is likely to remain as score
tary Of the committee.
There Is lively speculation as 70 the