El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-30
POLITICS WARM
IN NEW MEXICO
All Leaders at the Fair
Meeting and Lining Up
the Voters.
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state ticket"
pc Bnea n sick Man"
! The absence of De L,aca from the
! state fair this week when every body
else is here. is pointed - by the Re
I publcans as evidence that he Is too
[ sick 10 campaign. and that he will be
I too sick TO serve In the office II
! elected The nomination of De Baca,
after his son had gone among the dele
{ gates and asked them not t. name him
/ because of mis- Illness said a EeDubh-
! can leader, was just a SOP to the
Spanish-American clement The plan
! Of the Democrats is TO elect de Baca
governor. but he viii be too i'll 10 serve,
/ and Mcdonald viii serve another four
J years"
DE Baca never would have been
Z nominat ted but il became uolsed around
| that A A. Jones had said he wou!t
/ not run on ticket with a Mexican
/ at the head. and the Mexican delegates
| We're in sufficient force 10 make him
! do it, Jones has denied that he ever
/ made any such assertion
Mcdonald Says De Baca Nil serve
The Democrats. however. deny that
| De Baca is too i'll 10 serve il elected
Z and Gov Mcdonald himself asserts that
[ he would not have taken the second
| place on the ticket If this had been he
I case When asked about this phase
| Of ii, he said
! cannot afford to serve further in the
1 office Of governor and never would
! have accepted the nomination LOT
} liutenant governor on the ticket II
! had been Of the opinion that DE Baca
} would be unable TO serve as governor.
No. I am not tired Of politics;
I have made some splendid friends IN
| New Mexico during my term as gov
-ernOr, but I have my ranch interests 70
B look after, and 1 am going back 10 the
Z ranch and let my boy have a snow
I He is not yet 80 and ] have made an
I cid man of him, working him on tn
] ranch while ! worked as governor OF
I the state. 1 am going home to take
Z up the ranch work and let him have
Z little OF the fun young man IS en-
Believes in De Baca-
I fully believe that De Baca is go
I ing to be elected governor paid
him tribute which 1 think is as high
as any man could paw another 1 sali
I he was a man you could disagree WIKI
4 and still trust. and ne is IL is net
/ every man ! could say this Of De
] Baca will make a good governor
| At this point someone told the gov
| ernor that II had been said IN II Paso
[ year ago by a prominent New Mexico
! Democrat that II ne took the ncLnina-
| tion again. he would be elected, but
1 that he was the only Democrat IN New
l Mexico who could beat Bursum II the
I latter headed the Republican ticket Il
! think Mr.. DeBaca viii win said The
. governor. of course. it pleases me to
I know that my friends have so much
| confidence in me, but do not think II
I is good for any party for one man 10
I consider himself the biggest man IN II
Grateful To Friends
We have many capable men IN the
! party I believe, and 1 am grateful
I for IL, that l could have received the
/ nomination again but I wanted some
/ one else 10 take the place and I de-
/ sired a chance to attend 10 my ranch
J The manner in which the Democratic
I campaign was being conducted was
/ then criticised TO the governor by
leading Republican, who happened to
! speakers are going out and appealing
I to the voters TO uphold the hands OF
president Wilson in this campaign.
said the Republican. when what they
ought - be doing. if they were good
politicians is attacking the records
/ OF the Republicans who have held Of
I flee in New Mexico 50 long That is
/ the most effective way TO get votes
Mexican Vote to Decide.
[ The fight is to be made among the
( Standardization and these voters
/ will decide the contest. The Republi-
| cans, TO a man, cOncede that Grant
{ Luna, Eddy. Chavez, Roosevelt and
/ Curry counties, where the majority OF
l the population IS American are going
I Democratic. but these counties poll
Z light votes The counties in the north
/ -Bernalillo. san Miguel. SandOvaL,
[ Santa Fe, Sierra, Rio Arriba- Taos, Nc
] Kiuley. san Juan. Union Mora and Col
I fax, are the counties the Republicans
are counting upon putting them into
office These are the counties where
bona Ana, in the south, is conceded to
1 the Republicans, but ii, too, has ma
/ jOrity Of voters who are Spanish
! Americans" Lincoln county is con-
sidered debatable by the Republicans.
because the vote is always close, but
that is the home county OF Gov Mac
Donald Otero IS claimed by the Re
publicans. but the Democrats assert
that it is neutral territory Jones is
from san Miguel and is expected by the
Democrats to swing that county. but
- IL leo p
Not AssaIIinE Mcdonald.
The Republicans, in their fight, are
I not making il q personal matter
against Gov. Mcdonald. although he is
on the opposition ticket They recog-
niZe that as an executive he has given
an honest administration, they admit
IL. but they charge that he has not
been aggressive enough in many ways
and assert that by his veto power, he
has prevented the Republican legis-
lature enacting SUCH laws as ought TO
be on the statute books.
NO, they have not made personal
. fight upon me-" said the governor,
when congratulated upon the fact that
even his opponents spoke well Of him.
There have been some derogatOry
cartoons and articles printed in some
Of the smaller Republican papers. but
I have not answered them / think
If a man hbels me in ignorance, that
there IS no use taking action, for 20
did not know any better. II he does
it through malice and spite, then he
is too small TO bother with
Compromise and Concession
"Of course they have criticised me
but every man in office must stand for
criticism. Often a man has to do
things that he does not wish to do.
Il don't like the word compromise.
I prefer concession A man who makes
n concession is a man who has regard
for the feelings and views OF others.
4 man who won't make a Concessi n
is man who is wrong. A man who is
wrong can't afford TO concede any
thing; If he does, his whole structure
falls to pieces A man who Is ri 1T
and wants to accomplish somethin-.
will concede something to bring II
about, if necessary That Is why I /
never use the word compromise in I
business or in politics. I don't like It, !
I like to be fair with everyone and TO :
do so. 1 have to make concessions; !
every man does who is placed in a po-
sition OF authority.
Criticism Is Easy.
1T is easy TO tell a man he has J
made a mistake. after he has done !
something, but / think few men make ]
mistakes. II is mis-judgement. not a {
Ea have often done things .