Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-30
nisaffection in Grand Old Par
O'i ~ Relied on to Give Ma
teriaI Assistance to Nonin-
ees for State Offices
RACE FOR PRESIDENT
HINDRANCE TO FUSION
Statewide Movement ImpoS-
- s..Ie under circumstances,
but RevoIt8 Against Local
Nominations Have Effect
.aaalaeonngnes 10 MoRMNa JoURNALl

..,ssonpEncs TO MORNING JOURNAL
s Pta re oct. ga comparison
No.. nrosent campaign for state Of
VI Cios Win the first one held under
l,.o.,ohood in 1911, reveals one IN
ssonosting point of comparison and one
.barp point of difference. IL,
sim In this campaign, as in that OIL
tot1 the main issue is one oil per
aonaifties-of the personal tithess OF
,Sn candidates for the various otfices
a. stake. In the matter of govern
az ,nontal policy there is little differ
once between the two party plat
Snn,ne Both favor practically the
lor things. the main point of argu-
SIT being as to which party will be
m most ant to perform its pledges If
nioced in power. The past records of
pandidates and their fitness or lack
90 fitness as indicated by those rec
Ords are furnishing the fireworks Of
ttis campaign, as was the case tlNe
years ago.
In 1911. however, there was state
,,ido revolt from the republican party
which undoubtedly was largely re-
snonsible for the democratic wave
hat swept william c. Mcdonald and
tho other successful candidates into
office This year there is no such
wave There are, however, quite q
number of wavelets that are ripping
hora and there which bid fair to
damien quite a few republican hopes
when the votes are counted on Tues
day night of next week.
Obstacle to Fusion.
or course. it is idle to speculate on
what would have happened that didn t
happen but those who are most IA
miliar with New Mexico politics en-
tertain the belief that if the presidcn-
CIV had not been involved this year
there would have been the same
statewide fusion of democrats and
INDEPENDENT republicans that there
was in 1911 There are hundreds OF
republicans in New Mexico who are
goin1 to vote this year for the demo-
cratic state ticket but who also are
going to vote for Hughes for presi-
dent, TO these republicans the tick
ct nominated by their party in santa
Fe last August is no less objectona-
bic than the one nominated in Las
Vegas in l9t1-tc many it is even
more Objectionable, They consider
that the same dish has been served
to them by the republican bosses TINS
year as then, and the lapse of five
years has not made it any more pal
atable or appetizing to them.
But these republicans, for the most
part strict party men in national pol
itics, or else followers of Theodore
Roosevelt who have taken the colon
els advice and fallen in behind
Hughes, hesitated to take any con-
Certed action that might injure the
chances of the national ticket in New
Mexico. They didn't like Hubbell or
Bursum any more than they did III
1911, but they were almighty anxious
to see Hughes elected. so they decided
not to insurge in a body for fear it
might hurt Hughes, but to do their
msurglng individually and without
making any fuss about it.
Next Best Thing.
But while there is no general state
wide fusion movement between dem
derats and Independent republicans
this year, there is, from the democrat
lc standpoint, the next best thing for
IN number of counties that hereto
lore have been counted as normally
republican there is fusion on county
tickets which in the very nature of
things is compelled to draw strength
from the republican state ticket. The