El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-03
' FERGUSON To WIN, SAYS JUDGE

where he and c. c. Mcdonald, who
accompanied him during the final week
Of the campaign, spoke IN opposlllOL ~
a revival and q burlesque snow, 49,
yet the two FL PasO orators paChSu
the theater and made considerable pO-
Iitical hay in the Quay county me-
tropOlis for the Democratic party
Among Own Kind OF Folks.
The two weeks speaking tour -
the FL Paso judge included speeches. n
Quay, Curry, Roosevelt Eddy anu
Chaves counties This country IS SCI.
tied by Texans and GeOrglans, Win
scattering Of Kansas Repu1ncaIis'
judge Jackson says. and he teIt per
fectly at home with his broad oLaCh
hat and Joe Bailey collar ana tie
Mcdonald spoke on national issues, as
he had just returned from Washing ION
and was familiar with the nalioLaA
affairs. Judge Jackson confined hiil Num-
self to the local New Mexico pOuIlcai
questions, as he has been a close SUI
dent of the situation and is Jhoroushly
familiar with local conditions IN me NE
neighbOring state. One Of the Dl6
meetings was at fRDSwell. where oUV
attended the meeting at the armory.
Fine weather is all that Will cur
down the vote in New EsNlco, J4u5S
Jackson said Tuesdcy after he had re
turned hc--ss 20 vote The dy farmers
o. eastern New Mexico, where l have
been campaigning, have had 50 much
bad weather that the campaign mana
EolAo AEtL LAAaA a. Ae-AA 4r-g ~ A-A ~
il the fields rather than in the voting
places. But to counterfeit this, the
Democratic state central committee mas
arranged for automobiles TO take the
voters To the polls and they can vote
in three minutes as the ballot is a
short one and il can be voted like sign
ing your will
Harvey 3. Ferguson Will be elected
by at least 1000 votes i the feeling
in eastern New Mexico, and what
learned in other parts OF the state, Is
any indication. In my talks with
party leaders they agree that Fergus
son viii be returned TO congress by
comfortable majority Ferguson has
made a record in congress. both IN at
tendance and in the work he has done
For 900 days he has attended congress
during its long session and missed but
four days from his desk Two Of these
he was i'll and two DAYS he was de-
tanned away by official business. There
because Of his $40 acre leasing plan
This is among the caCtlemen, but il is
more than counter balanced by the
votes this measure viii get him from
l. Wilson, Republican and Progressive.
candidates, are campaigning hard
against him, but there is no doubt that
he Will be returned
Hill in Lead.
a p. Hiu is running ahead OF
Hugh Williams for corporation com
according TO the straw vote
and should be elected bv $500 major
ity- As an indication of the senti-
ment against Williams and favoring
Hill. the railroad men at Vaughn ar
ranged a meeting for US there Sunday
afternoon in the motion picture thea
ter. and IL was one crackerjack meet
ing George Sena, for Is years a Re
publican and county clerk OF Guada-
lupe at the present time. made a
speech in English, appealing to the
railroad men and other voters 10 vote
for the Democratic ticket In one
speech I referred TO Williams in his
gold braid and blue uniform, as look
ing like E P Ripley as he walked
up and down the platform OF the Santa
Fe stations This got big laugh from
the railroad men
There is opposition among some OF
the county officers against governor
" C Mcdonald because he vetoed the
salary grab bill This saved the state
exactly S35O0O0. as the salaries were
reduced that much in the substitute
bill Mcdonald had prepared What few
votes this may lose the ticket will be
overwhelmed with the votes Of the men
who appreciate an economical admins
tra ton Governor Mcdonald and judge I
John Hewitt have been making an au-
tour through Lincoln county,
speaking at every election box and !
lining up the voters This has had a
good effect on the Democratic situa-
ton and Mcdonald is proving a posi-
tive element Of strength to the ticket. |
Uniting Against Gang
Many Republicans, 'Progressives' I
and all the Democrats are lining up
with Mcdonald to oppose the Santa
Re gang which has been running
things IN New Mexico for so many ]
years The fight is not against the
Republican party so much as it is
against this gang and the voters are
determined that there Will be no con- ]
of the old gang rule which /
controlled affairs in the old DAYS.
The senate holds over and is Re
publican, but the Democrats will get /
IS out Of the 49 representatives in the |