The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-22
Ivy GUTHRIE SMITH.
tstan Correspondents of The Evening
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SANTA FE. n. M., May az
United States senator Ambitious A..
Jones will serve az Temporary chair
man and deliver the keynote address,
In the democratic stats convention,
which will be held IN Roswell on
Thursday. June 2. to elect SIX dele
gates and six nltcrnateA to the ma
tional convention In San Francisco.
h selection was made by the state
central committee and the invitation
has been definitely accepted.
This selection Of senator Jones TO
sound the keynote II believed here TO
Indicate hat the address will unre-
scrvedly endorse the Wilson admins
tration and policies. whatever the
convention nay later decide tn de-
clare In the resolutions. This belief
b. based upon the fact that senator
Jones has been one Of the spokesmen
Tor the administration on the floor OF
the senate. In the committees and la
the party councils. In this particular
he has differed from his colleague,
the senior senator. Albogt 49, f0ll. as
much as Il Is possible FOR two men to
diner IN one world.
Seligman for Committeeman.
Next In Importance 20 the selection
OF the koynoter is the report that
Arthur SeliEman. Of santa Re. for the
past -four years chairman OF the state
central committee, will succeed Sem
htor Jones as national committee
man. The election Of Jones as ma
1ional committeeman was 10y the Al
buquerque convention. IN May. 1916.
and therefore his term spires with
the assembling Of he Roswell CON
ventiun, lie a elected national
committeeman three months before
the santn Re convention nominated
him Tor senator. hut at that time IL
was conceded that his nomination
would be made without opposition.
This change Is based upon the as
sumption that senator Jones' will re-
tire as national committeeman. Asked
about the change. SsliSman said he
was not a candidate for ;hr post aud
would make me- enort whatever to
bring about the election OF himself.
II has been pretty we'll known for
some time that he desired to resign
as state chairman. but he would be
willing TO accept the position OF ma
tional committeeman. There is OPP
position Co having Scligman elevated
to the new honor. Some OF the op-
position j. from those Of power and
influence. but d IL opposition that Is
not organized. Personal prejudice.
on the one hand. aud serious uhjvc-
tion ta seligmun methods OF con
dictinE campaigns, on the other hand
make up the greater part ot the up
position. And then there are those.
who. disgruntled over the defeat Of
the democratic state ticket IN 1915.
desire a change on general principles.
Harmony Likely.
A. has been said. the opposition II
not organized. II never viii hc ear
ricd to The floor OF the convention,
Instead. any OhicCtions that may be-
advanced will be smoothed out ~ The
committee. aud the election of Selig-
man viii be- most harmonious. Since
u h. said la New MeNico-eSpecinllN
in democratic CircleS-thnt th" re-
publican organization Is entitled To-
the exclusive use Of the steam roller,
h would be- Inaccurate moi TO say
impolttc. Co ugEos the use OF "a ina
chime. II b. t vast deal more elegant
to say that differences are composed.
by wtN Of an illuminating digres-
sion, 10 may not be- out ut place To
assert that 1t is unreasonable to hold
Sgllrman and Sclipmuu me hods re-
spunsiblc Tor the defeat OF the state
ticket IN 1915. Il ls true that the
work Of some of his l-ivutcnants was
utrocIous. Violent language would be
required tu d,scrib, the efforts Of the
publicity bureau, bat capable men
were not available. The writer's who
responded tu the call did not appear
to know the rudimcntH Of the New
Mexico political game; and the po'i-
tiCinus lacked the ability or tEy will
iuEness ~ the time. to write. Noth'
Ing tina might have been dOn by
%Sciigman. or hi4 general board of
strategy at headquarters. would have
saved the. ticket, n was u republican
year ip the Sunshine state. u Ircsi-
dent Wilson's direct. personal appeal
to the socialist nominee tor United
States senator helped 10 make % NOR,
80.
JoncD May Head Delegation.
No iutimutlon has been received
from senator Jones aH to whether h
will care to gn to san Francisco rs q
delegate. lf he were not retiring "a,
national committeeman he would nt
doubt prefer to 40 In hat capacity
rather than aa n delegate. II he cnt
spare the lime. and desires to have O
vote In the convention, there II no
reason TO doubt that he Will head the
New Mexico delegation. lie will have
a seat In the Roswell convention ~
head of the delegation from san Mig
ucl county, Little or nuthtng %
known here now as to his preference
Tor any candidate. II h. believed. Oi
courrc. that he will be certain Il
stand 10y thc administration plan
ha'rvor that may be.
The making 0f u political prophecy
whct, b may possibly be avoided, Is
not dictated by wisdom, but ia hkt
To wuiyc that point rs tn Wisdom ane
register his forecast: The resolu'
lions adopted by the llOswcll runvcn'
ton Will follow very closely the text
OF the Keynote address by Senator
Jones. This viii be- done by the con
Ventlou In spite Of the tact that SEN
ator Jones has nothing In" the politI
cal strength nr the personal follow
ing that he had In the Albuquerque
convention, In the Santa Fc CONVEX
ti0n and in the subsequent campaign
II has been said that Ia nomination
was conceded tu him, without uppust
ton. II may be added, without shat
tcriuE the boundaries of ruth. tina
his election, also, WAS almost a. gen
orally conceded, although many %
the admissions may MOI W. bcci
made above "a whisper.
Senator Jones viii highly. hearth
and uncuuiVoCally endorse every pol
Icy of the national administration. ]
win be- done with great carnestnes
and real zeal. Those gifted viii
imagination. aud having "a knowledg.
81 the kcyuOtsr's effective tricks q
uratory. VIII not fail to get the i'm
preston OF tears trickling, not dow.