El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-05
PROGRESSIVES
ARE UNDECIDED
Do Not Wish To Nominate,
But Oppose the Suggested
Republican Nominees.
BY GUTHRIE SMITH.

when It is assembled in Santa Fe on
Aug. 81. is not yet decided upon by the
party leaders. The endorsement Of the
Republican ticket by the Progressive
convention would go far toward in
suring the success OF the Republicans;
but there is every indication now that
the Republicans Will nominate a ticket,
which the Progressive leaders say they
cannot endorse nor support
The call for the convention is signed
by Col. Bronson n Cutting. chairman.
and B. 2 Hedding. and appeals to all
independent voters. regardless of for
ner party affiliatic=s- The size Of the
convention has not yet been determined.
but The several counties are urged to
send as large delegations as they de-
sire committee composed OF one
delegate from each county represented
in the convention. viii decide upon the
I apportiOnment of the number Of votes
TO each county
DO Not Wish 10 Nominate.
| For the purpose Of nominating. II
! deemed advisable. a candidate for the
. United States senate and house OF rep
resentatives and state officers. and 70
take such other action as the political
| situation of the state may seem to re-
( quire" reads the call apparently it is
not the desire Of the party leaders TO
| nominate a ticket if any other desirable
! course may be opened.
/ Col Cutting said; We are still hope
I full that the Republicans viii nominate
I a ticket composed OF men whom We can
! consistently endorse and support II IS
! significant that these are almost the
identical words which were used by
3 Herbert J. HagerTan. OF Roswell, for
/ mer governor. when he made a state
1 ment for The Herald early in June
| Asked for q statement as 10 what his
] u h. in
I sum and Mcdonald should be the OPP
I posing candidates in the race for gov
! ernOr HagerUan declared that he did
not desire 70 make any statement IN
/ til after the conventions mad selected
\ their nominees. that he did not care to
! turn political prophet and try 70 fore
cast the conventions work he con-
Guided with a statement that was sub
quoted from Col Cutting
Would Avoid Wasting Votes
We realize that we would be prac-
tically throwing away our votes If We
should nominate a state ticket and then
support il earnestly continued Col
Cutting. Certainly we want TO avoid
that. We would be glad 10 endorse sucn
men as We felt we could consclentlously
/ support, but we are not willing TO sup
port a number OF the men who have
been most prominently mentioned for
several Of the high offices We nope
that the Republicans VIII put Up a
ticket that we can endorse and sup
port"
The position OF the Progressives in
New Mexico. with reference 10 the sena-
tOrial race IS peculiar The party is
solid for Hughes. ana the desire Is 10
do nothing 10 contribute toward a
weakening OF the Republican forces in
/ the senate. which would have the effect
Z OF Gripping Hughes most seriously. in
I the event OF his election It is generally
believed that the rank and file OF the
/ party would prefer TO support A ~
Thomas B Catron or Frank \ Hubbell.
but for the fact that the electing OF
. Jones 10 the senate would be helping 70
Z tie the hands OF president Hughes IN
der these circumstances. II is conceded as
a possibility that the convention viii
endorse Catron- It is said 10 be abso-
lutelv sure that the convention viii not
endorse Hubbell. even though to fail to
and handicap Hughes. It has been de-
clared. upon good authority. that the
Progressive convention Will not endorse
either h o BusUm or Secundino RO-
nero for governor
Two Senatorial BOOmS-
Santa Fe is interested now in two
senatorial booms which have been
launched recently One is for judge
Herbert F. Reynolds. Of Albuquerque
presiding judge OF the second judicial
district; the other is for r \ CahOOn.
OF Roswell president of the First Ma
tional bank
Quently as a possible candidate for gov
ernor. on the Republican ticket. some
months ago. and even two years ago
He put Cuietus on the gubernatoria1
boom by declaring that he would not
enter the race No one has been able
10 say authOritativelv that judge Ray
nolds would accept the nomination for
the senate. but several are expressing
the belief that he would.
Cahoon also was REGARDED earlier in
the campaign as gubernatorial timber
for the Republican party He has been
the cha irman of the Chaves county Re
publican central committee for about Is
years and is the head OF one Of the best
banking Institutions in New Mexico. He
made a statement for The Herald in the
latter part OF MAY. in which he de-
clared that he would not under any
circumstances. enter the race. His atti-
tude toward the senatorial nomination
may be different, though I have not
been able 70 find any one TO saw def
nitely that he knows Cahoon would ac-
cepI the nomination He retired a short
time ago from the active work OF the
presidency Of the First National. in or
der to spend more time outdoors. and
recuperate-
ProEreSsiveS Would Endorse Either.
The Progressive convention would
joyfully endorse and support either
Reynolds or CahOOn. it is declared The
tendency generally is to regard these
wo candidates in the light Of cOmpro-
mise men There are people hoping.
" orkluE ana praying Tor a deadlock
between Catron and HuoDell. so that II
may be possible TO nominate a man
ike Raynoids or CahOOn-
Cntron and HubbeII Active.
T. B CatrOn and Frank \ Hubben
re still industriOusly prosecuting their
-espective campaigns CatrOn. accom-
'anied by Chas \ Spiess. of Las Vegas.
iational committeeman, has spent this
week in Taos county. which recently
las been visited by both Hubbeu and
}ursum The Quay convention has in
tructed its delegation for Catron. but
lot for any other candidate The dele
alton will have only three votes in the
tate convention. and il is said by some
( the Catron supporters that these
Aree votes viii be for Bursum Tor gov
rnor. The % delegates from BarnaliHO
ave been instructed for Hubben. as
-as TO have been expected This dele
alton IS thought TO be largely in favor
Bursum for governor.
Saws New Mexico for Hughes.
Charles Spiess declares that Hughes