Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-15
Hard-headed Business Man
Uses Hard-headed Business
-aG.iCs Wit. ELnin@t-S...
cess in Political Struggle,
BURKHART BEST BET
FOR FEDERAL JUDGE
With National Campaign Out
of Way Judicial Plum Will
Probably Be Awarded by
President at Early Day.

Last summer, when the democratic
leaders of the state were milling
around trying to find a suitable man
to run for governor of New Mexico
and finding that the more they milled
the more confused and up in the air
they were, there was occasionally
heard a suggestion that if he could be
induced to make the race Arthur
Seligman, Of Santa Fo, would be an
ideal candidate and if elected would
make an ideal governor.
The suggestion, however never got
very farm fact it was never any
thing more than a suggestion. Mr.
Seligman was not i'm any sense
candidate and no organized movei
ment I'm his interest was ever institute
ed, Furthermore while widely and
fayorahly known among business men
all over the state, his political fame
was almost entirely local to Santa Fe
and the adjacent country and such
participation as he had had in state
wide politics was too far in the past
and Of too inCOnspiCuOus nature
to lend any considerable impetus to
a SeIigman candidacy for governor.
that the Santa Fe man would make
an excellent governor, the consensus
Of opinion was that he was shy on
availability as a candidate, and the
matter of his nomination was not
given any very serious considerations
Different Now
II is not known whether Mr. Selis-
man has the gubernatorial bee in his
bonnet or not, or whether he has his
eye on any political office in the flu
ture, but 1t is safe 30 say that with
the record Of party service he has
made in the last three months, if
there were any nominations to be dis
trlbuted at this time he could just
about have his pick. For Arthur
Selgman today is the democratic
hero. He has accomplished what
few If any besides himself believed
possible. He has shown himself to
be what the democratic party Of New
Mexico has needed sorely for many
years and has not had-a political
of the highest order
Candid democrats will admit. now
that II is all over, that when the state
convention in Santa Fe had ad-
journed last August and they had had
time TO think the matter over i'm cold
blood, they didn't see much chance
to elect but one man on their ticket.
ard that was A. A. Jones for senator
1t was not that the rest of the ticket
was strong one, for it was: but
Jones was the only man that had
better than an even break Jones
had weak candidate to rum against
the rest of them were pittcd
az l..
tiles had been proved TO be as great
as theirs Furthermore, the repub-
leans had a compact. efficient organ
ization, well disciplined and well
equipped with the sincws of war;
while all that the democrats had was
harmony and enthusiasm. Of or
SANITATION there was the mercst shell
of money there was none. And SO
it was that democratic leaders Of
practical experience felt confident
that they would elect Jones senator,
while as to the other candidates on
the ticket they hoped for the best
and trusted in the Lord
building Up the Party
1t was in this juncture that Ar
thur Seligman was called upon to
take up the thanklcss task of acting
as chairman Of the state central com
mlttee Mr. Seligman responded tOI
the call with fun knowledge that the
work that lay before him meant the
hardest sort Of drudgery until the
votes had been counted-that iii
meant responsibility without reward
blame without cause, criticism with
out compensation. He likes the !
game of nOlitiCs for its own Sa Ike !