The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-01
Big State Gathering to Nom
mate Candidate for Con-
gress Definitely Fixed
Call Being Prepared.
CONFIDENCE GROWS OF
ELECTING LOWER HOUSE
Leaders, After Careful Inquiry
Throughout State Sure that
Hard Campaign will Make
it Democratic.

Santa Pc, y. NJ. May Si.-The Dem
ocratlc state convention Tor the NOM
inatiun OF a candidate for congrcss
will bee held iu Albuquerque on Mon
day, August ltth. This date 81 is
learned. has 1ccu determined on def
initcly by Chairman j. u. Paxton ana
Secretary a. Il Hiu. to whom the hN-
ing of the date was left by the state
committee. after they had chosen At
buquerquo as the meeting place tn"
official call, 90 is understood. Is now n
the hands OF the chairman az Las cru
ces Tor signature ana viii be made
public within few days.
The convention dute. earlier than
has been the case in the past, by SOW
ernl weeks. will give the Democrats
practically three months campaign.
A long campaign, it Is felt, Is not nee
cssary for the election OF the candi-
date for congressman. Al present
there seems 10 be little question that
Congressman Ferguson Will be nom
| mated to succeed himself. No or
ganized opposition 10 his nomination
has developed and it IL hciievcd Inn
probable that any such opposition will
appear. The value 90 the state 80
continuous service, also Is fuzzy rec
ognized and counts strongly IN NJ.
| Fergusson's favor But whether hc
| should Dee r,-uominated or not. the
party leaders feel no uneasincss about
| the election oi the Democrats caH-
| didate.
The real stake In the coming ele7-
! ton Is the lower house OF the state
| legislature and this stake the Demo
Gratis nave set themselves 10 win. Up
on the surface The task seems Vcr'
large undertaking, because Of the DIE
| tricting of the state, which Was d"1'
with the idca uf maiSing Sew Mexico
| Republican then and forever after
| but conditions in the whole state have
changed materially since the c0ustitu
tionnl convention did its worh cn
| ed TO such lu extent. in fact tha
many Of the men who helped ma
tho legislative appointment. nrc b.
ginning 90 Woud.r Il their smouti
work was not done for Taught
| II Is true. too, that careful an9lN
sis of the vote In the FIRST state clve
tlon In 1871, shows that the Demo
Gratis Just missed clecting maioriii
of the members Of the lower mousse
missed il by some extremely smll
maIoritics in numhol of districts
Heretofore considered solidly Rcpuu
lican.
If that was the case In 1911, say
the st,Elcnts OF the situation. at
time when the attention Of the reupl'
was centercd upon th bitter nght fo
the head of the ticket, and when th
senatorial aspirants played so impor'
ant a part In the matter shat vii
be the situation In the November clco
tion when the public attention ls cen
tered directly upon the lower house
when 10 will bee, n fact, the issue, an
, when--hreatho it gently, there will
no generous supply of funds Co GA
Republican legislative candidates froi
aspiring senatorial sources. An eoh
answers with large Democrat
question mark.
The fact b., it looks good for "a Dem
ocratic lower house. II looks good 3
the mon ln position 90 see the pe q
ocratic line up in the various couu
ties and districts; the confidence o
, thosicadcrs uu dthc enthusiasm of th
rank and nle. and who also can se
, the uncertainty not 10 say disorgun
izatiou and panic which exists iu td
5 Republican ranks from end "a end 81
the state The Republicans are %
"A tree Even the rumored union ,
stand pat and Progressive forces no'
/ I talked Of. will bring new brand
\ disruption. n o. said that the task g
i | merging is to hc left 90 n. % Hursu'
q and Major f.lewclyn and it is We
4 known that Colonel Roosevelt won't
70 not care for any Kind of "a Nrw Me'
Z ice party in which the major aid u'
. lead This being true. what will h'
n come Of the particularly well condu"
q ed Progressive party led By AIR. Broi
son N. Cutting and his first licutenai
r former Governor oteroG
70 The best the Republican IA rtio'
'- can hope FOR rs an uncertain and ha
J. hearted union. That kind of uni'
IL isn't very efficient, There are 9th
a conditons which are not pleasing
the Republicans both stand-put al
Ic -at-armsgeddon. Charles
.e Spiess has gone to Germany. Not on
q ls spiess the national committeema
g. bat he Is q large section OF the know
party thinking machinery. Why d