Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-10
CONTEST FOR THE
SPEAKERsH|P OF
HOUSE VERY KEEN
-Four Candidates Seek Honor
Of WELDING GaveIi Com
pIete List Of Members Of
Next Legislature Given Out,

tsPT-iAL CORRESPONDENCE TO posslse JOURNAL,
Santa Fe, Dec. 9.-The fight for
the speakership of the house rs grow
ing in intensity. While there are four
candidates in the field w. H. II.
Ilewellyn r.. l.. Baca, w. f. Blanch-
ard and A. A. Sedillo, the choice, APP
! parently, will lie between the two first
named The following We're elected
to the house at the last election:
! District /, Valencia county-Nalen-
tire de Almond and Abelino Sanchez,
republicans
District 2, Socorro county-A. H.
Carter and Eduardo Chaves (who
died few days ago., republicans.
District 8, Rernalii,o county-A. A.
Sedillo, Dan FGdilla, r. p. Barnes
republicans.
District 4, Santa Fe county-R. L.
Baca, Albert J. CLANCY, republicans.
District 5. Rio Arriba county
Jose G. Lobato, Noises de Vargas, re-
publicans.
District 6. San Miguel county
Claudia Arana. Jose L. Ramirez, Ba-
silo Griego, republicans.
District {, Mora COUNTY,. F,
Curns, A. Medina, republicans
District 8. ColfaX county-W ].
Linwood David Padilla, republicans.
District 8, Taos county-Clemente
r. Mascarenas, Salamon Ortega, re-
publicans.
District TO- Sandoval county-Santi-
ago Gurule, republican.
District II, Union county-C 3.
Gonzales, T. j. Robertson. democrats.
District IL, Torrance county--Ven-
L l.
District 13, Guadalupe county
Serafin Otero, republican.
District IA, Mckinley county-Ed-
ward w, Tamony, Sharp Hanson, re-
publicans.
District IS, Dona Ana county-W.
II. II. Llewelyn, Isidoro Armijo re-
publicans.
District 16, Lincoln county-W. e.
Blanchard, republican.
District II, Otero county-W. j.,
Rutherford, Alamogordo.
District IS, Chaves county S.
Epstein, Guy II. Herbert, +. l.. Mehl-
hop democrats.
District 10, Lea and Eddy counties
Carl b. Livingston and Powhatan
Carter, democrats.
District 20, Roosevelt and DeBaca
counties-Coe Howard, democrat.
District FL Luna county Ralph A.
Lynd, democrat.
District %, Grant county-Franl
Veseley, John w. Turner, democrats.
District 23, Sierra county--Frank
II. Winston, republican.
District "a San Juan county-W
A. Hunter, democrat.
District %, Quay county-C. e,
Hunter, II. O. Norris, democrats.
nictt.int rODntV---T II
Hull democrat.
District 81, Rio Arriba and San
doval counties-Manuel c. TruJillo,
republican.
District %, Guadalupe, Santa Fe
and Torrance counties-H. II, Fair
clouth, republican.
District 90, San Miguel and Guada- !
lupe counties arcelino Romo, re-
publican.
District 80, Socorro, Lincoln, Otero
Lee, republican.
IT is thus seen that there will be |
thirty three republicans and sixteen |
democrats in the house, giving the re-
publicans a clear two-thirds majority I
The men who have had previous leg |
islative experience in New Mexico |
are: r. L. Baca. w. II. II. Llewellyn, |
A. A. Sedillo. w. f. Blanchard, r. p
Barnes, lsidoro Armijo, w. L. Ruth !
erford, F. l.. Mehlhop, Carl B. Liv-
ingston, Powhatan Carter, Frank !
Eeseley, Frank H. Winston.
The state senate will be constituted |
the same as two years ago, except /
that in place of State Senator Gordon,
deceased. Frank A. Lawrence of Gal
lup has been elected. The following I
are the state senator's: Roman Gale
Cos, san Jose; Senobio Salazar. Quad
alupita; John S. Clark, East Las We
gas; Perfecto Esquibel, TERRA Anna
rilla; Isaac Barth. Albuquerque;
Emiliano Lucero, Bernalillo; George
A. Kaseman, Albuquerque; A. V. l4u-
cero, Ration; G.. C. Smith. Clayton;
Melvin r. Dunlavy, Santa Fe; Ramon
Sanchez, Penasco; Nabor Mirabal,
San Rafael. II. L. Kerr Cambray; ],
A. Mcdonald, Kelly; James V. Tully, /
Glencoe: ]. f. Reinburg, La Union;
Frank A. Lawrence, Gallup; James A.
Baird Alamogordo; Jesse f. Lea,
Roswell; NJ P. Skeen, Artesia: r. G.
BRYANT, Portales; Albert Calish, Mon
Eoya; L. c. Mersfelder, Clovis: Will
liam d. hurry, Silver City. The DEM
ocrats have nine of the twenty-four
members.
Lieut.. Gov. BENJAMIN f. Pankey,
who will preside over the senate, is
1 republican, and of course Gov Q. A
Larrazolo is also a republican. so
that the majority party has absolute
control of every department of the
state government the state supreme
court also being solidly republican
The legislature convenes on Tuesday
January Ia, 1919