The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-18
\ cuErRItL PROSPECT

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look with ehccrfuiacss. not to
Say citation, upon the pros
poets for the success of the part,
.u b ,"ming full campaign Tho
election at o. Democrat goo congress
30 certain DO is just 20 question OF
how preai q majority be shah b,
rivon. auu in spite ct the remarkable
distri,ting of The state for Legislative
purposes q d%istricung which mukcs
M" map Of Asia-miuor look lie l
straight line. o. now seems quite core
tain that with hard. persistent work.
a majority OF Democrats may De- TO-
turned to tho lower house OF the lcr-
stature.
There are several suund reasons
for this faith. First. the maioritics
bN which nearly an OF the Uepubl-
can members or the last nmcntrd
lower house We're elected were very
small ones The Democratic districts
VIII return Democrats. with larger
mnioriucs than before. There VIII
be M Democratic losses. n there
are certain To be Democratic gains
which will be big enough To- win in
q number Of doubtful districts.
The Progressive party was not or
ganizcd IN this state when the last
house Of representatives was elected
u had "a nominal organization in
Bernalillu county. for well known
utilitarian purposes. and u succeeded
In elccting "a member OF the house.
At present. vigorous Progressive or
ganizing campaigns are being carried
out In nearly every county ia the
state. The rnllyins cry OF the organ
igors II. "No compromise with the
stand-pat gang The purpose Of the
present Progressive activity Is to cap
ture the Republican state organizn-
lion and take II into the Progressive
party camp Failing tn this. the
Progressives will nominate a com
plcte party ticket and flock by them
selves. In SaEta r., Coifax. Union
and n or tNo other normally re
publican counties tho flock will bc
large enough 20 destroy any hope Of
stnnd-pat success
The Den ncrats. 10y aggressive cam
%paigning this "a can elect with ease
Democratic house members from Taos
and Hio Arriha counties Tho uprls-
ing against the old Republican BOSSES
In those two counties has been a
somewhat unanimous AFFAIR. % has
been done In ma meeting and hy
individual expression of sentiment
IN Taos county Mulaauias MARTINEZ.
the last remaining Republican boss,
able 10 deliver a vote. has been
deprived of his power. This has fol-
lowed Mr. Mariners complete sep
aration from public office and through
other causes IN Rio Arriba county
on "Wednesday a prohibition election
was held In the town OF ~ Rlto.
home Of Col Veuceslao Jarumillo,
who al one time ruled tho precinct
and half tho county when IL ls said
that the ele,tion put oIt Of business
a saloon uNued hy the clever little
colonel, hy % vote of Q Go D. no further
comment seems necessary. The pco-
pie of those two counties have not
forgotten and are not likely 90 forget
tho treatment melted ont Co their
members oi tho bower house by the
Republicans when In connection with
tho incident Of "Eoom a. they
acre made Go take jobs aa official
goats and ler with their horns tied.
IN district school aud yillagc elections
Ia the W. ounties Hast wcek. the
political line WINS nnoly drawn. The
Democrats won loo almost every iu-
stouce. and On the yry OF down with
the ]Rcpubli,au hosses
These arc but % lcw strIvs which
show tho general direction of the
win But they ere mighty interest
ing straws.
An that is necded now to elect q
pemsorauc house oi representative
give q record breaking maIorits foI
"a Democratic congressman. and ahso.
lutely cinch New Mexico Tor IA,
party in the next general state cleo.
uon. is a hard. vigorous. nghtinl
campaign next fail