Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-14

but the suggestion met with no en- /
couragement, and MIR Gilbert himself, |
as the representative OF ChaVes coun- |
IT, was the next speaker. lie declared |
that Chaves county had no grievance !
against the state organization, but adj |
mitted that he himself was ashamed |
OF what the county had done In the |
last election He said that dtsaffee-
tion among the democrats in the Pc |
cos valley was due 10 backscratehing. |
Hudspeth. endorsed Burkhart he said, |
and Burkhart endorsed Hudspeth and
"Vice versa all along the line Mr.,
Gilbert was not in favor of making q
change in the craftsmanship at this
time and declared that he was proud
OF Paxton and Guilfoll.
Mr. Burkhart, the federal district
attorney, was present in the meet
ing and undertook to correct Mr. Gill
bert on the backscratching idea.
rather warm colloquy ensued. lm-
mediately afterward Mr.. Burkhart loft
the court room and is said to have
been In consultation with Governor
Mcdonald from that time until the
chief executive made his dramatic ap-
pearance on the scene.
IL. L. Buckley of Ration, declared
this was bad time to have a meetS
ing of the committee and did not
think that criticism of democratic Of
tcials by democrats was wise while
the telescope of the enemy is turned
upon us.
Mr. Atwood. of Eddy county; state
superintendent OF Public instruction
AlVan \. White, of Grant county;
Rees II. Beddow, of Mckinley coun-
ty, and j. II. Crist were the other
principal speakers thsi morning.
When adjournment was taken for
lunch, II was with the understanding
that Mr.. Crlst should have the floor
to resume his speech at o'clock.
Crist Resumes Diatribc.
Mr.. Crist took up where he left off
after the noon recess, and a number
of other democratic committeeman
took part in the discussion of what
is the matter with the democratic
party?n Committees were appointed
to draft a plan of campaign to be
submitted at night session OF the
committee, and then Governor Nc
Donald was called upon.
The governor started out by eX-
pressing the friendliest sentiments tc-
ward Mr.. Crist, with whom he had
had a tilt before noon. He spoke OF
the difficulties under which he had
labored during his administration ana
declared that he himself was not the
whole administra:ion--tha there
were a number of republican OFFICE
holders and that there had been
republican majority in both houses OF
the legislature ever since ne was
elected to office. He said, however
that he was willing to take upon
himself the entire responsibility Tor
everything that had happened,
whether il had been done by demo-
Gratis or republicans, If It would brins
peace and harmony in the party, ana
made a powerful appeal for unity
among democrats. He was hberaliy
applauded throughout his address,
AT no time did he make any reIer-
ence to the failure of the Flrst state
bank or the charges that had Deeh
brought against the board OF resents
of that institution, but he Warmly ue
Tended Mr.. Paxton as 1althlul anu
loyal democrat who had gwen tne
hest that was In him for the party
service. He concluded his remarks by
saving II VIII give as much or ny
time and as much of my money Tor
democratic success in 1916 as any
man in the party.
Just after the governor sat down
Mr. Dow. of Eddy county, made a
few remarks. II was in the course
of these remarks that he was inter
rupted bv Mr.. Crist, who had tapu-
lated statement showing that the
Pecos valley has not, according 10
Mr. CRISIS opinion, done its part III
rolling up majorities. At this point
Governor Mcdonald got into the
game again and threatened TO ten
things on Mr.. Crist. hurried mo-
tion to recess until 1880 tonight cur
short further trouble.
Paxton's Speech "a Feature
The feature of the night session
was the speech of Chairman James
Hav Paxton, which was interesting
principally because of what he ala
not say. Although he had been
grilled severely by Mr., Crist, he mace
no mention Of the First state bahk
failure and his connection with tue
agricultural college or OF the eApeh-
diture of the funds of the INSTITUTION
nor was any reference MADE 10 tile
charges of Senator Holt in ms speetn
a few days ago. Mr. Paxton devoted
himself principally to explaining why
IL was that the democrats lost IN the
election last November, Boiled uoWn'
his explanation was that you can't
make the democrats vote when they
don't want to vote
New Organization system Approved.
A set of resolutions which had Deen
drafted bV a committee appointed be-
fore the recess for dinner was passed.
nroviding that the state shall be di-
vided into nine districts, each win
district chairman to be appointed by
! tha chairman of the state committee,
I the district charmen to appoint their
I own committees within the districts
/ named
THE resolutions also provided for a
! ,,,hlioitv committee to let the people
/ know what the democrats are dong
in tho legislature They also contem-
| Mate the raising Of SIS, 900 for the pur-
nose of Immediately effectlng ana
! nerfecting the organization OF the par
! ~ In the state. Later it was decided
! tbat s2O0 should be raised in each OF
| the twenty-six counties or the state
but no reference was made TO the
manner in which the funds were to be
| expended or by whom they were TO
! be handled
| Pie Hunger Again 10 Fore.
/ The last moments of the meeting
we're taken up with discussion Of
what Is the best way to see that dem
ocrats are put in offices which are
now held by republicans. Quite an
argument arose over this matter, but
| nothing came of 1t. Mr.. Crist wanted
/ to talk about his differences with the
! governor ag2in but Senator Barth in
| vited the committee to the National
! Guard armory, which he stated he
| had hired for the purpose Of making