El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-03
ATTITUDE Of PECOS VALLEYM
SETTLE NEW MEXICO'S ELECTION
Vote Over There Is An Unknown Quantity, Though
Democrats Are in Majority Bursum to Be Stronger
Than Before Mcdonald Has Lost Some Friends
-Hagerman Not With Him This Time

osWEII. y. NJ. June 3.-''The Ike
publican national ticket will be
N successful this year said T. a
Cahoon, president OF the First National
bank, Of Roswell, and for the past 10
years chairman Of the Chavez county
Republican central committee. i hope
the state convention will give US a
GOOD ticket. so there need not be a
NsvIeat for any part Of the ticket l
would regret very must to see the nom
nation Of d state tieilet which could
not be elected"
DO you think the Chicago eonven.,
ton win nominate Roosevelt l asked
NO. I do not" he replied. 81 be
Hughes will be nominated and elected
What do you think Of H O. Bur
sums chances Of nomination and cleo
tom
I would seem that he will be the
nominee. and ne viii receive 4 mucn
heavier vote in the PecOs valley than
he received in 1911 I like Bursum- 1
think he is a man Of much ability and
I believe he would make very excel
lent governor"
One of your Republican workers has
suggested that man from ChaTes
Eddy. Roosevelt or Curry county ought
10 have a prominent place on the state
ticket in order to give balance TO the
ticket and 10 get the Republican vote
10 the polls, ! said TO him. DO you
know OF a representative and deSerV-
ing man TO whom such place on the
state ticket might be given2'
FuIlen Not a Candidate
NO. Chaves and Eddy counties are
IS per cent Democratic, and don't
know a Republican who desires TO be
nominated l. .. Fullen is equipped
o 10 L nn NaTfF
] am confident that ne would not give
up his practice to accept the office
He did not care TO hazard guess on
the senatorial nomination, as between
7Iubbel and Catron. He lived in Las
Vegas many years ago, and expressed
high regard for A A Jones' for the
man and his ability He said that Jones
not only viii run strong race him
self. but viii add strength 10 the whole
It was to L o. FulIen that I referred
as the Republican who suggested that
the PecOs valley ought TO be represent
ed on the state ticket He thought
that the representation ought to be
given 10 this district. but he was not
slble TO name the candidate
Are you a candidate for attorney
general or Will you be candidate L
asked Fulleu-
7 am not a candidate" he answered
4 don't feel that / could afford 10
give up my work and move 10 Santa
y
ike TO have the prestige that would
come from the election to that respon-
sible office, but / cannot afford il.
Bursum Grows More Popular.
"Bursum viii get much larger vote
in Chaves and Eddy counties this year.
He viii poll the full strength Of the
party in the two counties and. under
some circumstances, would do even
better than that / believe he viii get
the fun delegations from the counties
Of Chaves and Eddy.
The delegations viii 90 uninstruct-
ed, as 10 the nomination for senator.
don't know whether Hubbel OF CatrOn
viii be the nominee"
asked both CahOon and Fullen about
the strength Of the new vote in Chaves
and Eddy counties, that is now claimed
BY the Democrats They don't believe
the Democratic vote viii be anything
like so heavy as claimed. or as heavy
as would seem to be indicated by tbs
vote in the primaries. The Socialists
participated in the Democratic prina-
YES, but they viii nominate a ticket OF