Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-10-13

A N ao9al foz d a Tones 5s and , william 70 B }E Walton a H. P }osg or ssr. 9anS.
the Mcdonald administration. They have declined to campaign with
or near to Mcdonald or de Baca. They have determined TO team it
The Democratic candidates have split into two nctons-one
the he Mud 1, Bucket Both factions have agreed that the rest of the ticket
News Of trouble among the Democratic candidates did not leak
conference of the bosses on campaign policy and it has been coming
know the details of the split "' '"'' "S" Wv
was proposed to Jones that he take on his fellow tovnsman,
Mr. de Baca, and attempt to put him over The Jones reply, in effect
was that he was not running a hospital but was running for the
Interior Department delivering land contest decisions for deserving
such chances as he has. Defending himself and PfTesideGt Wilson, he
The second proposal was that walton should campaign the Pecos
country m WIN 9a Governor 6T Mcdonald o Just to prove to the boys una there
it couldn't be done He was not the hoy, he told them. to prove to the
record he merely pointed to the Senate Journals of the past two sea
might be, he said, that it could be proven to some that Mcdonald had
four and a half years, and that as de Baca's understudy and heir
but he, Walton, was not the boy to do it. As ar official defender Of
the Mcdonald administration, he feared Bill Walton would prove a
Then the party split occurred Jones and Walton Joined forces
of putting over the lieutenant governorshp and its prospects by him.
sought the fnrtherest corner of the state from the objective point of
Mcdonald, de Baca and the Mud Bucket started on their frosty tour
This is the democratic campaign lineup today. The heads of the
ticket may come together on state occasions, like the state Fair at
gether long. Jones has been natered into a sincere belief that he can
defense of any record but his own. Walton cannot go with Mcdonald,
for Congress and is against him now. He must team it with Jones or
,..d His a d9 g6ssaR aeI by Jones ,. is held to 5. account for the bitter rees
on the Pecos. In the past the governor has spoken with restraint and
dignity, even when veracty was lacking. Those who have seen him
on the platform say he is angry and that he is worried over the record
he has written and the fact that he has been left to defend 1t abso
lutely alone. He appears to have started on the long job of talking
down his record and in his effort has exceeded the Mud Bucket in
disregard Of wellknOwn facts This has required him to go the limit
for the Mud Bucket or Gtnie Otero, as he is known in exclusive mil
honaire club circles in Santa F6, has been dipping deep into his own
not far distant record as a Republican parasite for his supply of muck
The best little governor New Mexico ever had" as the buyers
of state timber lands used to affeCtionately call GiHe. saws he has
become so staunch a Democrat that he would vote for the worst Demo
crat against the best Republican for any office. Otcro has not yet
referred to THE Official Sheep Ranch" probably because he knows
that his new-found Democratic brothers remember all the narrowing
details of that once promising institution of the days when GnHe was
a staunch Republication revenue only.
1t is a happy little party that has been touring the Pecos. De
Haca is quoted as having said that he regrets his nomination: Gilie
is suspected of regrettng his record; and Mcdonald has left no doubt
in the minds of anyone Is to how he feels about his own
To date the only team work in the Democratic campaign line up
is unanimous regret that the Mcdonald record cannot be disposed of
as they were accustomed to dispose Of Democratic political notes in
the First State Bank of Las Cruces. That useful institution. mror
tunately for the Democratic party, has blown up There are grave
fears that Governor Mcdonald is about to do likewise