Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-24
New Mexico'S Next Chief tx
ecutive Much Improved in
Health and Goes for Airing
ON Los Angeles BouIeyardS'
CASE RECALLS THAT
OF lNEZ MILH0LLAND
Tran8fuSionS Of Blood Made
as Part of Treatment; Med
icaI Students and Railroad
Man Give Their Blood,

fspEctAL piaPATCH TO MORNING JOuN'NNI
Los Angeles, Calf, Dee. 23.-GoV-
enor-elect f. c. de Baca, OF New
Mexico, who has been i'll at the Sahta
r., hospital here three weeks mas re
covered sufficiently to be taken Tor an
airing in his physicians automoplI p
He is expected to be well enough WITH
in the next few days to return to the
capital of his state in time to be m
augurated January l.
When de Baca came to this city to
90 into the care of DR.. n. II. Morrl
son chief surgeon of the Santa Zee
collapsed from strenuous poIllcal
campaign. 1t was discovered he Was
suffering from pernicious ancnia u
aggravated form By blood transiu-
sions and careful surgery the patient
was gradually lifted from the danger
ous condition. DR.. Morrison tonight
declared his patient would he In "o"
travelling condition within week.
81 will go back to my state capital
to take the oath of office as gov
ernor January /, If ! have to be c;ti .
ried there on a stretcher.'
This remarkable statement was
made Tuesday by de Baca.
Parallel With Mulholland Case.
lie SlllhllB poItAiI'l ''''' W.
of Mrs. Inez Mulholland BoisseVain,
noted suffragist who died here re-
Gently of similar disease, is obserV-
able in the facts that de Baca also
was stricken down in the midst of a
political campaign and that he has
been repeatedly revived by transtu-
sions of blood after numerous offers
OF this nature were made by admirers
of his public life.
Not only will this invalid, whose re
coyery doctors despaired of some days
ago make the railroad journey 10
santa ne and there on the appointed
dav qualify for his high oI.ice, nut ne
makes clear his intention to SIT III
tbe gubernatorial chair so long as ms
hand can WELD a pen, to execute the
will of the people who sent him there.
Da Raca's announcement, delivered
from an invald's chair in the hospl-
tal came as the climax of a bitter ana
sensational campaign and clarified a
situation unique in the annals of state
elections. Although it pronounced its
will in November, New Mexico had
until Tuesdays declaration, been left
to conjecture as to who would he tS
governor.
With his political opponents pro-
claiming that his failure to qualify
January 1 would incur the forfeiture
OF his office, the governor-elect left
Santa Fe for Los Angeles, arriving
here unannounCed November 10, de-
termined to ward off the specter that
stood between him and the peoples
trust He put himself in the hands OF
Dr. Morrison and only his friends
here knew of his presence at the hos
pitaL
The republicans in New Mexico
promptly announced that, now that de
Baca was hors du combat, w, E. Lind
sey lieutenant governor-elect, WCuld
take the oath Of office January l. II
was not expected that the dying
man in a Los Angeles hospital wo I.d
appear for the ceremony.
mo mere weakness of the body
must interfere with the will of the
people. who have said that ! shall be
their governor" said MI, dc Raca. y
am influenced less by the fear of los
ing my office than the fear of proving
delinment to the duties of that office
knowing my illness, the people chose
me. They meant, therefore, that !
should serve sick or we'll
II do not fear talk of impeachment
for | have committed no offense for
which | could be impeaChed. che
state constitution upholds me, if I
care to lie in the hospital longer, out
if my job begins January 1, | must
be on hand"
Hospital attendants attribute de
Baca's remarkable vitality largely to
his will power.
Two medical students of the Uni
versity of Southern California ana one
employe in the Santa Fe offices WEI
chosen to share their blood with De
Baca. All had heard of de Baca $
gallant struggle during his campaign
and willingly subpitted themselves to
the operation.