Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-11-06
kM MEXICO IS BACK
IN REPUBLICAN RANKS
Latest Nepsrts trsn Santa Fs Gives
q. G. nsrnaadsa tsr cssersss
Wsll Over 6eoo Plurality.
oer MALF or LEelsLATvRE
Mueh n. v1llllams tsr etate csrpsra.
iisa Cemmisslsnsr 10 Elected BY
Nearly 400 Plurality.

I, New MexlcO came Dock INTO tue
Republican ranks with an estimated
durality Of from $500 to 5000. the
eturns being incomplete, but indi-
eating the election Of b. C. Herman
De-, Republican to congress and II.
q. Williams, Republican to the state
corporation commission. The Repub-
Hcans declare that they will have a
two.thirds majority in the lower
house Of the state legislature, but
his is as yet in doubt.
A remarkable feature Of the elec-
hon was the complete collapse Of the
Progressive party in New Mexico as
veil as in the country at large.
Complete returns from the Luna
county precincts show that Hugh II.
Williams carried the county by iifty-
nine votes over A. P. Hill, Democrat
for the same office. Harvey b. Fer
susson, defeated candidate on the
Democratic ticket for congress, led
B. C. Hernandes by 2O1 votes. s.
]. Smith, Democratic candidate for
state representative to succeed him
self, won over r. H. Case by seventy
four votes. MI. Smith defeated Mr..
Case two years ago by 1872 votes. II.
II. Willisms lost Luna county two
years ago BY $50 votes.
The returns from over the state
are coming in slowly, and few tables
are as yet complete. The northern
and central counties all returned sur
prising pluraltics for the Republicans,
while ths Democratic strongholds in
the Pecos valley failed to roll up the
-pIuralies which were confidently ex-
pected. Grant county went Demo-
cratic by 1000, but many of the
other doubtful counties returned
slight Republican gains.
Hugh II. Williams did not run as
well in the native counties as did
r. G. Hernandez, but Mr.. Williams
made large gains in Luna county and
other counties where large Democrat
ic pluralties were to have been ex-
,pected.
Republican headquarters at Santa
sFe claim thirty one Republicans and
fifteen Democrats elected to the leg
sislature. The Republicans, Chair
man Ralph G. Ely claims. will have
"a two thirds majority in the house
ss well as in the senate which holds
over. " the three doubtful counties
10 to the Republicans It will be a
landslide.
Reports from Santa Fe quote
Chairman j. II. Paxton as still claim
ing the election Of FERGUSON and d
majority Of one in the legislature
but il seems the contingent upor
which he bases his estimate is slight
! The following are the pluralities a.
reported to the two headquarter'
with many precincts missing, ant
Taos and Sierra counties not heart
from in detail at all:
. Bernalillo. 700 Republicans; Chav
es, $50 Democrats; Colfax. 200 he
4 publicans; Curry. 400 Democratics
Dona Ana, 1893 Republicans; Eddy
$50 Democrats; Grant. 1000 Demo
Gratis; Guadalupe, 200 Democrats
Lincoln, 100 Democrats; Luna, 36'
Democrats; Mckinley, $50 Republi
cans; Mora, 275 Republicans; Otero
l6O Democrats; Quay, 500 Demo
Gratis; Rio Arriba, 900 Republicans
Roosevelt. 500 Democrats; Sandoval
200 Republicans; San Juan, lo'
Democrats; San Miguel, l.2OO Ne
publicans; Santa Fe, 654 Republ'
cans; Sierra, $50 Democrats; Socor
ro, $50 Republicans; Taos, 200 Ne
publicans; Torrance, 1b5 Repubh
cans: Union. 225 Democrats; Valen
cia, 1900 Republicans.