El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-01


VII add 800 Democratic votes to the
rumber of almost 300 registered in
our primaries the other day
! mere VIII be profound gloom in the
( NepuDLcan camps If the Imperial
county Of Chaves does any such thing
2nd II the sister counties of Eddy and
Roosevelt poll proportiOnate Demo-
cratic vote. there viii be nothing left
TO do but hang out the crepe. and send
for the undertaken. This is the en-
tnusiastic view OF the Democrats who
llilo 50 much OF encouragement in the
I conditions Of today
Republicans Are nv=efuT.
The hope OF the Republicans Is that
! nohlhS IKE the party strength will
Be Polled in these three counties in
/ whelming strength of the Democratic
I party IS within itself a weakness. in
I that, since a Democratic nomination
( IS equivalent TO election, the sovereign
/ Democratic voters do not take the
/ trouble to go to the polls on election
{ day The Democratic leaders declare
! thaJ- Whatever may have been the
] custom IN the past. the maximum
strength Of the party will be regis
: tered this year
! IN 1911. Chaves county gave McDon-
/ aid 1894 votes. which is considera b1v
under 800 or $500. In 1912. when only
congressman and the presidential
electors were being elected Chaves
I county gave Ferguson only 1444- This
! latter was the election in which Fer
E4EtOu ran opposite Nathan .Naffa of
Roswell man who had served well
I as territorial secretary and stood very
high
Valley Strongly Democratic.
That this PecOs valley Democratic
vote is Democratic, under anv and an
circumstances. Is made clear by an
analysis of the vote of 1911 and 1912.
The fact that a "favorite SON OF the
district may be a candidate on the
opposite ticket does not materially
affect the result When these npr11n- /
Gratis do get to the polls. they do not (
lack q great deal Of voting her :
straight"
In 1911. when Holm o. Bursum was I
the Republican nominee for governor, !
ex-governor Herbert 7. Hagerman. 4
resident OF this district. made a tour 4
Of the state speaking against Bursun1,
denouncing him as severely as could 4
be done in the language without run
ming into a snaE in the libel law Not
withstanding that he was 50 bitterly
opposed by a resident OF the district,
Bursum received s45 votes. $50 in
Eddy and 291 in Roosevelt. Jaffa re- I
ceiyed 674 in Chaves, eQ6 in Eddy and I
10 in Roosevelt Consideration must !
be given 10 the fact that the total I
vote in 1912 was much lighter than in /
1911, there being no state officer but
a congressman to be elected. and no
county officers at all. but Il remains I
n fact that the Democratic vote Is
Democratic regardless of any per-
sonal ties which. in other localities.
Mouiu eoHLllcA ana seriously dIIecl
the results
Mcdonald the EniEms.
The eternal question in this valley, |
as elsewhere is as to whether or not !
Mcdonald VIII seek denomination 7
This is true in Republican quarters.
no less than in Democratic circles. The /
big hope in the Republican camps is (
tuat the Democrats viii nominate Nc
Donald Don't make any mistake about
lhis-the sentiment is unmistakable.
The only fear the Republicans enter
tain is that Mcdonald will not be re- (
nominated for governor.
VIII governor Mcdonald receive as
heavy vote in the Pecos valley as
he did in 1917 I asked one of the
big Democrats OF Roswell
He will receive more votes" he an
swered- You understand that the VOTE
VIII be great deal heavier this YEAR"
Yes What We want 10 know is
whether you think he will receive a
heavier proportionate vote this year"
le viii get the full Democratic
strength"
Radical Republican View.
4 Republican expressed an opinion !
which did not quite coincide with this
democratic view just related There !
re publicans-a few Of them-in
he Pecos valley. regardless OF the
REVEALING beliefs TO the contrary. In
he Democratic county convention in
as vegas last week A. 4. Jones was !
eioicing and marvelinS greatly that /
real Democratic convention should ]
10 held in san Miguel county The /
resence Of Republicans in the Pecos
alley is as much Of q marvel as a
democratic convention in San Miguel
ouny-) said this Republican. Ninety
I've percent OF the decent Democrats
Z Chaves county are opposed TO gov
rnOr Mcdonald, opposed to him. BIT
erly and viii do all they can TO bring
hout his defeat This view IS ex-
remedy radical It is so extreme IS
OF 10 be debatable. vet I have heard
expressed in Albuquerque and Car
-zozo. as well as in Roswell This
yceedingly bitter feeling does exist
gaiust governor Mcdonald. though II /
in isolated quarters. Witness the
lcident OF the enormous sign which
as painted and put up on one Of the
ain streets Of Socorro. carrying In
s wording a deliberate insult to the Z
1vernOr. on the occasion of one or
IS visits 30 the New Mexico cioOl
Mines
Ralph Ella l. Strong. :
Another unusual belief was ex-
'eSsed by this same Republican. ( er;
Ralph Q Ely is very strong indeed, thi
the Pecos valley. The appeal which cal
is making to the people pleases
EN- nightly. ! would not be at all
rDrised to see him get the full dele tbs
-tions from Chayes, Eddy and Roose- of
II counties. If the delegations think a
at he has any chance 7 don't know &c,
at he viii. but he is likely to I
ink the delegations from these three L.
unueS VIII be unhampered as TO IN the
-uctions for anybody" ne-
In spite OF the fact that he believes
ere is q strong probability that Ely g.
III receive the three delegations. he I -
inks Bursum has gained aDpreciabN -,
strength in the Pecos valley. since -
IL There is a big reversion of ~
ntiment as regards Bursum. he de-
ired- Many who fought MIN most TO-
-erly in 1911, will support him quite If
earnestly in 1915. They have learned I.e,
at they were deceived before. as TO In
lrsum character and record -,
HuhbelI Able Man. a.,
Frank A. Hubbell would poll the gul
II Republican strength of the three the
1nties. if he should receive the nom sur
alton. this man continued He will
favored over CatrOn for the nOmi -
ton. too, ] believe He is much
Ter man than he is given credit for u
ng, IN some Of the counties. ] mean ! ~
10 business and executive ability
re than anything else. He has done
vast deal of experiment work in
ding, and Of course that is of the
ton.
L o FuIlen FOR the nomination for
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