The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-31

though his personal position femN 10
be that he prefers TO remain on ,he
bench The claims OF both Judge
Richardson and Congressman Walton
appear to have boon lost sight of IN
suppor for Hanna aud the dctcrmin-
ed effort Ia beat TallWatge.
sellers Compiicatc~ situation.
"On top OF the Tnllmadge boom
came the announcement w the Morn
ing journal that Colonel SELLERS as
pired 90 be governor Tho announce
ment and the strong supporting edit
tdriai following were taken 10 mean
that The Journal was 20 back Sellers.
although q subsequent editorial this
morning leaves the colonel somewhat
In suspension Ia that regard. How
ever. Sellers has started, and Us going
TO 20 through Almost with tho break
OF the SELLERS announcement tho Or
panization leaders opened Their bat-
tCrlcs on the colonel. Thry have
launched Il determined campaign to
keep hin nom getting the support OF
his home county in The state couVcn-
ton.
"Solicrs is county chairman. u has
been reported FOR SOME time that he
would resign. ana when he decided Co
become a candidate for governor. !
am Informed he actually did agree go
resign. provided that "a committee
consisting OF Henry O. CoorH Jr. ".
q. Hoacook aud Tony ORTIZ select e
new chairman FOR the vacar cy. @.
y. Marion Is reported To- bp the choice
OF the state leaders Tor county ciuir.
man. but the Sellers men are oppus-
ing him. The committee not acted
This situation Will rome to a. bead
~ q meeting Of democrats. luciud.nr
! the county committeeman. which has
been called for Monday night IN Her
aid hall. What will happen IN that
] meeting no one can forecast But
ID should he "a lively gathering The
understanding - that II VIII be an
open meeting where an democrats
may state their views. \ number ui
conferences have been hold today,
am informed, both Of the organiza-
ton leaders and tho field.
TO further comnhcdtc the situation
locally. the state leaders had slated
! sheriff Rafael Garcia "a hc retired,
! md with him. according 10 the ru-
nor. County Assessor Steve Rochl.
As 10 the latter there rs some qucs-
ton: but there is none ~ all uH 10 the
! fate tina has been designed for tho
sheriff. The chief difficulty N
/ countcrcd hVrc has been that the
sheriff declined to hc retired. Tic rs
snid TO he making an active canvass
In the uuntrN % To be rullNiug his
] NAiNlEAH lNI % lNlNNHIN NNkNNf NNF'NA NNNN
his Supporters also are masaing FORCES
! Tor the encounter.
Current democratic gossip has
named "a number OF men In councc-
ton with the shcriffs office, chief
among them being Warren Graham
and Fred Forno0. MIR. Graham APP
pears to nave been actively discussed
by the Leaders as a candidate for sher-
iff. I ave been unable To trace
the Fornoff talk 10 any authentic
source hat would connect 10 with the
party managers
THE Bernalillo county delegation
liz OF prim. importance IN the demo
cratic state convention. II is cen
trial and 10 is large. II has horoto-
fore represented the wishes OF q mum
Der OF very prominent leaders. It's
control ~ vital to their plans.
From the bee. Information avail
able. Colonel Sellers, confronted with
an open fight by the managers. has
taken his case 10 the rank and file.
Mr, Tallmadgc. In his request FOR To-
cal support. has found no same OPP
position. Hc. too, has gone over. tho
Reads OF the organization leaders, to
tho rank and nlc. The sheriff ana
tho assessor have followed the same
procedure.
This is "a fairly accurate statement
of the situation in tho Bcrnolllo
county arena today. ~ forecasts d
mighty interesting county couNcn-
ton.