The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-01

" ~ tthe q lcpupncahs VINO peneNe NIX n snteg OF tS M
with the eiectfoa Of a republican president to strip for action and GO
Republicans entered into the election in that sprt two years ago
and the republican party swept this state, defeating among others the
present democratic candidate for governor.
republicans must enter into the present election with a ten.fold
increase Of the spirit that swept this state in 1918 Much more is at
stake Stability in the state government is at stake An honest
election or defeat OF Merritt Q Mechem, the strongest, ablest man
ever nominated for governor Of New Mexico, is at stake. The three
newt president Of the United States and those three cicctoral votas
mny thus determine whether this milton shall remain OUR nation or
whether we shall become the vassals Of the Wilson supergovernmcnt
Are we soing to let fake issues false accusations and attacks
from the rear deter us in the duty that is before usf
Since New Mexico became a state the democratic machine has
based every election effort on the same kind of campaigning that is
who are members of the tightest ring that ever ruled sparty; by the
cry of the corporation bueabooi by attacks from behind from a little
and who can claim TO be either with equal ease, as occasion demands
One Of these is the present owner of the Santa Fe New Mexican,
who claims to be a republican aud who has never supported a repub
liean ticket since his inherited income put him into possession of a
newspaper as a paythiug. For years this man, claiming to be a re-
publican, used by Arthur Selgman and the democratic machine and
lie has never proved a charge. He has never tried.
IN this campaign this man pretended to be a republican before
the state convention met He tried TO cause the nomination of a can.
dbiate for governor who he knew could not be elected. When the
convention nominated for governor a man who is infinitely his supe-
rior, judged by every standard by which men are Judged, he began
would have assailed any man.the republican party might have nom.
mated. Ies moved to an amazing yiciousness by the fact that Mcr.
rt G Mechem. doing his duty as a judge, presided at a trial in which
this man and his newspaper were sued and convicted of a libel.
IL tins ,n man md and his rs newspaper stood on their own bottom in this
through the state, as the statements of a republican newspaper
.W" """ NY, n9 "o"HP"Ptt chHh 10 ~ lot 1aIthlg. Ihey are
working in complete accord with the democratic organization in an
EFFORT to divide republicans to create disrusti to deceive minform
CANDIDATE En sa Cox and no ms promise to put over the league Of nations
This is no mere state fight. This fight is a factor in a national
campaign IN which powerful forces, great financial forces with limit
less resources, are trying TO put over the Wilson league of nations,
committing your sons and my sons to the beck and call of a govern
men o.ner inan our own, for lighting the wars OF foreign nations
aiy Of elceting Harding 81 to the presidency, permit this kind of attack.
rom the rear to fmperil this states contribution to that all import
ant endi
You have smother "Fepuhlean'' Of the same kind here in Albtt
posed as a republican before the state convention; hand and glove
with Frank iu6bell the discredted boss, seeking to force the nomi
nation OF a candidate for governor that both men knew could not be
elected and whose nomination both knew would insure democratic
After the convention this man pretended for a few DAYS TO SUM-
port Judge Mechem' but injecting into his every statement a dash Of
sne minds Ts Of the people as to the courage, the independence, the abn
been given to the upbulding of New Mexico; whose efforts have been
given unselhshly and successfully to the success of industrial enter
prses; to wealth production and its distribution; to progress in fact
ana not IN sentimental pifle and demagogic hot air. He has sriven
20 create distrust Of all republican leadership by half statements and
misstatemeats aud inuendos afraid to come out in the open and fight:
but striking below the belt or from behind. ~
And tins man, also, pretends 10 support Warren G. Harding for
processes TO- stand for the welfare of the people and for purity and.
Yet in every political utterance since he came into New Mexico
to lay the groundwork for success for the democratic machine.
This mans newspaper also is used in great quantities by the
wealthy democratic state committee, TO distribute throughout the
state as a Republican" newspaper, while its press bureau quotes
from the columns Of the newspaper statements labeled those of a re-
Are you republican men and women who know the duty that is
before you,t be tricked into the loss of this state to Harding by
trickery such as this or are you going TO get out and carry the facts
TO your ~neighbers; the message of national need9
Are you going TO permit a howl of "bosssm, /" raised by BOSSES
10 deter you in giving your best efforts to a candidate for governor
whose record for seventeen years in New Mexico is that of Il eour-
aeeous, clean and able citizen who every lawyer in New Mexico
unites in pronoLncing a just and able judge who accepted his nom
nation free of every claim or obligation save that of his party plat
form and his duty to the peopef
AS You read these attacks upon "borses' and "bossism = vague,
without attempt at PROOF of any charge, just pause and reflect for
a minute. AS you read these attacks on II. o. Bursum recall the
quarter Of a century of activity and effort in public life OF H. .. Bur;
sum recall one single charge that was ever proved against him; end
recall the things he has done for this state,
Az YOU read these attacks o United States Senator A. p. Fall,
Just recall the honors this state has heaped upon him and how he
hes merited them; remember that he stands today respected and hon
oFed throughout the United States, as one of the big, strong Ameri-