The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-16
HANNA HAS CINCH
ON THE NOMINATION
Democrats to Pick State
Ticket Week From
Tomorrow
ny GUTHRE SMITH.
Santa he Correspondent OF The
Evening Hernid.


SANTA FE, N. NJ, Aug. IT,
Democratic decisions for this cam
paign are near at hand although this
Important fact has been more or less
obscured by the fight the republicans
ARE having over the denomination of
Governor q. A.. L~nrrazoio. A week
from today the democratic hosts will
be assembling in East Las Vegas, and
on the following day will open their
state convention, which will not only
nelect the candidates for the various
offices. but draft n platform which
win be designed to appeal to the pop
uiar fancy, 80 rs to carry the state
for the national, as well as the state
ticket.
II j. II. Crlst. Of Rio Arriba county.
standing chairman OF democratic
resolutions committees. disappears
witE the resolutions OF this
ton, as occurred after the Roswell
convention, OF June 3, and holds them
out as long for the polishing pro-
cess" then the resolutions OF his
convention will he OF little value In
this campaign.
II has been shown, In the article
on the hoodoo over the New Mexico
-govcrnorship thar democratic candi-
dates for governor are not more nu-
merous than republican. Each OF the
two major parties has had, and has,
m candidate each. Larrazolo,
former democratic chieftain and
dwice a candidate for delegate In con-
gross on that ticket, Is the %republl-
can. Judge II. il. Hanna, former re-
publican. II the one candidate on the
democratic side OF the fence.
Hanna Has Nomination..
Hanna has not been. and II not. a
candidate in the sonse that he IN
making an active campaign TO secure
the nomination. He has been under
nc necessity of steering by such n
course, FOR there has not been n time.
during the past 10 months. that It
has not been conceded that he might
ave this nomination by merely say
ing that he would accept. A part
OF this period II has appeared to be
certain that Hanna was resolved to
accept the nomination. Following
his occasional visits TO Santa Fe, his
friends have been describing the re-
forms that were to be Instituted
after Judge Hanna becomes COVER
nor of New Mexico" These state
ments concerning reforms were said
TO have been based upon Hanna's
w outline OF what was scheduled 10
be put into effect.
IL the statements of leaders of the
two opposing parties are to DO ac-
cepted at anything like lace value.
then nothing that could possibly hap
pen would produce more u~nalloyed
Joy than the nomination OF Hanna.
Democrats exclaim with the greatest
enthusiasm that he is their one best
bet,'' and that with him at the head
OF the ticket 1t would be impossible
to lose. Republicans chuckle and say
there Is no man in the democratic
party they would prefer TO zee nomi-
natod. Occasionally workers In one
party win va that they hope the
other party will nominate u given
man for an office, which Will mean.
they explain, that an excellent officer
VIII be chosen. no matter which ticket
may be victorious. In this instance
they are partisan republicans who
are talking, n they frankly say that
they put party victory above o lot of
other things In importance. They de-
clare that they believe Hanna would
be easier to defeat than any other
democrat.
Has Big Following.
Certainly Il Is not easy to reconcile
these two conflicting statements or
claims or boasts, and 10 arrive at the
truth, which evidently IL somewhere
between. There Is a strong probable
ity hat both claims are rather wobbly
as to foundation. Judge Hanna has