El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-17

5IaltsPuTg, y. l., It was announced to-
day EnIistments nus far total 500 -
Bursum for governor. They ala
favor him in 1911. aIthougb oU NJ
percentage of the public tboupbt -
ne was receiving valuable uppor from
THE men who represent the intoros,-
looking especially after the poIitJcei
situation throughout the state -
afraid OF Bursum; they fear that in
counter 20 their directions and 49,
as be thought right and best
BernaIiIo For BernaIUo
The people Of Bernalflio co,,.,.
want a Bernalillo county man in ~
United States senate. It may he Ell
~fishness, but that is the way thew view
the situation in this election. The
Republicans here want Hubbol1 -
least, he is the choice Of a c-onsidarabIee
number. II they cannot have HubheT
they would support Andrews in nrefer'
ence to Catron. The feeling bere ;s
that Catron is inclined TO be selfish
reservlng nearly al Of his efforts for
the benefit Of his own county and sec
tion-Santa Fe and San MiRueI
counties.
Andrews has done things in con-
gress that helped Albuquerque. II he
I should be sent to the senate. no v,o,,id
be found trying again to helm Aim
0uerdue and Bernalillo count Rut
whether the nominee be Hubbell An
drews or Catron, the Bernalillo counfy
republicans will support the choice Of
! the convention The late Judge Ed
4 ward \. Mann would have been SEN
atorial timber if he had lived. He had
/ already begun to be discussed as
possibility at the time Of his death.
Cunningham n Dark Horse.
The powers Of the northern coun-
I ties-Santa Fe. San Miguel and Colfax
do not want S%ecOndino Romero for
governor. and they are merely pre-
tending TO support his candidacy. II
ii can be arranged so as to deadlock
the convention between Dursum and
Romero, there is hope of swinging tho
nomination to j. " Cunningham, Of
Las Vegas. as a compromise.
Cunningham is president of the San
Miguel National bank at Las Vegas.
and would be entirely acceptable. Fl
nancially, he can afford to be over
nor. and TO make the race for the
office. Having defeated Romero for
governor. it is likely that the nomina-
ton for some other office will be Civ
en- to him.
HubbeII and Bursum.
Nothing is certain in politics, but
at this stage of the game il appears &c
be highly probable that Hubbell and
Bursum viii head the Republican
ticket. The endorsement of w. G. Sar. /
gent by his home county, for the office
Of governor. had no great significance. !
1t was a compliment, Of course, and
will be of assistance in securing re-
nomination for auditor.
When senator Barth says that Hub-l
bell and Bursum both will not be nOmi-
mated, on account Of geographical To-
cation. he is failing to read the signs. /
These two men do not live so near
together as to max any great differ
ence- Substituting Catron for Hubbel 4
gives only a slight change in miles. !
these twO-HubbeU and Cat
ron-with senator Fall is hardly rea-
sonabIe. for Fall usually is aligned
with the people of the upper tier Of
Counties
Republican Predictions.
The foregoing statements do not re-
semble, even remotely. the impressions :
which have emanated from Democratic /
sources during the last few days. These
statements are not from Democratic
sources. They were made to me by
one of the shrewdest political
Bernalillo county has ever had. He
is a Republican. Of course, and for
many years has been active In politi-
cal work. In the many campaigns
in which he has been interested, and
concerning which he has made prophe-
cies, he very rarely has shot wide OF
the mark.
His predictions are worth study and
consideration. because there is every
reason 10 nelleNe lndL they are DdStu :
on inside knowledge. The extreme
difficulty Of picking winners in this
race suggests the chant of the man
at the roulette table, in the old days
when the whole southwest was wide
open" for gambling:
Round. round, the little ball goes.
Where it will stop. nobody knows
This gambler dealer was allowed
wider range in poetic license than
be granted now by the national
board OF censors in the movies. Quite
as great Ieeway must be allowed to
all amateurs who rave the temerity to
hazard guesses at the results Of this
election.
Romero To Fight Hard.
Some of the Spanish-American Re
oubIicans in Socorro county said sew
sral days ago that they did not be-
Romero actually hopes TO be
dominated for governor. They hold
he and his supporters will carry
he campaign right down to the con-
then compromise on some
,ther office. one of them said he be-
feved he could name the office which
Ne really hopes to be nominated for.
suggested a certain office that had
n mind. He smiled, but would not
commit himself. ,
Another Socorro county Republican :
expressed the belief that W. G. Sar- :
rent, auditor. is the only man in the :