The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-28
Chief Executive Addresses Meet.
ing Of Party Leaders in Hall Of
Representatives ana Expounds
Some New G. o. p. Doctrine.
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF
SOME NEEDED LEGISLATION
Budget Law, Australian Ballot,
and Others Urged; Promises
That Appointees Shall be Good
Citizens, as Well as Competent

Special Correspondence 10 The Herald
Santa -. y. NJ. Feb. 2S.--rhc Rc-
publican party Of New Mexico will
hold get-together dollar dinner"
here before the legislature closes. This
was one of the policies determined
upon al "a meeting yesterday which
crowded the supreme court room. \
committee of nine. headed by Colonel
lose u. sena. has the arrangements ir
charge.
The central committee meeting yes
tcrddy afternoon was continued into
the evening. when a smoker and pro
Gram of speeches was held In tho
hall of the house OF representatives.
The meetings looked and sounded
more like the heat of q tall campaisn,
rather than post mortcm on the
lG. .. l.. unsuccessful campaign last
fall. Governor Lindsey. in his capac'
| ity of member of the central colhmlt-
tee representing Roosevelt county de-
| hNorcd the principal speech IN sac
vening. &. g. Meier was another
| formal speaker.
| IN the afternoon following an ex-
tended report by Captain Gillenwatcr
which may hc summed up in Inc
words. we done our derndcst,' ana
Tccitcd deficit Of some three thous e
and and odd dollars many diagnoses
of the q. o. - disease In New Mexico
were made Weil-rounded rhetoric,
and ringing speeches rcsoundcd
Three chier Calises oi trudhle were oN-
humed
What the Diagnosis Shows.
| "a. "a.
elected 60 took after the spanish e
| American element sufficiently. having
promised prominent spanish Ameri-
| cans much and often, only 90 diSap
| point them This was rcmedicd hv
carrying q motion of Mr.. Spiess, aho'-
ishing the hyphcn and pcrpotualN
| deieting iu future the words spanish
American" and "Anglo-Amcrican'
| Cto say nothing of the French Ger
man. and ltalun-A All sucN
expressions were eXpunged from IN %
"Repubucnn political dictionary"
second the Republican central
committee has an the power and the
glory. etc" ." and Is autocratlc. II die
itatcs the ticket. and the people of all
sections whether their country has 50t
or so. Republicans m tho ticket hav"
to swallow the ticket
! Third. the Republicans dislike %
get out and work Tor the same old
Office seekers year after year ans
never see any changes. The hope was
expressed that Governor Lindsey
would appoint some now faces on the
state boards The remedy to this wa.
pointed out. Tho old guard are simpl'
to ohace themselves. Mr. Larrazo'
sat thls very appropriately. THAT 3.
easy To say n is harder To comprc-
hond. and IL Is harder still To- cars
into practice
Speeches by Notablcs.
Speeches were made hy II. u. Holt
OF Las cruces. charles Spicss SeCun'
dino Romero. -. \. larrazola uf l.1'
Vega. 4. n Rcnehan of Santa Fe
ana ElfeEo RJca uf Albuquerque TN
hitter was spmi-humurous ia his ui
toranccs and described frankly hi
descrtlun from the Republicans las
fan. ana stated hat his reason VA
that he could never get elected to ai
once hy that party. lie stated tina
he had helped to put the present shor
m nf Borunlhlo county into office. au'
had th,u. asked To- have himself np
pointed a. deputy. lie asserted that B
was rank ingrattudc ON the part %
the Democratic incumbent However
. after all MI Baca finds himself hIc'
In the Republican fold seeking no ia
Sor except the general one OF chang
OF names now ana then on the tepuh
, lican ballots.
\ resolution al highest appreciation
), OF Governor Lindsey was ofered h
( former Governor Prince, In which h
Is pledged Republican unity ana sup
A mort. regardless even of what appoint
{ meuts he may see nt To make. an
. WISHING him ferNcnt Godspccd.
y Governor Lindsey spcak-.
- The smoker ln the evening deNelop
70 ed into one ot the largest punli
x meetings that has been hold IN SAINT
g Fe since the Legislature opened. Man
Democrats were present In the ha
= Of representatives. which was iierali
= filled to the doors
Governor Lindsey delivered an lm
prnmptu speech lie answered man
J, Of tho questions that were In th
!. minds of his hearers, ana iutcns
onrnestness stamped his excellent d'
!. livery through every utternnc" ot
Pa. twenty minute speech
i- Tho governor begar by rcferenc
h. To the eight hour laws that hnN
~ been considered ana said that he h'
"a ucved the statutes should be cNtende
Al A. TO take in the governors