New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-22
JUDGE MECHEM NOW
IN THE PECOS VALLEY

Judge Merritt c. Mechem. republi-
can candidate for governor. last
week wound up a tour OF Colfax,
Union, Quay and Curry counties and
beginning this week he carried his
campaign into the south halls OF the
state, speaking at Portales, Monday,
Roswell last evening. and will be At
CaCrlsbad and Artesia today. His
three weeks has taken him into all
the counties north OF Albuquerque
save two and he will enter one Of
these in the final week of the cam
paign
Democratic Support This Year
The campaign is now sufficiently
progressed to state that Judge Nc.
chem is going to poll the full
strength of the party in his state.
And the Republican majority in the
state is going to be full sized one.
Everywhere the reports of dissatis-
faction with the League of Nations
and Gov Cox as the candidate OF the
vets are received Many democrats
are coming forward at the Mechem
meetings and announcing that they
are going to support Harding and
go on down the line and support the
Republican state ticket. Their de-
cision to support the Republican
State Ticket usually is made after
listening to the campaign address
of Judge Mechem He impresses
the voters with his sincerity. There
are no attempts at oratorical flights
and no thinly veilsd arts OF dema-
gogry. He simply talks of state is
sues in a straightforward way and
when he gets through his hearers
feel that he has been honest in all
that he has said,
Opening with an address Monday
night at Ration, Judge Mechem was
at Springer Tuesday night, Des
Moines Wednesday night. Clayton
Thursday night, Tucumcari Friday
night and Clovis Saturday night.
VIII Depend Upon Own Head
In his Ration address Judge Me-
chem assailed his opponents who arc
raising an issue of bossism and mine
taxation. Answering the charge
that he would b.. controlled if elect
ed, he declared decisively, 81 shall
stand flat upon my own two Zee;
and depend always upon my own
hand as governor of the state"
He stated that he had nothing to
DO with the framing and passage OF
the state mine tax laws, and that his
position personally was that all
property should be taxed alike; that
he favored taxing mines on their
valuation, like all other property.
He asserted the present law had
been approved and signed by Gov.
Mcdonald. democrat, but that I
Republican governor and legislature
had taken steps to furnish a new
law and that a commission was max
ing an investigation with intention
~ report recommendations He said
the commission were men of recog-
rized ability and he had faith N
their integrity and believed they
would file report that would ap-
peal to the whole people and in
tine with which proper legislation
could be passed.
Seligman Dictated Candidate
H. B. Holt, of Las Cruces, former
state senator. Join ed the party last
week. He took up the issue of Bos-
sism in an address at Springer say
,ng. "The most notable instance
OF bosssm the state has ever known
IS furnished by the present chair
man of the Democrats state CEN
eral committee. He is the man who
dictated the nomination of Hanna
six moths before the convention met.
He is the man who knew to a GER
tainty that the man would be nomi-
mated that he had Hanna buttons
printed and ready for distribu ioi
at the convention. That is the
convention where five men named all
the other candidates, each one Of
whom had to be approve By Judge
Eanna before their names were SUBJ
mitted to the convention.
Holt d cleared that the one main is-
sue in this campaign was Wilson.
ism" and that the Democrats. we C
VI able to meet it. why" he said.
Il heard Hanna and Lucero and Put
ney speak the other day and they
Cox and Wilson. They tried to be-
little the league of nations issue
when they know it is the greatest
issue of the campaign as represent
ing the vital differences of the two
parties"
Democrats Against LAgue
The members of the party say
the Republicans are going to poll
greatly increased vote in the east
ern counties in this election. Demo-
Gratis everywhere are turning against
the league of nations and Cox Union
county it is predicted, will go Repub-
lican this year.
Mestines From Now to Nov. Z
The campaign of Mechem thus
week carries him into the south
eastern counties. The itinerary for
the remainder of the campaign is as
follows.
Oct 2l. Picacho at 9 a m. T;rnie,
Hondo, San Patricio and to Lincoln
by noon; Fl. Stanton 2 p. N; { ,pi-
tan 5 p M; Nogai 3:45; Carrizoyo
3 E. m.
October 22-Three Rivers. Tulato-
sa, La Luz, Alamogordo.
October 23-Organ at noon; Las
Cruces at night.
October 2s-Silver City.
October 26-Deming.