The evening herald., 1920-08-31
DEMOCRATS BUBBLE
WITH OPTIMISM
Strength of Ticket Can
not Be Estimated Till
Republicans Act.
By GUTHRIE SMITH
Santa Fc Correspondent OF The
Evening Hernld.

SANTA Fc, ~ NJ, Aug. al
Strength or weakness of the demo-
cratic state ticket, nominated week
ago atlas Ncglts, cannot be estimated
with any degree OF accuracy until
the republican convention at Aibu-
qucrque has named the opposite slate.
Optimism ~ fairly bubbling over In the
hearts OF the Democrats. and this OPP
timism Will he n big asset, unless II
" carried much too far. A few months
ago all this optimism appeared to he
on the other side OF the political
fence.
Former Governor w. Z. Lindsey
was In Santa Re some months ago
and was talking about the political
outlook. lie said the prospects were
most encouraging for the republicans
SO much so. in fact. that he ex-
pressed the fear that some OF the
leaders might try to win without bas-
ing the bid for support OF the gem
oral public upon the nomination OF
the very best men available. He said
he believed that nominating a ticket
made up OF mediocre politicians
would bring about defeat OF the ticket,
whereas. ON the contrary, n ticket OF
well qualified men would he sure to
win.
Hanna IN Cautious
Judge II. II. Hanna, In making his
nddress accepting the nomination for
governor, cautioned the delegates to
guard against being too hopeful He
declared that the republican auto
craoy,' as he Is fond of denominat-
ing the republican leadership, APP
preciates how critical is the situation,
and will he prepared to fight desper-
ately to keep from being ousted from
control. lie said that while II is well
To feel confident, II would he a dang
erous policy to underestimate the
strength or desperation OF the effort
that Will he put forth by the repub-
licnn organization.
Judge Hanna, as the probable head
OF the democratic ticket, already has
been discussed In this series oI arti-
cles II Is not desirable TO 30 further
In an analysis OF his strength and
weakness until the opposition cnndi-
date has been chosen Hanna has
some elements OF strength. and OF
weakness also. that need not he dwelt
upon In the event OF the nomination
OF certain republicans who are being
mors Or less discussed as nominees.
There is sun to be taken into con-
sideration the possibility that Hanna
viii he opposed by .. a. Larrnzolo.
the present governor. However. this
is regarded us no more than "a bare
possibility. This liz rated as no more
than n bare possibility for the reaaon
only one week distant, not single
county has instructed it's delegation
Tor Iarrazolo. Three months ago
many republicans believed that Lar
ihzolo would defeat Hanna by n sub
Htan,ial plurality. 4 lot Of those
same republicans have revised their
views since that time and there are
others who believe that llnnnn would
DE the winner over I.arrazolo. | do
not care to hazard nn opinion at this
time as to whether I.,lrra2oio will he
nominated. nor as to whether he will
be elected, II nominated. II is enough
TO say now that indications are that
ne VIII not be nominated.
Spoils Fine Race
With Antonio Lucero nominated for
representative In congress. there would
nave been staged n fine race-if Lar
razolo had accepted the tentative pro-
gram offered by the republican lead
efs, But LarrazOlo would not accent
the compromise offered. but elected
TO stand upon his original plan Of
seeking the nomination for another
term ns governor, or nothing. with
Lucero and Larrazolo both running
Tor the same office, both from the
same county, OF the same race, hay-
ing many OF the same tralts nnd
characteristics In making appeals
from the platform. there would have
~ AhNhA III lllt tnpIH
would have been no possibility OF
raising the race issue
There are republicans In consider
able numbers who hold yet to the
belief that Larrazolo will he nomi-
mated for congress. They Hay they
believe this may he brought about by
hrtlon OF the committee on rules and
order or business In placing the Of
iice OF representative ahead of gov
ernor, IN order OF nomination. Under
thiH plan, they explain, the nomina-
tion for congress Will be given to Lar
rnSolo, and he will not refuse. They
hay II Will he patent at that stage OF
me game that he cannot command
ihe nomination for governor, and that
he VIII he glad to make the proposed
move In order to make n graceful
exit from IA most embarrassing sltua-
lon. II may work out this way. But
eVon II LarraEolo should accept the
congressional nomination nt- that late
day, he Will have considerably less
OF republican support that he might
have had if he had accepted the ten
dercd compromise some weeks ear
ller There are others who hold TINT
lhrrnzolo Will be nominated for gov
rrnor, or nothing. OF these, some
hold that he will support the ticket
Loyalty, IL he Is beaten for the nomi-
nation; others that he will not turn
ms hand over to help out In the cam
pnlgn.
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