The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-19
Chief Executive Passed Away
Yesterday Afternoon at 81.
vincent's Sanitarium in Santa
Fe; Pernicious Anemia Cause.
BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE
IN LAS VEGAS THURSDAY
Body viii be Taken to the Capitol
Building Wednesday, Where It
Will Lie in State; Both Houses
10 Take Proper Action.

Santa r.. y. NJ. Feb. ls.--Washlns-
ton L. Lindsey, Republican. oil
POrtales. Roosevelt county. is now gov.
ernor of New Mexico. having been
sworn In In the supreme court room At
| 10 a. IA today by Justice G, J. Roberts
succeeding l.. c. dc Baca. Democrat.
whose death occurred NJ 81. Ninccnt's
Sanitarmm here at a:3o y. m, yester-
! day. a. the result Of a prolonged III
! ncss with pernictOus auemia.
! The end came 80 peacefully tnut ,ur
] several minutes II was thought the
governor merely was sleeping With
him Al the time were his wife. hts
\ nurse. two sisters OF charity. Arch
\ bishop J. u. Pitavai. of New Mexico,
and his private secretary, Miss Clara
\ Olson whom he had caused 10 be- sum.
! moned short time previously. saSins
he wanted TO do some work. llo made
a number of appointments Friday
While going over executive business
with Miss Olson, the governor rcsTi-
ration became 80 difficult she was
alarmed and sUmoned Mrs. de lIaca
and physician. As they watched the
spark Of life burned lower but none of
them was able TO cay afterwdrd just
when II gickcred out.
IN for Long Time.
some time, failing health forcing hiin
TO take only a minor part N the cam
paign for his own election last fa!i.
Barely score ot persons attended his
Inauguration. which Was held IN his
Snom IN a focal sauitorium early last
January
Governor de Baca soon after nurII-
nation by the Democratic party Tor
the highest state office. went to hos
pitai Ia Los Angeles where strenuous
measures were taken to combat the
uisoasc from wE.ch he was suffering.
When word came from New Mexico
that there was serious dUuut whether
.hc legally would be governor Il he
failed To take the oath Of office on tne
-day the lieutenant governor took IT.
h. declared he would return 10 Santa
lFc to take the oath II he had to be
carried there ON strct,hor' Phyvl-
kians warned him that he ran serious
danger OF shortening his lie II lac lett
Hthc hospital. but he disregarrird their
IndVicc. The strain uf the trip told ON
llhm 81, crcly and further heroic treat
mont was re,ortod TO. lie weakened
steadily but declined to gave up his
lgrasp ~ affairs. a stand which n
Bald tu have lCsScued his chances ot
lF.cuvcry
\ Native New Mexican,
Governor de BaCa was 81 years u'i
ana native New Mexican. lie gained
hi, education In the publ, schools ~
san Miguel county aud the Las \cg
college. lie gained grcitcst urumi-
ttcutc. prior 10 MS assumption ut the
lieutenant guNtruofship IN lJl2, an
neditor Of an Influential Spanish news
paper 40 Las Vegas.
When Mi lie Eaca assumed the lea.
tenant govcrnorship ne haG .u prc~id'
,Nvr one of the most bitterly partisan
.scnitcs ever gathered :u Sew Mexico.
"a" waa able to gain the ui"ndalup
aud alu,crC respect Of all members OF
h ,that body, and 40 the same time, mddc
=, record Tor efficiency aud integrity
under most difficult conditions when
was = large factor an g'inius Tor ham
lhc suocrns toridl nominations last
|. tall.
Ills friends point to III. tact tudt
William G Mcdonald, governor whcu
Mr de Ha,u held the subordinate povi-
ZION, thought il not beneath aim to ran
/ or the licutenan; soNernorshp Hr. oe
GJsH was about To Nacatc un the same
-IckcL
Body 10 Lie IA state,
Tho body uf Governor de Bata III
20 taken to the executive mansion tbs
aitrrHouH. ~ -. m, "Wednesday II
9,il he removed to the mann Curridul
NJ the capitol building, whore the re-
Hnains wlil lie IN state unit - y, n. \
tpr,lal TRAIN will then leave. bearing
"a lac body to Las Vegas, where burid
Nvill take place uH Thursday,
III The house uf rcprusentat' 90 met a
~ a. m, today and waa uificiGlij
lutifled II the governor's death, rc
cssing until ., at which nour borl
4luubcs are expected To- ADOPT iesoli
Ions ana take other apProGTIi, dc
Y BON.
The new governor L. a prrmIn,u
| Attuucy formerly active IN the pro
4 ArcssiNc party IN New Mexico Nhu hl'
Mr,Viuusly hold no state office.
~ Clark SucCseds idndscS
MT aud Mrs ". H.. Lindsey. a'
\ Soon a. they heard ut Governor de
fiaca's death, called upon Mrs d.
Hfaca and her children at the eNecu
a. mansion to express their sym
y A5thy.
John ; CLARK uf Las Vegas will sue
@ocd Mr. landse, AZ president ot th'
Id ,cnatc. MT clark has been acting Al
-Rcpgulloau iluur leader m that body
1 rcnatofr Keiuburg ut SANTA Fe. an'
NJ Nascman at Albuquerque, are various
III n spoken of as his probable successor
u is also said that MI ozark will ID