The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-06
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VxTE NOTE with interest the announcement of the Morning Jour
wv nal today that it is standing path its support Of Governor
Larrazolo for denomination. This would indicate that the
Larrazolo- Maj gee IIubbeL Elfego Baca combination is still doing bus
mess. We thought we had detected indications of waverine on the
part of the Journal and a disposition to recede from its positive dee
laratjon that Larrazolo is the one and only man who can lead our
state forward to better and purer political conditions. Perhaps we
were wrong.
Very often we find it difficult. to determine definitely. where the
Journal is tat from day to day. For instance il tells us this morn.
ing that it took its first definite stand in New Mexico politics against
playing politics in the schools. We recall that stand. I. was admir-
able. II criticized Governor Larrazolo for playing politics in the state
schools The criticism was violent but wholesome.
We may be excused for finding it difficult to reconcile this posi-
iion with that Of the journal now, when il stands as the leading advo.
cate OF Larrazolo rs the apostle OF good government and pure politics.
Then there is the matter of the Journals opposition to "back
room conferences and secret agreements That is an admirable
stand but it Is hard to reconcile it with the Journals participation,
through is editor, Mr.. Maeee, in the secret meeting of the Larrazolo
kitchen cabinet in Santa Fc last month, at which Mr. Larrazolo
adopted the Journals program of policies and the journal adopted
Mr. Larrazolo as It's candidate.
II is true that the journal now tells us ii didnt adopt Larrazolo;
at least not TO the point of being unable to abandon him whenever it
wishes to do SC. That, If true, is rough on Lsrrazolo, for our gov
ernor certainly thought he had been adopted for keeps; he was so
thoroughly convinced of ii that he abandoned the policy of a lifetime,
never to seek a nomination for office, and became an active candidate
FOR denomination in a Formal statement announcing the same, which
statement the journal printed in full, together with a fiat unequi
vocal and final endorsement Of Larrszolo az the only man who could
lead New Mexico forward into pure and wholesome politics, and the.
republican party TO victory.
New, stssnee aa IL may seem, we find the editor of the journal
publicly expressing worry in his editorial column, lest the policy he
has adopted may wreck the republican party in New Mexico. Our
feeling as to this is that Mr. Magee is perhaps unduly alarmed. The
journal, at various times and under various ~ownerships has done its
darndcst TO wreck the republican party, but somehow the old wagon
has continued TO roll along.
II is true that the scheme TO force Larrazolo unto the republican
party for another gubernatoral race, puts the party under a rather
more serious strain than it has had to stand in recent years; and IL
that scheme should be successful the outcome at the polls in Novem-
Der is rather more than dubious. Otherwise the republican party, like
its companion in this vale of political sorrows and disappointment,
the democratic party, is likely to waddle along somehow, while en-
pie builders and statesmen come and go. Political parties have their
way Of doing that in our country. They stand up under an awful lot
Of mismanagement, abuse and bunk.