Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-28
Politicians Pick Socono andI
BemaIiIIo County Men toI
Garry Off HonorS in g. o.
P, Circles This Year
WANE OF CATR0N'S
STAR PLAINLY SEEN
Uncertainty Still Prevails
Among Democrats as to
Who viii Garry the Stand
ard; Putney Positively Out

The announcement Of w. H. An
/ drcwa as a candidate for the repub
! lican nomination for the United
states senate. which appeared In sun
days Journal fortified by an imposing
list of names Of signers OF n petition
urging Mr. Andrews TO make thu
race. was the event OF chief import
ance IN local political circles yoster'
day While the announcement was
not unexpected there was quite a rip.
PIE OF excitement caused blythe pub
LEGATION of the names of the signers
to the petition, as this list was sup
posed to constitute sort of Who's
who in the republican senatorial
race.
That Mr. Andrews is strong with
the business element Of Albuquerque
and that he Will receive a flattering
support In the city seemed to be the
consensus of opinion among those
who talked politics yesterday. At the
same time there was wagginE of
heads and a hemming and having
when IL came To predicting that ne
would be nominated. or even that he
would carry Bcinalillo county in his
race for the nomination.
Ii was generally conceded that
with Hubbeli out of the way Mr.. An
drcws would very probably so TO the
republican convention with the dele
cation from Bernalilllo county But,
unfortunately for the Andrews
chances Hubbell Is not out OF the way.
on the contrary. quite the reverse.
He Is distinctly in the path. and the
best informed politicians yesterday
expressed the opinion that his pres
cnee at that point formed an OBJ
stacle that Mr. Andrews would find
II hard to overcome.
How They Line Up.
From the standpoint Of the locker
on in Vicnna--thc man who is trying
to get at the facts without regard TO
what their effect may be on the per-
sonal fortunes Of any candidate---it
now seems AZ certain as anything in
politics ever can be that Frank Hub
hell will be nominated for United
States senator and II. O. Bursum for
governor when the republican CON
vention meets next summer Senator
Catr0n's star Is waning and seems 20
be due to take swift dip below the
horizon ut almost any time; and
there are even those Ia predict that
h will have difficulty in carrying
his home county Of Santa Fc. Sec
mdino Romero and his friends burn
ed a little red fire al the recent DEM
onstration In Las Vegas. but there are
few among the wise republican poll
ticians who take the Romero candi-
dacy for governor with any great Sc
riousness
Behind Bursum and lIubbcll is
Senator Albert u. Fall. Presumably
Senator Fan Is seeking to draw the
toga littlo tighter about his own
shoulders. Whatever his object may
be, Il is an open secret that he Is sup
porting the Huhbell- Bursum combi-
nation. The Three Rivers man is no
amateur IN politics He has forgotten
more about the game than most men
will learn In lifetime. and those
who imagine that his support viii be
a negligible quantity in the next cam
naicn would do well to have their
imaginations busted off ana take al
fresh start.
No sign of opposition to Congress
man Hernandez within the republican
party has Vet appeared. and 1t is not
at all likely that any will appear.
Frank w Clancy can be nominated
again for attorney general without
even turning around in his swivel
chair, hut there Is a persistent riimor
that Mr.. Clancy wants to SC to the
supreme court, in which event he
would run counter 10 the ambitions Of
% A. Isrrazolo. If that should hap
pen there is no doubt that there would
Dee some loose hair and hide in the re-
publican camp before the termination
of the fight
putncS Positively viii Not.
The latest news of interest on the
democratic side Of the political fence
Is the announcement from an author
itatiye source that r. +. putncy has
put The final flat and emphatic veto
on the suggestion that ne he a candi-
date Tor governor There is no doubt
that putncy could have the nomina- /
tion for the asking In fact. he
wouldn't have 10 do the asking The
democrats would lay tt in his lap il /
there were any assurance that he /
would accept a. Even the Crisis and 4
the Gilherts and the other members
II the party who make il rule to |
he against everything that anybody |
else is for, admit that Pu,ney is the
Ideal man and would make q better \
race for the eavernorship than ans
man who has been suggested
For while Il was hoped that the |
matter could be- pat up To him in such 4
a way that he would accept, and Mr. /
Pptney has received a flood Of letters
Ia The last few weeks from demo-
rfais in every county Of New Mexico |
Finally In order that there might be
no further question about the matter.
Mr.. Puiney came out fiat-footed IN !
m interview with some friends and /
lei il be known that under no circum-
stances would he accept the nominal
ton II 1t were offered to him.
This announcement leaves theI
democratic situation worse up in the