The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-12-30
DE BACA DECLARES He
WILL TAKE OATH

Governor-elect T. G. de Baca, who
has been in Los Angeles recuperating
for the past month. is attracting some
attention in the Angel city Tuesdays
Los Angeles Examiner contained a don
BILE column picture of Mr.. de Baca on
the front page. Following the picture
appeared an article which is here re-
produced 1t says
Il will go back to my state capital
20 take the oath of Office as governor
January If l have TO be carried there
on a stretcher."
This remarkable statement was made
yesterday to the Examiner by Gov
ernor-elect e. c. de Baea of New Mex.
ico. VINO was found at the Stata Fs
hospital here, where he Is suffering
from pernicious anemia.
The striking parallel with the case
of Mrs. Inez Milholland BoisseVain.
noted suffragist who died here re-
Gently of similar disease. is OBJ
servable in the facts that Mr. de Baca
also was stricken down in the midst
OF political campaign and that he
has been repeatedly revived by tran
sfusions of blood after numerous Of
fers of this nature were made by ad-
mirers of his public life
Not only will this invalid, whose
recovery, doctors despired of some
days ago. make the railroad journey
TO Santa Fe and there on the appoint
day. qualify for his high office. but
he makes clearly his intention to sit
in the gubernatoriar chair so long as
his hand cam WELD a pen. to execute
the will of the people who sent him
there.
Mr. de Bacas. announcement, deliver
ed from an invald's chair i'm the hos
pital. comes as the climax of a bitter
and sensational campaign and clarifies
a situation unique in the annals of
state elections. Although IL pronounce
ri it's win in November, New Mexico
has. until today, been left to conjec-
ture as to who would be its governor.
Mr. de Baca, who has been serving
as lieutenant governor under William
G. Mcdonald, ran for the higher office
this year on the Democratic ticket,
while Governor Mcdonald sought cleo
tion as lieutenant governor.
Last February, de Baca's ailment be-
came acute, but he would not abondOn
the stump, In spite Of rigorous chills
and sudden accessec of weakness which
assailed him during his speaking tours
about the state.
His illness was well known to the
voters. Nevertheless. they presented
him with the office. assured" In his
own words. that he would not have
offered himself as a candidate had he
not deemed himself able to fulfill the
duties involved" His victory was
partially onset by the defeat of Nc
Donald for lieutenant governor and
g...N
publican, TO that office.
Meanwhile, IL was considered re-
markable that de Baca had lived to
hear of his success With his political
opponents proclaiming that his failure
to qualify January 1, would incur the
forfeiture 70 his office, the governor
elect left Santa Fe for Los Angeles,
arriving here unannounced November
49, determined to ward off the specter
that siOoC between him and the peo-
Pies trust He put himself in the
hunds of DR.. n. II. Morrison, chief
surgeon of the Coast lines of the Santa
Fe railroad and only his friends here
know of his presence at the hospital.
The republicans in New Mexico
promptly announced that. now that de
Baca was hors du combat. w. f. Lind
sey, lieutenant governor-elect, would
take the oath of Office January /, II
was not expected that the dying" man
"a r Los Angeles hospital woulI aP'
Tar for ths ceremony.
he Demuc~s:s, on the other Al ,rd,
as little eNI'ctrg what seemed the
Impossible, ..nhed the state CO lsti-
t..' on for .,al of the Replb 1 .an
olS ms. The" nsiptained that gov
e"0or should aH'J Office until his sue
ce-or has heA:, elected and duly quail
I'D. that ,hc ,a'h need not be taSen
"a any par,'c,.lar date. therefore, Sov-
et,ior Med ,nali ould remain iA IT.
hce until IL Blss, died or recovered.
The latter eventually was hardly an
t'cipated, as 3eILicious anaemia IL IN
iaCsI cases coIndered incurable Jbe
state lcEisiaturs convenes January ?.
Excitement. Sas 81 fever heat aHDlg
New MexicO Politicians, for Il was
h.ntsd that n any political p'ambs
ir the balance. Who should distribute
pti.sLtivs - cne2
Kersbiicans talked of legal pro ,Aed-
irgs impeachment in the legislature,
,,ai-h IS stroi SLY Republican, or force
tHe latter fcins admitted but slight
possibility.
II was thought that an amicable set
tlement might be reached by the refus-
al 81 Governor Mcdonald to 'hold over
hut yesterday II became known that
IA had notified de Baca OF his willing
lnd 10 hold over so long as need be.