The Ordway new era., 1920-08-13
.Non-Partisan Active:
At Meeting Saturday League.
Petitions Legislative Ticket
Crowley Is Named for Sem
ate and Martin and James
for Representatives.

ne ENOH-f ltdsut III SoiC-a
RADIO and in Crowley and Otero coun-
tics, is going into the Democratic
party for their victory this fell. In
this connection the League is petit
Ioning candidates from their ranks
and putting them on the Democratic
ticket, and the following Legislative
ticket has been put up:
State Senator-Jack Crowley of
Rocky Ford.
Representatives DR.. Martin of
Crowley county and Hunter James of
Otero county.
The League will not put up a coun-
ty ticket but is very active in the
state politics and several of the Leag-
ue members are being petitioned on
the Democratic state ticket.
In places where the organization is
mot putting up candidates on the DEM
ocratic state ticket 1t is endorsing the
Democratic nominees.
Just what effect the Leagues act=
ivites will have on the two political
parties in this county is not known.
The membership is made up from the
ranks OF both the Democratic and
Republican party, and as for county
politics in both Crowley and otero
counties II will probably make no
change in final results either way.
The League is said to have 2S7
members in Crowley county and about
43O in Otero county Their success
depends first upon the nominations in
the primary. Should the Democrats
be successful in nominating their own
candidates in the primary election it
would shut the League out, but IL the
League nominees are chosen at the
September primary election their
, chances are more favorable for cleo
, tion. This is true because, in that
event the League strength would nat
uralIy be with their own candidates in
the November election and the queo-
tion is would the Democrats stay with
, their own ticket regardless of the fact
{ that they are not League members
: nor in sympathy with the League.
| There is q large percentage in both
political paIties who will stay with
, their party regardless IL nomina-
tions and that is where the League
= finds its great strength in winning an
election. Should the League go into
ithe Republican party the same thing
would be true.
2 Il might sound ridiculous to max"
t the statement that If the League had
. but two per cent of the population of
the state as members it could win an
election in the state. Two per cent
mately 10000 members. figure fair
: ly conservative as to their strength.
Say half Of these are from the Repub-
E liCGn party and half from the Demo-
cratic party, IL would result In 10000
voting strength being thrown to the
I particular party with which they af-
flated. In Colorado this is with the
1 Democratic party. The State is very
evenly divided between the two part
les, That being the case with the
added 10000 to one or the other
patty and q like number drawn from
the opposite party from that with
which they affiliate gives them their
encouragement.
This. however. would he the case II
all Democrats outside the League
members remained with their party in
The November election. The question
as to the Leagues success or failure
depends then on this feature. II is
claimed by many leading Democrats
y that those in their party who are op-
posed to the League will vote for
Republican nominees in all cases
where Non-Partisan members are
nominated on their ticket
, In any event theLeague's entrance
into policical affairs in Colorado will
give political mathamaticians a good
many angles for figuing final results
Were there no contests in the Re
!, publican primary some Of The Re
publicans would doubtless go into the
!, Democratic primary and assist m
nominating the Democratic designa-
tions, bat then there are these con-
tests and the Republicans will hardly
do that
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