The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
NO INDEPENDENT
CANDIDACY FILED
At THE CAPITOL
Hanna's Name Is Filed
With Big Campaign
Fund Condition

ny GUTHRIE SMITH.
SANTA FE. n. NJ. Aug. "a
Democrats OF New Mexico have all but
dcfauited the senatorial election. hat
viii BE- ncld on sept. 20. IN connection
with the election 10 vote on II pro-
posed amendments TO the state con-
sttution. After two days Of labosious
work.. with the single task OF naming
"A candidate for United states senator.
h best the convention could do was
10 s1cure a conditional candidate. The
situation is without a parallel IN the
history OF Democratic conventions
Failure TO find a candidate neces-
STATED an executive SECESSION with sil
visitors and representatives OF the
press excluded. Sessions OF a demo-
cratic convention held behind closed
doora do not augur well for the sac
cess or democracy. that 40 often ex-
presses an abiding heller in open
ccyonauta. openly arrived at" Before
h final action was tnken. a large
number Of h d~elegafes had left for
home. u N said upon reliable au-
thority that IN M afternoon. before
b final action OF the night session,
n substantial part Of the Bernalllio
county and Pccos valley delegations
favored letting the resolutions stand
and adjourning without naming a
candidate.
Judge r. Harry Hanna. OF Aibu-
qucrque. In the provisional or condi-
tional candidate. That is to say. he
agreed 20 let his name so on h on
ciai ballot. which. under the law. had
70 be certified TO the secretary OF
state not later than Saturday. August
50. The Law provides that the nomi-
nee OF the convention must be certi-
fled 10 the secretary OF state at least
30 days PRIOR 10 the date Of election.
The Official ballots. under New
Mexico's Australian system. will nov
be printed with the names OF Holm
O.. Bursum. republican nominee. and
II. Harry Hanna. democratic nominee
OF course, that Hanna de-
cides the conditions he imposed have
baen complied with. and he therefore
consents 60 make the race.
No independent Candidate.
Democratic workers ana anti-re-
publican papers made frequent men
ton Of an Independent movement that
raj described as crystailizing with
great swiftness. The cryptallixing pro-
ces was somewhat delayed. and now
the movement eannot be launched be-
aus the time ~ passed for certify
fng another candidate 30 that his
name might be printed on the Official
ballot.
BIG Campaign Fund Demanded.
Hnnna's conditions Of acceptance
are that the democrats prove they are
in earnest about h campaign, that
'the fence riders come on the fence:
hat h democrats be Joined by Ger
tain groups; and that an adequate
campaign fund be subscribed, Of
$40. GOO 10 s~25.ooO." Under the terms
Of the agreement this amount OF
must be not merely subscribed
-on paper-but mus; actually be la
the hands Of the state committee.
The money MAJ be subscriS d. but
not until after herculean efforts have
been made. leading democrats say
Some OF the staunch party workers
have declared that that IA a grea;
deal Of money TO spend. these hard
times. In a losing cause. II there had
sufficient funds in the demo-
cratic treasury. u IL likely there would
nave e an independent movement
OF some kind launched. Arthur Sclig-
man. state chairman. has how In
several campaigns In which he has
been the field marshal. that he be-
neves In the strategy OF trying 10 dis
organize the enemys forces, rather
than OF uniting his W forces. His
strategy was partly successful In 1915
but failed utterly In 1918 and again
In 1890. The Instructions were Or
ganixed In the two campaigns last
mentioned. but they did not bring
success to the democratic state ticket.
Lenders stand Not Encouraging.
Hanna's frankneHs has not tended
10 improve the situation. from a
democratic viewpoint. Even though
the campaign fund be raised. he has
already cast a serious cloud upon the
possibility OF scoring y victory Ana
AZ the fund should mol be collected.
~ would be too much to ask some
other man 10 serve a. the burnt Of
fering." after Hanna himself has pro-
nounced the cas- hopeless.
The democratic provisional cHndi
date declared he had IL upon reliabl,
authority that senator Holm O. Bur
sum. the republican nominee. had
brought TO New Mexico the sum of
$4,000 that had been furnished by
the republican national committee,
for use In the campaign. Told OF
Hanna's statement and asked about
a fund. Bursum replied: Il wish
he could prove = true. We would
be glad 10 uIvlde the fund with him
Hanna's Only Argument.
~ = EEtN1h " 1RNNNNAANN
showed him TO be running true to
his old form. In the first state cam
patgn. Ia 1911. he Vas "a candidate for
court justice. and toured the
state denouncing Bursum. Other
candidates for the supreme court
were keeping on the stump. Since
that time, whether on the ticket or
not, Hanna has tried to win all the
state elections through the sole eHped-
OF denouncing Bursum. Nomin-
hy the democrats for the office
Of governor. AT the Lac Vegas owen
ton Last year. Hanna devoted the
principal part Of hts acceptance
speech to denOuncing Bursum Later
the campaign he continu-
I'd To d%onOunce Bursum, although b
was not n candidate for any
In his latest utterance. AT Al
buquerque. he described Bursum Az