El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-07
JAN, ONLY 3
WOMEN WILL SERVE AS
CO, SUPER|NTENDENTS

LAST ELECTION ALSO CHANGED
POLITICAL COMPLEXION or
SCHOOL CHIEFS IN NINE coUN-
TIES, DEMOCRATS GAMING
TWO
After January /, there will be but
3 women holding the office Of
ty school superintendent Of schools
in the state of New Mexico, as shown
in the list prepared today by Alvan N.
White, state superintendent Of public
instruction. There have been five
serving since 1911.
The women who were not re-elect-
ed and will be succeeded by men are
Mrs. Josie Lockard, of Colfax; Mrs.
Wallace Il. Gumm, of Lincoln; Mrs. s.
r. Culberson. Of Roosevelt. This loss
Of three women is partly recovered
in Chaves county, where Mrs. T. ".
Hayes succeeds g. G. Hill.
There was a change in the politics
of the newly elected superintendent
in nine Of the counties, and as a net
result the Democrats have gained two
offices, increasing their number from
nine to, IL. Atanasio Montoya, of Ber-
nalillo, was the only IN to have the
honor of being reelected without OPP
position. Montoya is a Progressive
and in 1911 was elected on the DEM
ocratic ticket. He was nominated in
this campaign by the Republicans,
and the Democrats in effect endorsed
his nomination by leaving that office
blank on their ticket. The vote in
Chayes, Curry, Eddy and Roosevelt is
SO overwhelmingly Democratic that
the opposition is purely formal. In
Rio Arriba, one of the Republican
strongholds, there was a big shakeup
on this office, resulting in the cleo
tion Of Jose o. Garcia, a Democrat
The complete list of the ,superin-
tendents who will serve after the first
Of the year, with the names Of those
whom they succeed, Is as follows:
Bernalillo. Atanasio Montoya, Pro-
pressive. reelected; Chaves, Mrs. I.
w. Hayes, Democrat, succeeding G. e.
Hill, Democrat; Colfax, Jay T. Con-
way, Republican, succeeding Mrs.
Josie Lockhart. Democrat; Curry, J.
M. Buckley, Democrat, reelected;
Dona Ana, DR.. r. q. Mcbride, Repub-
lican. succeeding F. M. Hayner, Re
publican; Eddy, WI A. Poore, Demo-
crat, reelected; Grant, Miss Isabel Il.
Eckles, Democrat, reelected; Guada-
lupe, Bonifacio Lucero, Republican,
succeeding ]. ". Gallegos, Repub-
lican; Lincoln, J. e. Koonce, Demo
crat, succeeding Mrs, Wallace l.
Gumm, Republican; Luna, Mrs. ALICE
Smith, Democrat, succeeding Miss
Grace Goebel, Republican; Mckinley,
Palmer Ketner, Republican, succeed
ing w. d. Cornell, Republican; Mora,
Milnor Rudolph, Republican, succeed
ing Manuel + Madrid, Republican;
Oterq, Lacy Simms, Republican, sue.
ceeding n. s.. Upton, Democrat;
Quay, ]. A. Atkins, Democrat, sue
ceeding e. Pack, Democrat; Rio Ar
riba, Jose 0. Garcia, Democrat, sue
ceeding Sllviano Roibal, Republican;
Roosevelt, Sam J. Stinnett, succeed.
ing Mrs. S. f. Culberson; Sandoval,
Justiniano Castillo, Democrat, sue
ceeding Bonifacio Montoya, Progress
sive; San Juan, Earl Douglas, Repub-
lican, succeeding ]. 4. G. Swinney,
Democrat; San Miguel, Placido Bel.
tran, Republican, succeeding DR.. N.
F. Desmarais, Republican; Santa Fe,
John ". Conway, Republican, re-
elected; Sierra, James p. Parker,
Democrat, succeeding r. I. Given, Re-
publican: Socorro, Martin Lopez, Re-
publican, succeeding BENJAMIN San
chez, Democrat; Taos, Pablo Quint-
ana, Republican, succeeding Jose Mon
taner, Republican; Torrance, Charles
L. Burt, Republican, reelected;
Union, H. III. Errett, Republican, re-
elected; Valencia, Saturnino Baca,
Republican, reelected.
OF those now serving, only eight
have been reelected. John v. Con-
way, Of the Republican county OF
Santa Fe, was the only one on the
Republican county ticket to be SUI,
cessful, SO strong wal the fusion
movement here. Two Of the county
superintendent were candidates for
state offices this time. BonifaciO
Montoya, of Sandoval, a Progressive,
was nominated by the Democrats for
state corporation commissioner, and
was elected. j.. u G. Swinney, Of San
Juan county, was nominated by the
Democrats for state superintendent Of
public instruction, but was beaten by
H. Wagner, the Republican nomi-
nee, by a few hundred votes.