The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-08
Bernalillo County Democratic Sen.
ator, However, Appears Likely
TO Bid Adieu to Legislative Halls
Next Week.
EVIDENCE SAID TO BE
CONCLUSIVE AGAINST HIM
Friends Claim He Has Had no
Hearing; but Opponents Point
TO Two Years He Has Had 10
Prepare His Case.

Santa &c. s. st.. r,h. A. Present
Indications Hro hat tho Republican
muIori, u tho Sew N,uco smi, sen-
aie '- rcuriautl, approaching tho task
~ casting out OF that body tho fton
lHnNc liufth. ut HDrnuliilu county.
drmuttHt The used uf the word "ts.
iu,tant' muy sound strained In con-
u'tflnn with Legislative contest OF
th' hud. but boz This inatHn,, its usD
H justified Th.f Ia The exact aItuH.
ton The Republican msmhpra like
iinfih. ThrN have teen unable tu see
any political udfHutnrr In uuHrHfiur
him. liut thst sssu tu hs going 90
du % because HH uIU, ussort. the rtt.
i'nr' in the faudutHi county election
at Alfredo Muutu,n VS. a. ortiz.
proves that itHuh hus been hoidIug
hiH scot hN virtue of fraudulent Nutpt.
uud thHt ". 10 ghriHmuu. the con.
tcstant hus rrht a. the seat
n seems fairly clear that thoro Wns
nt least an informal aErcsmont before
The senate committee ON privileges
aud ,lvcilous two yeats ago that the
'hrisWun hHfth contest should rest
upon tho court decision iu tho clerk
ship contest rf MuutuyH tu ortiz
1hrf. wuH uu written agreement 60
thut purport 10 vas verbal Tho
minority report ON The contest ulrd
in The s.nate mtt Thursday. denies
That ans such uErrcmynt was ever
made. iHhu A Gordon. one member
ct the uiINIlrE,s and elections com.
Wlticc oi two youu aFo. is dead. An
other member is absent through ll.
u'sH. senator EstWhri
Mout',u won the ,',rkship contest
Tho evidence showed murs than
enough fraudulent votes tu .its him
which final drrtr, tsss based. agreed
o. the result The same votes that
elected MuutuNH. tht majority claim.
would have IuI dIt elect Dhrsmun.
The minority claim that Usrth has
never had 600 opportunity to present
'Nl"'n'D. The majority point TO the
r,rutd of ,Nldsur, tu the MontoSu-
tftf DHt,. which iH about four inches
thiDk hN the length ut legal paper
1hc' sny berth hHH had two lull years
lu winch Go prepare aud submit hif
ease.
The matter cam,s before the sen.
ui' Tor decision nest TUESDAY after
noon. hut n is EpU,UlN uu'Hrstunl
hero thut th, WH .urty ..upua has
NutDd That 'hrsniau ls vutitl,i Geo tine
scat, tnd unlvHH wholly new features
can Dee introduced, Burth will De- un-
seated.
Il"pubiiran- Hat to Du IL.
There BEL nothing fvIeuod uhuut tho
reluctance ul Republican senators to
oct in thiH vua,, said u leader of the
majority to-day ", have hDru 1850
ciatcd with souHtIr nauh tor somo
tiuu and while ,y iu mot urfrr with
hH political tnDlrIt.. N'v lkD hIm and
our relations huNr been plrurlnt Nr
hus boon tat minority leader uf the
rrfIhfu NIr Mt Na.u had IIfIl nuIt fu
una with hia conduct ot a somewhat
httucult position.
Furthermore 1871, Ia,, uu need OF
an additional Republican Nutr boo th,
senate, ana W, hHN, uo possible pulit
tgul advantage Geo EIiu h uus'AtinE
buttn. Ia fact We furr the certainty
of democratic partisan ,rursW for
doing H.
"'rhc whole situation is this We are
convinced hl tho evidence thni liutth
WaH not elected Iu lnlt and That h.s
apparent election uu tho fIrr uf tho
returns wHh due tu fraudulent votes boz
SaUdntI county whirh has, been
proved Boo thv hunt,, .-urtIE DIHc. The
fact thut ue holds his scat ON iYtudu-
lent votes is uu reelection uu lHfth.
We to not charge tunt ho committed
or participated 100 th, frauds. although
hls pltN ufhuriIips ''i commit those
frauds
We hu,e mud, n careful. plinstak-
iuE examination uf this Ular .ul have
been convinced that Air. 'husWtn,
having boon elected iy entitled Co hold
his seat uud expect that the majority
of the scuutg viii vote 10 ENu lt TO
him nest TUESDAY, unless some wholly
new and unknown element ut t"f-
deuce iH introduced into tho Uusc.'