Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-24
Unterrified Scanning Horizon
10 Find Moses Who viii
Lead Them Out Of Wilder
ness Of DiSorganization
HARD FIGHT AHEAD AND
NO GENERAL IN SIGHT
Meeting Of Central Committee
in February More Apt to
Result in the Usual Cat
fight Than Anything Else.

Wanted, leader. References no
necessary, but must give assuranc
that he will tie followed. Right maj
sure Of steady job. Apply to tn,
democratic party Of New Mexico, ant
apply quick
Phrased in the terms of want ad
the foregoing expresses more clearl,
than columns Of argument and disqu
sition the position of the New
Mexico democracy today The party
Is floundering in bog Of helpless dis
organization and Generalization Tn,
Moses that Is to lead il out of the
wilderness has not yet sent in his
card to headquarters. The strong
man that is to give counsel and ad-
vice that viii untangle the party
muddlc is as yet not visible TO tbs
naked eye.
Not that the democrats have any
fight within the party. So far, moth.
ing of the sort has come to the sur
face. That. however, is likely to de-
velop at any moment. The cloud no
larger than a mans hand that some
Ag
clone may be discerncd on the horizon
by the aid of Il telescope.
Central Committee Meeting.
Tho state central committee has
been called to meet in Santa Fe, Feb
rti3ry 4, to select successor to for
mef Chairman James Haye Paxton
and fer such othsr business as may
lawfully come before the committee
All sorts of business may lawfully
come before the committee.
For instance. there Is former Dis
trict Attorney y. D. Tittman, Of Hills
of the committee and to a miscellan-
eous assortment of democrats, not TO
mention the newspapers Of the state,
letter protesting against the way the
affairs of the party have been run
in the past. Just what Mr.. Tittman
has on his chest has not yet de-
reloped but Mr.. Tlttman is man who
knows how to express himself in vigor-
GUS language wnen occasion re-
quires, and it is the opinion that he
is coming to Santa Fe looking for
somebody to step on the tail of his
coat.
The committee meeting at Santa Fe
Is likely to develop almost anything.
j may be a love-feast, with every
body hanging on somebody else
shoulder and all singing in close har-
mony, or it may be q riot with the air
thick with Irish confetti. The man
who can guess what will happen when
the democrats get together next
month in the capital city has
no business sticking around these
parts--he should be on Wall street
picking out the stock that is going to
make the next big rise.
Tho Chair1nanship.
Let no one suppose for a single mo-
ment that the next democratic state
chairman viii get the office without
a struggle, The democrats don't do
things that way. SO far only two
names have been mentioned for the
posltion--State Senator w. b. Wal
ton, of Silver City, and former Mayor
Arthur Seligman, Of Santa Fc,
Neither one of these gentlemen has
expressed, the slightest desire for the
Office which is high tribute to their
ihtelligence-but both of them have
Deen mentioned. 1t is certain that
neither of them will accept it if a
light has to be made for it. and it is
not at all certain that either would
accept it under any consideration.
IN the event that both Walton and
Sehgman are eliminated, which is by
no means improbable. where are the
uemocrats to turn for a man TO head
'helr committee? Where is the man
possessing any sort Of executive abil-
ny with the time ahd disposition to
ueVote himself to the affairs of the
party during the coming campaign?
a well-knoWn democrat, in discuss
'ng this phase Of the matter a day
VI TWO ago put il this way If we
cdht get Billy Walton or Arthur Sc
nsihan | don't SEQ why we shouldn't
Just let Jim Paxton stay on. He can
run the thing from Guatemala about
- Wei as anybody else could at
homeH
influence of Governor.
ersistent rumors are to the effect
."". hovernor Mcdonald will control
Doih tne state and central committee
'u the convention that is TO meet
sV,ne time next summer. and that he
= IN either have himself nominated for
"''eu states senator or for governor.
ou near this from both democratic
republican sources.
krt.
npout the only explanation that can
eNen of this rumor is that the peo-
p.e VINO are spreading 1.-THE demo-
.'dts at least--are afraid that it is
They don't like the governor.
I they don't want him to control;
% al the same time they can't ses
p 'e'f way clear TO making a fight on