El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-05
NJ DONALD WILL
Be CANDIDATE
Pecos Valley Thinks New
Mexico Governor Will
Run This Year.


that Mcdonald and Bursum should be
| the opposing candidates. he co,,Id
! not answer that question. he ssfd ~
! gave me the statement which has h.
/ quoted. He viii not know what his
/ course viii be until the candidates are
nominated.
Mcdonald n Candidate.
Governor Mcdonald Is a candidate
/ for denomination" said a Democrst
! who has kept in rather close to1Icb
with the present state administrator
Il know whereof I speak when I saw
that he is a candidate" he went on 70
say He had his heart set on becor9-
ing national committeeman. and he
thought that A. A Jones should have
stepped aside when il became evident
that he would be nominated for the
senate. Since the ton chose a
A Jones to succeed himself. Mcdonald
has resolved 10 run for governor again.
Il he had been made national commit
teeman. he would have retired from
the race. to wait until 1918. when he
would have become a candidate 10
succeed senator A. B. Fall
Bad Condition.
The condition obtaining in the
Democratic party in New Mexico to
day is the worst have ever en-
countered anywhere. 1 fear the upshot
OF it will be coutesting delegations
from Chaves county. beiieve that
the state convention. in that event
would seat both delegations. with the
vote divided. The two clashine fac
lions in this county will bring about
such Z condition as viii keep a great
many Democrats. IN profound disgust,
from going TO the polls In our pri-
maries, nearly 800 votes were polled.
I doubt that we viii get as high as
two-thirds Of that vote in the cleo
ton in November. The bull moose
Democrats are now in control Of the
party machinery here: they have /
named the members OF the state COM
mittee and they will run things 10
suit themselves They viii add very
little financial strength TO the party.
in the state campaign
Evils in the State.
Ely is honest in his opinions as 10 /
many OF the evils existing in the state,
and he is right about the remedies !
that will be required I do not think. 3
though. that he is a man having the /.
uength and power 10 put the needed ]
reforms into effect I do not think :
his judgment is sound enough, and 1 }
do not think he IS a very good judge 1
Of political conditions, and much less 1
do I think that he is a political !
prophet (
Roswell has man who has as ,
near ideal qualities of leadership as 4
any man I have ever known. I refer
TO E 4. CahOon. who have been the I
chairman Of the Chaves county Re
publican central comr lite for many
years People IN Thu district would D
be very glad 10 see him nominated for
any one of the high state offices. but
do not believe he would consider A
domination
Poe 4 Leader.
a man in our own party, a great
natural leader, is John ". Poe. who .
has been talked Of a great deal for
he nomination for governor He can
not consider the nomination. for he is
Tar from being in rugged health now
Even II he himself should decide TO (
inter the race. his friends would not
permit him to make the sacrifice.
Either one Of these men would ado
great strength in this section 10 their
-espective tickets. and, il nominated
md elected. would serve the state with
lonor and distinction. Unfortunately /
or the public. these men Will not be
IF Mcdonald and Bursum are the
nominees. I believe Bursum viii be
elected Further than that, I believe
hat he would give US the best and
iblest administration that New Mex
&C has ever had. He has gained
great deal in following in the Pecos
alley. since 1911. and McDonald's l
oss has been proportionatly greater"