The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1915-07-03
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITOL
Republican Bosses Start Campaign
ing Early. Decent Leaders OPP
pOSeed To CatrOn.

pOSeed to CatrOn.
Santa Fe, n. NJ, July leave it
to the republican bosses to work
things for their own good. and their
own good is almost always more
power for their political machine.
They are now out working the fail
ure of the new state tax law for
votes, making an ear1y start. They
have not yet gotten together on a
man for the governorship, but it
/ is expected that they will know
who is TO be the nominee before
fall while the other fellows will
be allowed to chase around with
other candidates for their own
amusement.
The first row which promises to
break within the republican par
ty will be the one sure to come over
the United States senatorship, be-
cause some of the real bosses op-
pose the denomination of Catron
and are going to fight him, begin
ming right now. Catron can not be
pat aside without light, and there
will be a merry time of it. That
the opposition to Cstron is general
is certain, but there is much con-
fusion as TO the man the opposition
can rally on Springer wants it,
and SO does Spiess, but the rank
and tile want neither of them, Lar
razoo wants the. seuatorsldp, but
Will An satisfied with the nomination
for the supreme court, and he may
gct that The efforts of one or two
republican newspapers to start
boom for State Senator Holt are not
taken seriously, because the record
in the state senate made by him
is not of the kind to accumulate
votes with in a state where each
election sees more voters of indie
pendence and intelligence, who are
looking for real statesmen, and not
politicians of the kind New Mex
leo republicanism has produced in
the past.
Aceoriine t6@sH posed men hero
the republican leaders have been
able to convince Secundino Romero
that he is not a state possibility.
and that the closer he stays to San
Miguel county the more likely he
is TO stay in public life.
The republican bosses are begin
ming to realize that they will have
a big job on their hands saving
the Office of state tax commissioner,
which is now held by a republican,
R. p. EryIen. The necessities of
ne past few years in the way of
administering the state lands
have not built up a producer Of
future revenues, and to keep the
Office in the party now will require
strenuous effort, and to make the
Office as productive for the future
will require more land, and thus
the move to have the government
turn all the public domain within
the state over to the state land
OillCe..--- --,-,.
There is a general feeling among
democrats that their next state ticket
is going to be he strongest yet put
out, and that it will be elected from
top to bottom. The general feeling
is probably based upon the many
happenings which are working to-
wards the election of democrats
the awful mess the republicans
made of the last legislature being
the strongest argument in favor
of democratic success. The stay
at-home democratic vote can do the
work by coming out and voting,
and after the thighs the republicans
Of the legislature have done to the
people of the state there is every
promise that they will all be at
the polls on next election day.