Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-01
HANNA AND cox
WILL. WIN, SAYS
ARTHUR SELIGMAH
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Mexico, although the 1916 situa-
ton will probably be reversed. ana
the state ticket will run ahead Of
the presidential electors.
Another factor to help both ma
tiOnal and state candidates is the
federal reserve act. This win brine
us votes from the farming and live
stock interests ana also from those
Interested in and served by banks.
Without the federal reserve act
during the past few years, there
would hardly have been a coWman
who could have Wcathered the
storm.
Labor VIII Back Demos.
Labor will largely vote the
democratic tickct,--in fact, win
support support it almost solidly.
The national administrJt.o has
been very careful during the last
eight years to see that labur Sc
cured square deal, The attitude
of the democratic party in Now
Mexico is well known. We have al
ways sought to give labor justice.
We have attempted to carry out
our platform pledges in past legis-
iatures which we did not control
and we can now assure labor that
when we are successful in this cleo
ton, we will pass the laws which
common deccncy demands be
passed for their protection.
Nails Harding Lie.
Now in the last hours Of the
90 N, r,a ION .p,,ag tha ,,iItn1pr ,,nuurI
ign HarGing's parentage," said M,
Seligman. Il had known of this
sort of rumOr for months, | had
never mentioned it to my closest
friend, and when | learned that it
had made its way to New Mexico,
at once wired the various county
chairmen to do everything to sup
press the report and it has been
done, so far as we are concerned,
but we have had the strange spec
tacle of the leading republican pa
per giving it circulation in an et-
tort to aid the state ticket. 1t hopes
to cause a lot of republicans to
vote for republican candidates who
otherwise would vote against them,
while still voting the national re-
publican ticket.
This" said Mr. Seligman. "is in
harmony with a policy that induced
publicity of the articles published
In lhe Portales journal in order
that the articles might be sup
pressed. All of this would be
lsatghable if it We're not so serious
ly hurtful to New Mexico.
Then there is the charge that
Judge Hanna and the democratic
platform are opposed to a state
road system and advocated return
to the old county SYSTEM said Mr..
SeliEman, when, as a matter Of
fact, the democratic party makes
the absolutly opposite declaration
in its platform, and Judge Hanna
stands sVuarcly on that PLATFORM"
"Our expectations for success are
based to a great degree on the fact
that Independent voters are aC-
lively at work for the success of
the ticket They are a great pro-
gressive force of both men and
women and their efforts have be-
come a movement of the people"
Mcchcm VIII Win.
Judge craig, speaking for the re-
publican state central committee,
prophesied the election of Mechem
by three thousand votes and the
success of the state and national
tickets. Harding and Coolidge are
expected to run, ahead OF the state
ticket by a substantial margin.
1T is hard to estimate plurali-
ties accurately because of the
woman vote. 1t is hard to deter
mine whether women will take ad-
vantage Of the ballot generally and
if they do 50, how they will vote.
Many women are voting differently
from their husbands, although they
are sometimes differing only on n
few offices. These splits, however,
are not uniform and accurate pre-
diCtions are difficult
There seems to be no doubt but
that our general success over the
state will insure another republic
can state legislature. Further, we
do not think that the Pecos valley
will give the democratic maiorites
our democratic friends are expect
ing, In that section, Harding and,
Coolidge will run especially strong
In the republican counties
where the independents are active,
the national ticket will not be af-
fected. If Independent strength
does manifest itself in any county
1t will do so more on county nomi-
ness than on state or national cam
didates."