New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-14

Word drifts back f, ON the Perish :
ing expedition that the soldiers are
suffering under the hot suns of the
Mexico sands and that they have
suffered many hardships. The food
supply has been poor and scanty and
there has been a heavy loss of ami
mails.
The Roosevelt division is begins to
get into shope and officers have al
ready been accepted while regiments
are being raised in the far western
states. Many of the former rough
riders are signifying a desire to join
the division
A formal conference between the
Mexican officials and those Of this
country is expected soon and Carran-
"a was informed that there was not
need of awaiting the return of Sc
cretary Lansing before going on with
the negotiations
The troops of Carranza have been
getting some hard knocks from those
of Villa the dead bandits soldiers
scoring three victories in one week
Our National Politics.
The candidate for vice president on
the Progressive ticket does not at
all fancy the detection of Roosevelt
and those followers in some of the
states are giving the Colonel some
rough noise. In the main the Pro-
gressives will enter the campaign and
give Hughes and Fairbanks their ac-
tive support and the election OF the
Republicans is assured
The roster Of the campaign COM
mittee of the Republican national
committee has been announced. The
campaign committee is composed OF
the Republican executive committee
and seven ProgreSsivcs.
The members Of the campaign COM
niittcc are; John T. Adams, Iowa,
Republican; Everett Colby, New Jcr-
sey Progressive VIM. Crocker, Cali
fornia, Republican; F, W. Estabrook,
New Hampshire, Republican; James
r Garfield. Ohio, Progressive; James
A. Hemcnway Indiana, Republican !;
"A, T. Hcrt, Kentucky, Republican :;
r, p. Howell, Nebraska. Republican :;
Harold Lickes, Illinois, Progressive :;
Alvah II. Martin, Virginia, Republi-
can: Herbert Parsons, New York, Re
publican; George w, Perkins, New
York. Progressive; s. A. Perkins,
Washington, Progressive; Chester II,
Roswell, California, Progressive; Os-
car S. Strauss, New York. Progress
sve; Charles B. Warren, Michigan,
Republican; and Ralph F. Williams,
Oregon, Republican.
James B. Reynolds OF Washington,
D. c., was named as secretary, Mr..
Reynolds is also secretary Of the Ma
tional Republican committee No an
nouncement was made as to who viii
be chosen as treasurer
The date of the breaking of the
news of their nominations to Hughes
and Wilson and to Fairbanks and
Marshall has not vet been ri,cn ont
but they will be told Of it soon. and
then the country will know il they
accept the honor Or net. It is not
generally believed that they will re-
fuse.
Republican leaders are hopeful
that the result of the Maine election
will give evidence of a complete re-
union of Republicans and Progress
sivs in the Pine Tree state. Their
advices indicate harmony between
the two organizations, but the cam
paingn managers do not intend to
permit encouraging reports to cause
any relaxation of vigilance. They
have not forgotten the political az
ION "As goes Maine, so goes the
nation" and, moreover, they have
been spurred to increased activity
by reports that Secretary cf the
Interior Lane, Secretary of Com
merce Redfield and possibly even
President Wilson are to make
speeches in that state for the Dem
ocratic ticket
The leaders are convinced that the
southern border states are fighting
ground this year and they purpose
to devote much more than the GUS
tomary amount of ammunition in an
effort to swing them into the Republi-
can column.
A. T. Heart, Republican national
committeeman from Kentucky, spent
several days in New York, just af-