The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-11-01

Many 'Bone@Head Plays
Have Made Defeat
Aimost Certain

SANTA FE. N. NJ. Nov. i.-whne
Arthur seiieman, chairman OF the
damorrotlo state committed. ~ fiylng
out opumfhtic ~fpfeoaeyn today and
making claims 10 the eJate for Hanhh
hy a large majority. Eloom that ~
dark and melancholy Nrpode oyor tho
democratic state headquarters and Is
reflected m tho. ctunrenhnces ard
conversation of mAmueta Of the SeliH-
man STAN.
Tho democratic campaign has becn
one continuous round Of what poiiti-
81 obaeiNers thruuahout the siaro
describe as { t"bone-htdd playa
Warned 70 "lay-onp, Of PERSONAL abuse
nnd personal charges, Judge Hanna
began disobeyine orders beforo he got
Out o. the Las Vegas convention and
huni boon az treverf Since. The re-
suits are said TO have cord TO the
h~eadQuartor8 here In a constantly in
crenslng volume Of criticism, par
ticulnHy from eastern New Mexico.
where classification With the Selig-
man SELECTION OF candidates already
existed.
The democratic manager were Just
recovering from the effects OF the
unfortunate personal attack upon
Judge y. II. Wright, candidate for
the siata senate from this county,
while scotsman was forced 70 publicly
retrnct and In which NJ. J.. Fox, HIS
advertising man wasithe goat when
tho portales Incident broke. The ef-
fccts OF the publication OF this
Whispering campaign spread panic
through tho ranks OF tho democratic
managers. soiieman rushed out. too
late. with a Wild denial Of responsi-
brity before he had been charged
with any responsibility with the out
..w. ehs- .~a.IA4- So. t.anr.nalor,
throughout the stah that II he did
not inspire the '~whiapering- cam-
paign. he had been fully informed
nbout Il and Its use FOR weeks before
the Portales editor SPILLED H."
rhon came Ant6uio's threat, given
out from the Platform here az that
Of Hnnnat as well, TO undertake THE
Smashing Of These Women" who had
taken an active port In the republic
can campaign. Women all over the
state deeply roHenfed the democratic
attitude and the democratic head
quarters have not been without EVIL
denco OF IT,
Finally there broke cut the ''whis-
perina' campalgn o. Islander against
Senator Harding, used nationally by
n certain element OF che democratic
management, and this. when put into
whispered" circulation by responHl-
BILE democrats IN Albuqnerque ana
elsewhere. proved tho final kick-baok
Of n campaign that has been filled
with them. II Is reported today that
the democratic headquarters have
heard from the Harding eleventh
hour assault from al over tho state
and thatfhoao REPORTS have furnished
tho cause for the finhi gloom that has
settled over Hanna headquarters.
rho final EFFORTS OF tho democratic
managers have been directed 10
spreading the impression that the
Seligman 'revoiutlons' Ia Valencia
and Mora counties TO some
thing IN way OF votes, Newspaper adj
vertisemenfs have been used aa n last
minute effort 10 bolster up this i'm
precision which haH waned as tho
facts about, conditions In those coun-
Ties have become known. The Valeno
ella county 'reyolution'' has dssap-
peared 40 fkr IA ita vote getting pro-
cllpities are concerned, and the ''revo
iutionists' ia Mora county. from the
beginning have been standing aolidly
hy the republican state ticket.
veteran political observers in the
capitol building this morning, who
have watched New Mexico conditions
for years. Hhy that Mechem's major
iy tomafrow Win be not less than a.
600 and that II may run close with
that OF Harding and Coolidge. which
they estimate from 5000 70 5000.