Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-30
GREAT DISGUST
FILLS BOSOM Of
CHAIRMAN ELY
Somehow or Other There Is a
Hitch in the Arrangements
for His Reception, but He
Speaks.

Chairman Ralph G. Ely and Soma
tor Thomas II. Catron dropped into
town, all unexpected, on No. last
night While their visit was unexpect-
ed, il must he added that they ex-
pected To be expected, and Chairman
Ely did not attempt to disguise his
feeling Of chagrin that his visit ere
ated SO little commotlon.
Mr.. Ely was under the impression
that everything had been arranged
for n big meeting in Albuquerque ut
which he and Senator Catron We're
to scatter pearls of wisdom and bow
smilingy in the face of an applaud
ing multitude Senator Catron had
his tariff spcech--the one he always
uses-ready for any emergency, and
MI. Ely, whose speech making pro-
cllvities have caused everybody To
stop, look and listen for the last two
or three weeks, had at command Il
line of persiflage that he was willing
to admit was not half bad.
Votes for Ely
1t has been an open secret among
republican politicians since the be-
ginning of the campaign that Mr.. Ely
has been working not SO much in the
interest OF his candidates for con
gresham and corporation commits
sioner az in the interest of an Ely
candidacy for something or other
/ two years from now There will be
! three fat jobs to hand out in 1916
I governor. congressman and senator.
Mr., Ely, the wise ones. say, has not
definitely determined on which one
of these jobs ne wants, but he is dead
sure that he wants one of them.
Consequently, according to the talk
on the streets yesterday, the mail or
der chairman of the republican com
mittee has decided that this is about
as good a time as any other to take
orders for votes for Ely for 1916 de-
/ livery They say il is almost impossi-
BILE for Mr.. Ely TO pass a soap box on
the street without mounting il and
making speech. over in the Pecos
! valley, according to the story, the
newspapers handed the Deming
statesman line Of talk that went to
his head and he hasn't gotten over il
yet.
Porter Meets the Train.
BE that as il may the fact is that
Mr. Ely and senator Catron arrived
on No. | last night, each one prlmed
for a speech, and each expecting
something large and celebrating in
! the way of reception As they
stepped from the train Mr.. Ely full
filled John NJ MeTeer's description
OF him as a watermelon with a dress
suit on, except that he wasn't in eve
ring clothes. Otherwise the analogy
was complete. Senator Catron looked
f, just as he always does
TO their astonishment however the
only one to come forward and meet
them when they aightcd at the sta
ton was Porter Jones, the Fidus
Achotes of the republican old guard,
Porter was Ike a lone rock in the
sea--though all else failed, he stood
| firm. In other words, he was Johnny
at-the-rat- hole and was on the job
every minute of the time.
After shaking hands with Porter
Jones and looking around for soma
! body else to shake hands with, Mr..
| Ely and Senator Catron in concert
asked where the meeting was to be-
For once. Porter was out on limb
for the first time in his life he didn't
have the answer. To tell the honest
to-goodness truth, Porter hadn't
heard there was to be Il meeting.
Business OF Being Disguised.
However, Porter, who is nothing IL
not a willing performer, undertook to
find out what he could about the
matter. An industrious use OF the tele-
phone for a matter Of half hour or
so disclosed that there was to be a
republican meeting upstairs over
somebody's store out in Barelas,
Porter returned and reported the
result Of his sleuthing, and volun
teered to summon taxi to take the
| distinguished guests to the place Of
the meeting Senator Catron respond
ed with alacrlty. That tariff speech
the one he always uses--was not
working specially hard, so why not
turn il loose on Barelas.
With Mr. Ely twas different. He
had expected better things. AS was
! the case on the occasion Of noted
battle in the Crimean war. some one
had blundered. However. vote Is
a vote, whether 1t comes from Ba-
iroIas or from down town, and n
Ieneach * q surech. whether il be de-