The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-22

Santa Re, y. NJ. Aug. 22.-pn tho
eve Of the Republican state conyon-
ton which viii be held here Monday
most OF the tala of a dark horse Tor
congress, which has been a~gltatlng
mo rurnor mongcrs Of the state cap
ital for weoNs has died an. ID h the
general oriniol' that thc' mater has
come TO q nght Tor delegates between
william ~. Andrews and D.. G. Her
nandoz OF Rio Arriba county.
This, Of course, II the dominant
gentlemen OF san Miguel aud Colfax
counties 10 whom the Republican
state machine belongs, have not "A
surprise concealed In their clothing.
such a thing Is always possible with
these rcsourceful parties, who have
been known 10 pull out of a much
more serious situation than the one
confronting thvm In this convention.
with their skins intact.
The dark horses. Twitchell, Ely.
Champion, Herbert Clark, steven
Davis, Molinari OF Portalcs. and half
a dozen others each ana every one has
1cnied with determination II not
with indignation that he Is or viii.
consent to become the party's uandi-
$500 49, aHAAN anu ANNNN
dark horse thur FAR approached has.
seen the handwriting on the wall and
has failed e, be convinced that il Is.
art Of party duty 10 oxpond large
sums Of kale and personal kale at
that. In "A hopeless nght against GER
TAI popular disfaVOT.
Andrews wants the nomination win
or lose. II viii keep him ocfore the
U.l.WN. f. .a... -. 49,.
the same way ne will find control OF
the state organization useful; a con
troll whic the domination would give
him. since party usage would permit
him to name the chairman.
Hernandez does not want the nom
nation. lie would prefer a. ran for
the state corporation commission and
may do so In the event Andrews Is the
congressional nominee. Bat the oppo-
uitiun to Andrewb, which includes tho
northern bosses, Is believed to have
conferred on Hernandez for congress.
lie IL a man OF comfortable
and OF high character and "a AFFORD
TO pay his " campaisn expenses,
which Is a necessary requisite this
year In any Republican candidate.
lie can be forced into taking the NOM
lnatlon for congress whether he wan
II or not.
In the event Hernandez IL Romi-
mated Hugh williams chance 20 DO
Nominated for the corporation com
mission are good. ~ Andrews Is the
omlnee Williams will be uncore-
monlously dumped into the discard
and Hernandez, Gailogos OF quay
county or Sec Romero Of Las Vegas
viii get the commiss.oEership pros
poet.
Romero. by the way, has been
mentioned prominently during the
last day or two as the final dark horse
In the congressional possibilities. IL
has been said by a number OF prom
inont Republicans that he would suit
more at the party leaders than either
Andrews or Hernandez. s~ecundino
himself has not said anything.
Efforts have beOn made here 10
count the noses In the delesations
for the candidates Tor congress. An
drewa has some small d~eleeations
from Mora and Rio ArTiba counties
This rest are uninstructed Bornalhlo
ceunty's twenty delegates, allowed
undo the belief that harmony would
prevail there. are not being conhin-
cred.
The majority OF the delegates IN
viii come TO the convention viii come
prepgred 20 listen 20 the voice 81 the
bosses Of tho north and probably VIII
do as they are told. II Il Is found
vxpedient 70 let Mr. Andrews get