Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-07

, ~ per cent Of the electorate and thef
some. are not the least BIT sore Oh Thu
salary proposition. We understand
the effort that was made at Las cru
cos to put something over on the gov,
ernor by that bank affair, and ",
took care TO Inquire carefully int
that. with the result that there i'
/ nothing 10 1t so far as the governor Il
+ CONCERNED! We have known the gov
cfnor oycT in these parts a Ions. Ions
time, and We are from Missouri whor
Il comes to anything involving his
I personal integrity. We have known
him too long 10 believe that he would
i tegin crooked life at this late day
! In his career The Pecos valley is fol
Governor Mcdonald and We shall in.
sist on his denomination. Wilson
/ Richardson and Mcdonald will sweep
( the state.
For The next two years Governor
Mcdonald Will have q legislature IA
vorablc to his policies. and it is UNI
derstood up and down the valley that
tho will be consulted when II comes
to naming our candidates for the leg
! islature-not that he will dictate but
that an effort will be made to name
men who win measure up to his high
standard of new end constructive
work for the commonwealth. His ex-
perience In office has given 20 him
the opportunity to see and study inn
portant reforms to be brought about,
and In due season these measures will
be presented for the consideration Of
the people. Mcdonald is a man Of
lstrong win and high intellect. and for
the last few years he has devoted him
self asslduously to the study of inn
portant problems Of state, so that he
has become the best equipped man in
New Mexico for the office he now
holds. The republicans cannot match
him. Bursum Is a man Of ability but
his mind runs in the channel of the
old politics Of the territory Of New
Mexico Of fragrant memory. lined with
too much slime to leave him altogeth-
er clear OF the fragrance. The old,
old cntanglements will handicap him
and cripple him too much for the
race. ely has advertised himself very
efficiently and Is generally known over
the state. but somewhat in the way
that payne's Celery Compound is
known. 1t VIII be necessary for him
10 get certificate under the pure
food law that he Is genuine and less
than 8 per cent alcohol He may be
all right; but he is not in the neigh
borhood of the same class with Nc
Donald when IL comes to handling the
governors job or TO the running.
Among the native New Mexicans
prominent in public life, none stands
higher in the esteem Of the people
over on this side than Lieutenant
Governor = C! de Baca. and every
where he Is spoken of as the next
candidate for congie ss.
Usually. the Office of vice president
and lieutenant governor are burying
grounds for the aspirations of public
men whose activities become annoy
Ing. But Lieutenant Governor de
3aca made Iiving cemetery out of
the office Of lieutenant governor and
rendered such exceptional and valiant
service to the state AS especially to
himself and endea. him
to the hearts Of the taxpayers. He
proved that he was deadly enemy
to graft and iake-off in public life,
and stood always for clean, square
legislation and strict observance OF
the constitution and the rights Of the
people. II may be set down that il
Lieutenant Governor de Baca wants
The nomination for congress and
The stalwart democracy of the
Peeos valley can give il to him,
i is his and he is already gone
With il. and that on the Wilson tidal (
wave he viii be elected.
The great reforms Of prohibition
md woman suffrage are soaking In on
he people over here. The work is ST.
ent. like little drops Of water chat
20 TO make the mighty ocean, but the
fleet is noticeable day by day The
moral sentiment ef the community ISL
lrifting and constantly drifting to-
ward these great reforms. or course
Everybody Of general intelligence APP I
lAN@ltAiH iifIl Ati'N ~ NN|eNf''N
facts sooner or later.
The point TO this prohibition qnes-
ion ls,-that Chief Justice Roberts VIII
10 a candidate for supreme judge
Ieain. The prohibitionists of the Pc
'os valley are charged with the
rime Of having elected Judge Rob-
rts. II guilty, they have had no
ause since his election TO regret their
tuilt OF course. IL Judge Richardson
DOESN'T run for the senate, Judge Me-
lure will probably be candidate
or supreme Judge. and Judge Nc
lure will offer the people the more
r. less singular paradox Of being an
hsteniious anti. The talk among the
,ros is that they will not desert Judge
soberts They say that great moral
uestions rise above mere questions OF
arty fealty. and that when the moral
eminent Of the Community is APP
called To all other considerations are :
assed and Of secondary Importance.
Judge Mcclure. is a strong man, and
! IN the making of a great ludse,
udge Roberts is an exceptionally ]
ifted lawyer, and in the choosing OF
Judge. politics no doubt will in great
MEASURE be- brushed aside. So far as
.arr;tzolo Is concerned, of course over
ere he is not taken seriously. in ,
peaking OF him the other day a fov-
1cr subject of King George said that
.arrasolo reminded him OF one T.
peech Hamilton in the British par
amcnt. who told his constituents that
he government couldn't change any
ftencr than he could. But the diff
srenoe was that Hamilton always