El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-04
PARTY SHOULDCARRY
NEW MEXICO BY A FAIR MAJORITY
State Looks Strongly Republican But Both Sides Are
Claiming Victory; No Split in G.. o. P. Ranks This
Time, But Colfax County Democrats Are Divided;
Changes Among Voters Makes For Uncertainty
By GUTHRIE SMITH.

RTE SMITH.
D., vided besween these two tickets. It is
Inevitable that the Republican coun-
ty ticket will be elected; and the Dem
ocratic state ticket will not be helped
any by the squabble.
More Newspaper Aid.
1t is the first state campaign in
which the Republican ticket has had
the assistance Of more than one daily
newspaper The Albuquerque Her
aid" heretofore strongly Democratic:
/ but now independent, is supporting
I the Republican ticket: while the Albu-
querque journal" and the Santa Fe
/ New Mexican" both formerly decid-
dering service to the Republican tick
/ ct. However, both the journal" and
the New Mexican" have accepted the
advertisements OF the Democratic
campaign committee. Republicans
charge that both OF the Roswell dailies
/ have closed their advertising columns
to their campaign committee.
Attack on Council of Defence.
There has been an effort on the
part of the Democratic organization.
commencing with the keynote address
! in the state convention. to discredit
1 the New Mexico council Of defence, as
a Republican organization. and to
Z
lication, the New Mexico War News"
the storm center of the campaign. The
attacks broke down completely.
Wilson's Attacks are BOOmeranEs-
Another attack which turned boom
erang, in the opinion of many Re-
publican leaders, was president Wood
row Wilson's plea to elect a Demo-
cratic congress Whatever may be
the effect in other quarters. there has
been the deepest resentment stirred
up among the Republican voters. Two
Democrats. whose opinions are highly
respected throughout the state. have
said with reluctance that they are
much afraid the president has made
serious misstep.
The effects of president Wilson's
general plea were mild by comparison
with the effects of his direct. personal
attack upon senator Fall in his tele-
gram to W P. Metcalf, the Socialist
candidate for senator. The general
belief is that the presidents offence
would not have been quite so bad if
his telegram had been addressed TO
Walton, Democratic candidate for
senator. or to the chairman OF the
Democratic state central committee.
Fourth of Voters in Service.
1t is estimated that nearly 25 per-
cent Of the voters of New Mexico are
now in military service How these
missing voters are divided between
Republican and Democratic parties is
more than anyone knows. The nat
ural assumption is that they are di-
vided about equally. The variation
may be great enough in some counties
to affect the county ticket materially,
and may even affect the state ticket
The main factors have been given
here. as they are likely to bring sue
cess or defeat TO one party or the
other The under current may be so
= rH1 s-u~ In
Mexico will be Democratic in spots,
after the ballots are counted tomor-
row.
National and State Tickets.
Z. s. Senator-Rep- Albert B. Fall.
Three Rivers; Dem-s ". B. Walton.
Silver City; Soc. ". P Metcalf. Albu-
querque.
Representative in congress-B. c.
Hernandez. Rep, TERRA Amarillo: G.
A Richardson. Dem, Roswell: W. B.
Dillon, Soc. Albuquerque.
Supreme court tustsce-H- F. Ray
nclds. Rep, Albuquerque; r H Han
na, Dem, Santa Fe; A J. Mcdonald. /
Soc, Clayton.
Governor-O. A LarrazoIa, Rep.
Las Vegas; Felix Garcia, Dem, Lum- ]
berton; A. H Moulton. Soc. Mogollon |
Lieutenant governor-B. Y. Pankey. /
Rep. Lany; E E Veeder. Dem. Las |
Vegas; A Lucero. Soc. Nolan
Secretary of state-Manuel Marti- I
nez. Rep. Union county: Juan J. Du- !
ran. Dem, Clayton; S Parks. Soc. Las
Cruces.
Auditor-Edward Sargent, Rep, !
Chama; NJ c de Baca. Dem. Berna-
lilo l. l. Daniels, Soc. Guy.
Treasurer-C. o Strong, Rep, Mora; /
T. w Medley. Dem. Magdalena: Wal 1
ter Cook, Soc, Magdalena.
Attorney generai-O. o. Askern- /
Rep, Roswell; T J. Mabry, Dem. Al
ouquerque; T. r Frost Soc Kenna-
superintendent Of public instruction
j. II. Wagner, Rep. Las Cruces; J. /
5. Long. Dem. Portales: Mrs. L. II. D.
O'Neil. Soc, Corona.
Commissioner Of public lands-Nel-i
son A Field. Rep Socorro; G. A. Da-
..isson; Dem. Roswell; T. A Medina,
Soc, Hurley
Corporation commissioner. NJ.
luna, Rep. Los Lunas: D. J. Finnegan.
Dem, Tucumcari; A Eggum, Soc.
Roswell
District Judges.
First district: San Juan, Santa Fe
md Rio Arriba-Reed HolIoman, Rep.
santa Fe; J. H. Crist. Dem. Rio Ar
'iba county.
Second district: Bernalillo. AIeKin-
ey and SandovaI-M E. Hickey. Rep.
J. F. Simms. Dem, Al5u-
luerque.
Third: Dona Ana. Lincoln. otero and I
orrance-Edward Mechem. Rep, Al
.mogordo; r L. Young. Dem. Las
Cruces.
Fourth: Guadalupe, Mora and SAM
i guel-D- J. Leahy, Rep. Las Vegas;
". G. Hayden. Dem, Las Vegas.
Fifth: Chaves, Curry, DeBaca, Eddy.
.ea and Roosevelt-R. Z. RowelIs.
Rep, Clovis; H r Parsons. Rep. Fort .
,umner; S. G. Bratton, Dem, Clovis;
= R Brice, Dem, Roswell
sixth: Grant and Lunar. F. Ham
frn .
silver City.
Seventh: Sierra. Socorro and Valen-
c. Mechem, Rep. Socorro.
Eighth: Colfax. Quay. Taos and