Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-20
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coy "Wednesday ANA Thursday fair.
cooler southeast portion "Wednesday.
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from every county n New Mexico are
now procaimnl most vigorously that
their hope for success next year lies
ln the nomination Of Robert j.. Put
ney of Albuquerque for governor
Putney has never been In politics.
has never held office and does not
want any office I'M the gift of the peo-
pie and the hig question In the minds
OF The democratic leaders is whether
ne can De persuaded under amy cir
cumstances 60 accept the nomination.
IL he can, they declare that he will
make as much of q humdnger candi-
date as he did fair president
There is no denying that Pumey is
today the most popular man in New
Mexico. Nothing was further from
his thoughts than politics when ne
made his tour of the state in the in
terest of the fair but Just the same
he made hundreds of friends i'm every
county that he visited men who were
impressed by his big, dominating per
sondlity and who are now saying
that in view Of the conspicuous sue
cess that he made of the state fair
he is the ideal man To take charge "
the state itself.
MARITIME for the senate.
For "a long time Assistant Secretary
OF the Interior q. 4. Jones was re-
garded as the logical democratic can
didate for the senate, ana II was sup
posed that he had been quietly laying
his wires with that end in view But
on the occasion of his recent trip t5
New Mexico Mr. Jones made il clear
that he has no senatorial aspirations
lat this time He believes that tht
next national administration viii bt
democratic. and those close TO hin
declare that he had rather take hi.
chances on cabinet promotion than tr
undertake the hazard that race fol
the senate would involve
Felix Martinez Is now the one bis
figure in the calculations on the dem
ocratic nomination for the senate Mr.
Martinez strength is confined to "a
special section of the state or class o.
people. He is one Of the oldest o.
Iold-timers in New Mexico politics
knows the game from every angle
ana is a man Of large means and va
ried interests 1t is argued by demo
cratic leaders that he would make th,
best campaign that could be made b,
any member of the party for that po
sition
Walton aud Raynolds.
State Senator W. b. Walton, of Sit
yer city, Is. the most-talked-of-m
for the nomination for the house o
representatives to oppose Congress
man Hernandez. Mr. Walton is on
Of the ablest lawyers in the state,
man of large affairs ana eXccedingl
popular with the old-line whecl-horse
Iof his party He is perhaps q
strongest man in southwestern Ne'
Mexico of either party, and hi
Reinforcement last fall in pilins up a
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county for the democracy in "a year O
/ general democratic disaster in NeN
iMoNico is pointed to by his friends a
lentitling him to distinguished consid
Grafton at the hands of the conven
( ton that will meet next year
It will be a surprise to many t.
learn that the democrats are iigurin
upon the nomination Of Judge Her
bert L. Reynolds, republican for tn
supreme bench They argue that IN
office is political and that
would be the part Of wisdo mas well a
patriotism TO disregard party lines i
making the nomination for this OF
flee. The fact that Judge Raynold
was elected on the same ticket wit
(Goycrnor Mcdonald four years agl
that he has made q distinguished rec
lord on the bench, Thar me- has AWAY
been independent i'm politics and ha
kept himself free from amy entanglin
political alliances is considered a con
'v.ncing reason why he should b
placed on a ticket of the sort tina
they propose 10 put before the Pee
pie,
It's a long time until election dal
and many things may happen over
night. but at this writing the best be
is that it viii bo Bursum. 'lubDel
fernando ana LarroZolo for the re
Ipublicans against Putney MARTINEZ
Walton and Reynolds for the demo
Gratis.
SENTENCED TO HANG
FOR ATR0CI0US MURDEI