The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-09-24

AUN 'NlIUIiNI ]" INN|N IINm INI
Santa Ne New Mexican OF Thursday.
September 10, ip30, This paper IA
beyond doubt lhe strongest rennhli- !
can newspaper IN Nrw Mexico and
has thtalAretst folloWlns Nmone the
independent voters. The New Mex
lean could not stand Mcchenf aud It |
has not only bollcd hat Il and will
keep on lighting the republican
nominee for governor Of New Mex
leo.
A nice. pleasant agreeable little
81 ntleman, selected by A. y. Fall, !
n. q. nuraum. Eduardo Otero. Sc
cundlno Romero. W. A. Watkins. ,.
n. sully and Jesus nomero. for their
governor.
Created as a political pcrsonaec.
by w. o. Bursum.
Heavy lndcbidcd to Mr. Bursum
politically.
Heretofore a cai's-paw for Mr..
hursum.
Placed IN nomination by Mr.. bur
sum-
He illegal nomination Violently
defended by Mr.. kursum on the floor
" the convention.
The word passed around among
the delegations by Mr.. Bursum.
here. there and everywhere ON the
lioor
The candidate put over by means
of The unit rule In Valencia and san
Miguel counties. whose delegates
acted under threats and duress hy
Ihc county bosses 10 whom orders
were transmitted via Mr.. Bursum.
Tho whole thing engineered 10
prevent the will Of The convention
hcinR carried out by the nomination
If the man who In spite Of the ma
chinery used to crush him came
within thirty VOTES of the nomina-
tlon. with enough more 10 make
decisive majority In vain. herginr
their county bosses Ia lel them vote
their sentiments and their desires.
This lamentable lravesly on popu-
lar government produced Candidate
Mcchem;
BIDDABLE.
DOCII.E.
COMPLIANT.
AcQuIESCENT
friend of the men who have made
him politically and who forced him
through a. their candidate for gov
crnor.
Not Mr.. Bursum. not Mr.. Fall. Mr..
Secundino Romero. Mr.. I'd Oiero or
any Of the rest could have been
more fully and completely the rep
resenlaiive and the offering and the
candidate Of this little company Of
manipulaiors who ran ;he conven-
liOn.
No man could he more completely
their governor.
For him to be otherwise would he
the rankcsi political ingraiiiude.
Candidate Mcchem Is thus the
nominee Of the gentlemen named
above. Who these gentlemen are IA
10 well known 10 need elaboration.
ALTHOUGH WE SHALL. TAKE |
PAINS DURING THIS CAMPAIGN
TO KEEP THEIR POLITICAL.
CHARACTER AGAIN FULLY BE
FORE THE PUBLIC. he ,Mechem
Is In no sense the nominee OF the
Republican party. Ne IL the change
ling lefi ON the doorstep: the man of
straw substituted for its convention |
choice: named In flat defiance of |
specific constitutional provision and
over the protest NJ ihe very body |
organized Ia choose a candidate.
As Candidate Mechem was not
nominated by the Republican party. |
the Republican party Is naturally |
under no obligations tO support him.
A. his candidacy represents the
influences which without warrant
from the VOTERS are determined 10 |
rule or ruin the republican party. |
II is the duty of republicans Ia make |
his defeat. which Is the defeat NJ his
hackers. one never 10 be- forgotten |
In New Mexico politics. 70 vote for |
him = 10 acquiesce in the methods
which made him n candidate and to |
approve the auspices under which |
he runs. To vote for him is 10 stand |
and deliver at the orders of 4. B.
Fall. ". O.Bursum. Secundino Ro- |
nero. Jesus Romero. W. A. Haw- |
kins and J. N. Sully
This means hundreds of votes for
Judge Hanna. II not thousands and
assures his election. II il the one
big event Of the campaign.
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SCHOOL. ATHI ETICS.
With the beginning OF the school
year comes once more the question
Of just what part athletics should
play in the work OF the school.
There have always been people who
feel that such things gre not prop |