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

about him Nobody accepted the IN
vitation until Mr.. Crist started things,
and then everything got all mixed up.
Paxton to Retain job Despite Crist.
That this is not the time for Mr..
Paxton to resign from the chairman
ship of the committee and that all
democrats should suspend judgment
in the matter of the charges against
him until after the official investlga-
tion of the Las Cruces bank failure
has been made was the general sense
of the meeting Mr. Crist stated the
matter in this form:
II don't believe that Mr.. Paxton
has the capacity for the position. lie
is not built for il He hasn't the mi
tiative or the acumen that Is needed
bv a state chairman. He lives IN the
wrong part of the state, | had eX-
pected Mr. Paxton to resign from the
office on account of the dismal failure
that he made in the last campaign.
Put since reading his statement pub
Hshed in yesterdays paper, | believe
we should wait and see what the out
come of the investigation OF the mat
ters with which his name has been
connected will be. If the charges
against Mr.. Paxton are true. we
should get rid of him without delay.
If they are not true we should hold
up his hands .
This sentiment provoked enthusiast
tic cheers from the committee ana
seemed to be the unanimous sense OF
those present.
Roasts OF the governor for not put
ting democrats on guard were lreey
applauded, but so also was the gov
ernor's statement, made late TINS eN-
ening, that III office is all we are al
ter. we don't deserve to win.
pic Counter Problem Solved.
Taking it by and large II was nafu
to tell just where the coinmltlee
stood on this subject 1t was a JOY
Gus and riotous day from the traui'
ti0nal democratic standpoint SeV'
eral members openly stated theii
wish that everybody should get 1t oli'
| OF their system and II anybody tali
ed to do this it was not through lach n
of onnortlnity. After il was all oVel
| ~ members of the committee de-
olared that they felt better and ina
eventual good to the party would re-
| suit. Nm. Ar
At the opening of the meeting MI
| paxton chairman of the committee
! stated that the object OF the call was
| IA enable the democrats to get TO-
gether state their grievances II tileS
| had anv and get 20 work Tor the cam
! naipn of 1916 a motion that the ~
| of the counties be called so lHat w
| committeeman might say What tncS
wished i'm regular order, preVaileu anu
Tohn II Simms. Of Albuquerque, s'ait l.
cd the hall rolling Mr.. Slmms ue-
clared that internally Bernallllo eouh'
| fv was in a better condition So -
as the democracy IS coheerhe tha
| II has ever BEEN and pointed " -
| fact that the largest democratlc NVt7 WI
in the history OF the county wac pon
ed at the last election. lie uecid' ',e 80
| fhat Rafael Garcia had been legally
elected and had been defrauded our
of his seat
Greatest Need Leadership.
So far as the democrats of the stdte
al large are concerned, however, M, NJ
simms was rather pesslmistlc' W
are heFded up like sheep, ne sa.u
There is need of leadership. illean
no reflection on the officers OF .ns m
state committee, but we must put "p
= better fight than we have peeh W,
ing or we will never again be aDle ~
appeal TO the people Mr.. slilhis
also. declared that there was neeu "
man to be in Santa Fe to look aItei
the bffairs of the party in the iesis'
Iatuhe
3. c. Gilbert. OF Chaves county
proposed time limit on speeches.