The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-26

htENt as the ltfpunil'hH 'hh'i"N'
Tor congress. delivered o really elo-
qucnt and Intelligent address In Eng
Itch" which, &c seems. 30 ustonishcd
the convention that u gave vent TO
a burst Of sincere enthusiasm. n
wonders just what the convention,
"many Of whom did not now the
candidate really expected Of Mr..
Hernandez. one wonders n the inn
preston many Of the delegates had
Of Mr. Hernandez Was that he would
nddress them In the spanish %languaRe
or In broken English. II must
have beer 10 since they were ~
gratined to learn that the candidate
has a fairly fluent command Of Eng
nHh
The facts are. according 10 all re-
ports ohtainnhic, that Mr.. Herman
deg De- a man Of fair education, quite
well known In ms home county Of
Ria Arriba. aud little known else
where. with a clean record In pri-
vnte life and little or no record TO
speak of in public life. II is prob
able that In Rio Arriba county whore
he Is familiar with conditions he
would make q useful county commits
nioner or county officer. lie might
even make a useful member of the
legislature. In congress NJ would be
ot no more use To- the people of this
state than an empty chair. While
comparatively little Is known of him,
Il appears that he would not be self
nasertive and in the impossible
event N hrs election would exercise
good iudgmen; enough 10 keep still.
Mr.. Hernandez probably viii draw
a considerable vote In his home
county and In the .~telghboring coun-
ties uf Taos and Mora. whore he IL
wen known and respected as a citi-
zen Of the better class. outside Of
those counties he will not cut much
figure la The election. Tile Republic
can bosses who put him up for the
slaughter undoubtedly were fully ac-
quainted with these facts when they
had him nominated.
The political methods introduced
into New Mexico by W. u. Andrews
were wholly and Internationally
evil. But Andrews VA had Wide ex-
perience In Washington: as a dele
gate from the territory he was useful
and accomplished much IN the way
grour1 Of efficiency alone, Andrews
would have drawn a considerable
vote which Mr.. Hernandez cannot
hope To attract. But aside from the
morning paper here. Andrews had no
real support for the nomination. His
avn county delegation was not en-
thusiastic about him and the bosses
from the northern par, of the state,
who absolutely dominated the con-
vention, were anxious TO eliminate
him from the political life Of the
state sfhis they seem 10 have ac-
compllshcd finally and thoroughly
Andrews W. dangerous 90 their con-
iinued party rule and they have pu'
hisn ON IA shelf.
The nomination Of Mr.. Hornandez
simply emphasizes the truth of what
We have said before The Republican
eleotlng a consressman IN the on
year., and caring little about whether
they dc or not. are planning 90 de-
vote their attention exclusively 90 The
work OF eiectlng a majority In th'
lower house of the legislature, II they
can. The legislature Is the stake foi
which they are playing and the con.
gressman will be left 10 take car'
oi himself
A. for Hush winlamr lis term ~
ufnce has made him widely know
throughout h state as a loud taikef
a good fellow" and an accomplish
81 Of absolutely nothing. such worl
us has been done on the corporation
commission has been done by hi
quieter colleagues while Williams hai
aeyoied his entire time 20 a dubiopl
form of eif-expioitation. On th'
first state election he ran ahead 81
his ticket becnuse he was a railroad
coming election ne viii run behin'
his ticket AZ a corporation commits
rloner mi a useless one. n man whit
rnitles loudly IN he Sob.
From the Democratic H~iandpoin
the Republican state convention hai