Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-24
JUDGE HANNA IS
ALMOST CERTAIN
To Be NAMED BY
THE DEMOCRATS
Albuquerque Man Seems To
Have No Opposition For
GoVernorShip and His
Nomination Seems Certain
ABSOLUTE HARMONY
PREVAILS IN RANKS
The Only Fight So Far Is
Over the Supreme Bench,
For Which Patton, Bricc
and Ryan Are Contesting.
(By Clinton p. Anderson.)

l Il
East Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug, 23.
r. II. Hanna. of Albuquerque, Is
undoubtedly the choice of the del
egates assembling here as the
democratic nominee for governor
| His nomination on the first ballot
after the state convention opens
here tomorrow now seems certain.
For the other offices there are few
active candidates.
The state central committee
met this afternoon to prepare the
temporary roll call. While this
had not been completed when ad-
| journment was taken until to-
morrow, the tentative list shows
that the original call for 44S del
egates has been answered by al
most double that number, as there
will be over 700 delegates in the
convention.
There is every possibility that
Arthur Seligman, present state
chairman, will retire, and that his
place will be taken by Frank
Butt, of Albuquerque, II Hanna is
nominated. O. N Marion. of AL
buquerque, Is also being mention
ed, and j. B. McManus, former
warden of the state penitentiary.
| is also possibility. ., r
Democrats Are Jubilant.
The democrats are unusually
| jubilant over the outlook for the
election this year, Harmony is
apparent within the party ranks.
When the roll call was being pre-
pared today, not single contest
developed over delegates from any
county. owing to the scarcity OF
| likely candidates, there, is little
likelihood that any personal feuds
will develop. The only vigorous
| fight over a place on the ticket IL
| being made over the supreme
court bench, where Harry l.. Pat
| ton, of Clovis, Judge C. r, Brice,
of Roswell, and Judge Raymond
r.. Ryan, of Silver City. are con-
testing for the nomination. Patton
and Brioe are showing quite equa'
strength in the eastern part OF
tho state, and If their strength is
about equal in the rest OF the
state, 1t Is possible that Ryan will
Icandidate. --.., .' -.
Robert c. Dow, of Eddy county.
is the only open candidate for the
congressional nomination, although
1t is believed that Antonio Lucero,
former secretary OF state. couid
have the nomination IL he would
indicate his willingness to accept,
DR.. M. p. Skeen, also of Eddy
county, and democratic floor lead
or In the state senate, is a possl-
bility for Lieutenant governor, but
Iif Brice and Dow are both sue
cessful, 1t would be impossible to
nominate a third man from the
Pecos valley. In that event Rich
ard l.. Yount. Las Cruces lawyer.
may be named for the lieutenant
governorshlp. He led his ticket
by 500 votes when he made the
race against Edwin G. Mechem
for district attorney. and Is re-
garded as an unusually strong
man.
Land Commissioncrsbip
Hal Kerr of Cambray could have
the nomination as commissioner Of
public lands. but has so far refused
to accept. Quay county delegates
are pushing j. A, street Of Tucum
carl for that position, X. s, Upton
of Otero county has strong fol-
lowing for state superintendent OF
education. Miss Isabel l.. Eek eS is
probably barred by the conStitu
tion from this office.
There are no candidates for at
torney general These who have
been mentioned, Carl A. Hatch OF
Clovis and T. J. Mabry and Henry
G.. Coors, Jr., of Albuquerque. have
refused to run. one of tn 'se men
could probably have the nomina-
ton.
T. j. Ross of Albuquerque is re-
garded as the strongest possible
candidate for state treasurer, al
though DR.. c. .. Harrison of Santa
Fe, has received favo. able men,
ton for this office. w. w. y c 30 9
of Clovis, former railroaI con II
tor, has the support of orPaniz III
labor for the office Of etate cor
poration comm ss oner. Adolph 2.
Hill of santa Fe and F'lore clio G.
de Baca of San Miguel county are
being mentioned for secretary OF
state.
Various county DELEGATIONS Will
caucus tomorrow morning on their
nominees for committee appoint
ments. The convention opens at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when
John F. Simms of albuquerque de-
livers the keynote speech.