New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-22
EFFORT TO SPLIT REPUBLI-
CANS OF SANTA FE ON
STATE TICKET is A FAIL
URE
MORA COUNTY
PAT AS USUAL
3. M. CUTTING OUTvOTED
TWENTY TO ONE WHEN
HE SEEKS ENDORSEMENT
OF M. A. OTERO AND DEM.
OCRATIC STATE TICKET

Tremendous efforts put forward
by the democratic campaign mana
gers to effect fusion line-ups in five
New Mexico counties have failed in
every case and failed with com
pleteness which has discouraged the
democratic campaign managers from
further serious attempts OF the kind.
The catastrophe to the democratic
fusion scheme in Santa Fe county is
now matter Of history. 1t was a
wreck Of plans laid at great care and
with no little preliminary expense,
and the wrecking was spectacular IN
the extreme.
By working on an aroused local
sentiment concerning county affairs
the democratic campaign managers
brought about strong alignment of
independent republicans. progress
ives, etc. with the few democrats
who live in Santa Fe county. They
held a convention in the state capi-
toi and nominated 1 county ticket
which is not without elements of
strength Thus far the scheme went
we'll.
But the real object OF the whole
huge undertaking was to secure re-
pudiation by the independents of the
republican state ticket. That is the
main and only reason the convention
was held This the two hundred re
publican delegates sitting in the con-
vention fatty refused to do. Col
Bronson M. Cutting. the ambitious
young millionaire owner Of the Santa
Fe New Mexico, who asserts him
self to'be I supporter Of Charles F.
Hughes for president. and who is do
ing his utmost to defeat Hughes in
New Mexico, made a vehement fight
against the adoption OF resolutions
unequivocaily endorsing both the ma
tional and state republican tickets
He had but eight votes with him and
the resolutions as adopted are as
hearty and as loyal to both state and
national candidates as the most ex-
acting among them could desire. The
result of the convention will be
fight over the local county ticket,
with the regular republicans certain
Of victory, and the normal, or better
than the normal republican MAORI
ties for the national and state repub-
iican tickets in Santa Fe county
In San Miguel county democratic
fusion plaRs have blown up without
even loud noise. A. A. Jones has
used there all his prayerful clo-
quence and persuasive powers and
the whole box OF democratic tricks
has been unloosed The democratic
state organization has done its best
II has scored another flat and Some
what ignominious failure, since it has
been unable even to get fair start.
Some small encouragement had been
held out TO the fusion workers prior
TO the nomination of F.. C. de Baca
for governor on Governor McDon-
aids understudv ticket But since
that time the bitter personal opposi-
tion to de Baca in his home county
has sofdified republican lines and has
brought about democratic indiffer-
ence which has rendered further eff
forts in San Miguel county useless.
The Mora county fusion also had
something of start. through local
differences Of wholly local nature. |
But de Baca's nomination by the |
democrats served to bring republi-
can union and harmony in that
county also. against the common. en-
emy. When the republican cam
oaigners went through Mora Comfy
last week. they hunted as with f'pc
tooth comb for dissension, for traces
Of rebellion or chances of fusion
There vas nothing with which to
fuse and no one inclined TO do so.
Thew left better satisfied of the SOL
fdity of Mora county than repubIi-
cans have ever had reason TO be be-
fore. /
Practically the same conditions
have been encountered in Taos and
Rio hrriba counties where the heads
Of the republican ticket are conduct
Ing their campaien this week. They
are trailing closely A. A. Tones. the
democratic candidate for the senate.