El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-26

EPORTS from reliable sources
and covering practically the en-
In tire state of New Mexico, indi-
cate that Holm 0. Bursum. for COVER
ror. and Frank A Hubbell, for the
United States senate to succeed Thomas
B Catron. are steadily gaining ground
in their campaigns for the Republican
nominations for the offices they seek
There is a growing belief that Chas
A. Spiess, Of Las Vegas, and Charley
Springer, Of Ration. do not look with
favor upon the aspirations Of Bursum
ard HubbelI, and will go to extreme
lengths TO prevent their nomination by
tie convention on August % 1t was
said in MAY that the Spiess-Sprlnger
forces did not want Bursum ana HUI
hell that they merely pretended 20
sr1nort SecuDdfno Romero. OF Las
VEGAS. for governor. and were no more
than lukewarm in bolsterlng up sehe
tor Catron's fences What was sa,o
to be true in May appears TO De true
A. The latter part Of July, and-"more
So
Oppose southern Control.
One explanation offered for me % y
lection 10 giving these two OFFICES 70
Pursum and Hubbell is that 1t is a poor
distribution geographically II Is san
further that senator A b an lkslN
will he reelected IN 1910. NAANA 49,
make the distribution even worse, geo.
rraphiciIIy, from the point or view o.
those who believe that the pig pollttlo
cal pIunns should be scattered 10 inc
fc1r winds of the state To let BUR
sum. HubbeII and Fall hold these three
offices would be TO concentrate en-
tireiy too much power IN the southSii q
part OF the state, II IS heio oy lne -
lievers in the policy OF a more -
''9'- As to aDnrk Horses"
II was said in May that the SPECS
Springer combination would TeekeS
f6rces nm to convention time so as &c
hiring about something OF a ueauio-1
between the followers Of BursuIn an an
Romero which would make II pOS s.,.
~ nominate a dark horse OF cVIn
promise candidate for governor; IT
7 NJ Cunningham. president OF tnS
San Miguel National bank, at -
Vegas. was the eandldate mos to Il
nrentIv mentioned as the dark hors--
rho only trouble with this Schene We
that it did not interest DIT CuhhIls
ham He told me tnac ne was hot
candidate and that ne Woulo I NJ, the
any circumstances, seek or accept ti0
TIRE have been later reports TO the
effect that W G. Sargent sISte r.
HTo,,Td prove acceptable Sarget sad
thar he was nothing more than re
ceptive candidate; that OF course re
z.-o4rId not decline the nomlnallOn- Dut
+1,e+ he vas in no sense trying for It. !
n
The latest report is that B. Z aSI
nandez will be thrown into the fish., 1
II. apparently, all other plans fall 20 /
defeat Rursum and Romero Tor Inc !
Nomination. It has been accepted as 4
a certainty that Hernandez would pc
Tenomfnated for congress; ana that ne 4
Would be reelected. since in 1914 he de- i
feafed the late Harvey B. Ferguson /
nv a substantial majority. An effort /
TO nominate Hernandez for governor 4
will be taking desperate chance.
The prevailing opinion throughout New I
Mexico is that with Hernandez the 4
nominee for governor. the Republican /
ticket viii not be nearly SO strong !
az with Hernandez the nominee for /
congress. In the recent trip that I
made through New Mexico. I was not /
able to find in the Republican ranks !
any opposition to returning Herman
dez to congress; but at that time he Z
had not been seriously considered as /
a possible nominee for the office OF
governor