Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-23
Election Of Fall or No Electiea
at All Expected to Result
From Vote on January 2s
Next.
REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS
CALLED FOR TONIGHT
Fourteen Members of Senate
Relied on as Fall Men; Lack
of Senatorial Candidates Is
Strange Feature.

Especial Dtsp~srh 80 Hvralag ussslal
santa Pc. \. NJ, Jan. 20 A cau-
Gus 90 The Republican members Of
the hvusc ed icptrs cuirt'Nes has been
called for this evening to consider.
among other things. the election II
~ United states senator Tie sltua-
tion IN the house has changed mcas-
urahiy since yesterday afternoon wh n
the members. by a vote 81 80 10 10.
refused o. 60 on record rcatfirning
their action of last Junc by the
decmrnt on that the election OF Judge
FAN was legal and regular.
The Democratic members. ~ might
have been expected. voted s0lidiy
against tho resolution indorsinu the
action ot the house Of last June,
since the were opposed 90 u "a that
time, ana they are opposed Ia " now.
John Baron Rurx and Thomas Gu
rule. progressive OF Bernaiilio. join
ed la the movement against judge
Fail. hasinE their action on the be-
lief that they were following the
wishes 81 their constituents. that
Judge FAN H. not popular In Alhu.
auerquc and that the pcopi of their
home county would be better served
by having Delegate W a. Andrews IN
the United States senate
Tn motives 81 several 81 the other
members are more difficult to ia
Thorn. Representative James W Cha-
yes of Torrance. one Of the leaders iu
the movement for the Fall lection
last June. and the speaker without
whose consent the second election of
the senator would not have been pos
sibla. today we're lined az in opposi
tiun 90 the endorsement at their own
action az that time II IN known 81
course that several ~ the members
dld not exactly understand the effect
Of their action yesterday but Mr
Chuvcs and the speaker can not po
counted among the men who ala not
understand.
Mr., Burg y honestly convince
that his course IN the legislature has
been tn" right one hot he b. more than
little miffed by the lack at appre-
citation Of his efforts by his con~titu.
ents. The same ~ true ct the 9th 70
representative of Rcrnaiillo county.
both IN the house and Ia tho senate.
They have heard from reliable
sources that the business mon at Al
buquerque are considering supplan'
ing them and having legislation de-.
sired hy Bernulillo county introduced
by senators and representatives from
other places aud they don't like H..
and Mr Burg. at least is willing tp
do almost anything tu couvinC. his
a.F.F 49,. Il. A..
power in the house and at the same
time make himself popular with the
people OF other counties. Mr. Burg
believes h. is building for future 20.
iitical prefcrmcnt and rccoenize- ina;
his own county while IL BE- prc-en.
nent commercially. is "a tallcnder
when u comes 10 politics
II IS generally conc dcd that the
fight on Judge VAN can have only one
OF two results The election ct judge
Fail ar the failure of tho Legislature
to elect "a all The vote uf yesterday
shows thar the members at the house
are divided into three classes. sixteen
Democrats who Wili vote against any
Republican and who yesterda, voted
with the opponents uf Senator rnll
against declaring the June election
legal sixteen Republicans who Vot
ed % endorse the legality az the ior-
ton and Who may be- counted upon
90 stick 20 the senator until the nnm
finish. and sixteen Republicans who.
while refusing Go endorse tho Z gnliiy
of the last election. NAV or may not
vote for Senator Fail when t comes
60 the actual question ~ selecting 10
senator Tor the term beginning March
next
Ina the senate fourteen members
may bc counted upon a. stand tor
ran 30 long az he is candidate. two
~ the members ara doubtful Will,
the remaining eight are Democrat
and may he counted upon 90 vote tor
whoever the Democrats select as their
candidate. probably a A. Jones. Dr
FeiN Martlncz The sixteen house
Democrats are different ,llss ot
men, some ot them ar, men ct high
character and attuinmonts. others 20
take charitable Wow of th. case.
are not such men as an ,nliRhtcu.i
community usually selects Tor ifo
high duty ~ cnuctinS state laws. How
they VIII vote on the .ruatorship iH
"a question that none can answer. sine,
''ifi ~ iNfNi no NHl NNnN iNfiUtfi|'H
ut % De- w certain iH anything can
he certain be- puiitlcs that 'hcy VIII
not unit" ON ONE man aud that marr
ui them VIII look with suspicion ON
The man who h. the choice oI ihc
senate Democrats
Tho sirangest feature of The si.-
alton is the apparent lack OF can
didafcs or Of men mentioned .s Goa.
didWtoH There are rumofs nt th.
arrival here shortly pf lprmnr n.l.
quite Andrew who. accord bg Zoo fh-
story ls coininR prepared tu ur
strange and wonderful ihirp, and
perform the hitherto Impossible I,sI
of uniting the Legislature iu hIs sup.
port o. is known, however that Air
Andrews has announced that be- BIZ
not and VIII not he candidate This
statement by the veteran viii be- tnk.
en- with some reservation ny those
who knoA him since rev can imag