Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-04
Arthur SeIignan Is Receiving
.. Many Assurances From Re-
nnbGcanS of Their Dis
gust
prRNALILLO, GRANT AND
LUNA COUNTIES REBEL
Thomas H, Hughes, Chairman
of HubbeIPS County Central
Committee, Refuses to Cir
CuIate Document,

,., o,sp.rcg TO MORNING JOURNAL
c.nta Re. Nov. S.-The publication
H.. .oyeral New Mexico newspapers by
.ho rnnublican state central commit
,oo If thinly yelled charges against
,be nrivate character of A. a. Jones,
domocratic candidate for United
etotos senator, in which illusions are
,,ode TO pamphlets containing photo
granbic reproductions of letters alleg-
ed TO have been written by the first
wife Of Mr.. Jones, has proved the big
sensation Of the campaign.
As one politician put it, cap Gil
,onwater is running true to form. SEN
ator Fall promised that this should be
a campaign of mudslinging and tllth
by the republicans, and Cap is max
Ing good the promise.
The advertisement first made It's
appearance in the Las Vegas Optic of
Wednesday November !, and was
seen here the next day. Since then it
has appeared in other newspapers of
the state which have been publishing
the republican advertisements during
the campaign
VIII Help Jones.
That the attack will be worth thou
sands of votes to Mr. Jones in his
candidacy for the senatorship is the
opinion of the best informed on po-
Ntical conditions in New Mexico. Al
ready Chairman Seligman is in re-
ceipt of a number of kilograms from
verious parts of the state declaring
that reyulsion of feeling has be-
caused by the publication and that
Mr. Jones, already a hot favorite for
the senatorship, would run far ahead
Of his ticket as result of this method
Of political attack. Indeed such is
the nature of the pamphlet issued by
the republican committee that the
republican county chairman of several
counties have refused to circulate
them,
Word comes from Albuquerque that
County Chairman Thomas H. Hughes
will not stand for the circulation of
the pamphlets, and a long distance
telephone message from Silver City is
to the effect that the local organiza-
ton there has also refused to dis
tribute them Luna county is said to
be another county in which the local
republican organization has taken the
bit in it's teeth and overridden the
state committee in it's peculiar cam
pagn methods.
Great Secrecy Observed.
A peculiar feature of the situation
Is the strict secrecy with which every
move regarding the circulation of the
pamphlets has been guarded
Not one Of them mas been seen in
santa Fe, nor is there any evidence
mat they have been sent through the
mails anywhere.
Every indication is that they were
sent out by special messengers who
TOOK them in person and delivered
'hem to the heads Of the county or
sahlations, Whether this precaution
was taken in order to make the sur
prise to the democrats as complete as
possible, or in order to avoid possible
penalties for sending defamatory mat
Ter through the mails, it is impossible
to say
Denounced by Scligman.
chairman Arthur Selgman, Of the
uemocratic state central committee,
uohlght made the following statement
"'th reference to the charges: THE
OoWarnly attack on the private char
"cIer Of Mr.. Jones has been worth
thousands Of votes, not only to him
out TO the entire democratic ticket,
,ot 1t shows more clearly than any
l''I'g else could do the nature of the
,''eh who are conducting the repub-
"I'h campaign and the methods to
"'ch they are willing to resort to put
''e old republican ring back in power.
NOT having seen the specific
."'rges of course it is impossible for
i'' 70 make any reply to them at this
u'l'e' 1t is sufficient to say that for
,''o'e Than thirty years A. A. Jones
nas Il'ed in Las Vegas and has been
"n the leading citizens Of that city,
nonofed and respected by all those
,l Whom he came in daily contact.
., Il Is worthy Of note, by the way,
'"' IN selecting a newspaper pub
,.s''eu m his home town as a medium
making this dastardly attack, the
,,ofs Of that paper do not assume
'''o'lai responsibility for the charges