The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-09-01
INDEPENDENT OFFER HIGH

An amazing story of cold blooded
efforts TO traffic in nominations Of
the two great political parties in
New Mexico by means of private
conferences and agreements in ad-
vance of the nominating conventions
was revealed Monday night in a for
mai statement given to reporters by
o. L. Phillips, chairman Of the Re
publican State Committee, follow
ing a series of conferences in this
city covering a period of several days
between Phillips and a number of
other men prominent in the regular
Republican organization, and the ex-
eculive committee of the Independ-
ent Republican party.
At these conferences, Phillips says,
it was disclosed by Col. Bronson NJ.
Cutting, publisher of the Santa Fe
New Mexican and a leading figure
in The Independent party, that Off
GERS of the Democratic state COM
mitlee have made definite pro-
posal to the Independents to secure
for them four places on the Demo-
cratic state ticket, including the
nominations for lieutenant governor.
secretary Of state, state auditor and
corporation commissioner.
Cutting and other members of the
Independent organization were frank
in stating, Phillips says, that the
Independents had delayed accept
ance of the Democratic proposition
Tor a period Of ten days in order to
give officers of the regular Repub-
lican party an opportunity to present
counter proposals and a higher bid
for their support than had been Of
fered by the democratic bosses.
The conferences in Albuquerque
between Phillips and other members
of the Republican state committee
and members of the Independent ex-
ecutiVe committee resulted in Phil
lips coming here at the invitation
of the Independent leaders who
told him that the Independents
were ready to come back into the
G. o. p. fold and wanted the state
chairman to help them find the way
back.
At these conferences, Phillips says
in his statement, he was invited by
Colonel Cutting, o. A. Larrazolo and
others to submit to the Independents
a definite proposal as to what he
and his associates in the Republican
party management would undertake
to deliver TO the Independents in the
way of places on the Republican
state ticket; that LarrazOlO, while
stating that he wanted no place OF
the ticket for himself, demanded &
fifty-fifty division Of the offices fol
the Spanish-Americans, and tha
other members of the committee
including Frank A. Hubbell and Cut
ting, proposed to him that he guar.
antee to the Independents that thu
Republican nomination for governor
would go to Larrazolo.
Philips, in his statement says tina
at one of the conferences Cutting
said that five men could control tht
nominating convention and dictat
the conventions choices Cutting
demanded that Phillips bring thos
five men to albuquerque and int
conference with the Independents
and secure from them their guar
antee that they would see that tn
Republican state convention carrie
out the pledges as to nomination
for Independents, TO be agreed upO
at the proposed secret conference.
81 asked Colonel Cutting" Phillips
statement says, "if he did not qui
the Republican party because of hi
charge that it was ruled by bosses
He said that was true. l then aske
him if, in view Of that position an
his frequent assaults upon boss rul'
he thought it was right that a fe'
men should undertake in a secrC
conference to ram down the throat
of convention of 500 delegates tn
candidates chosen in advance fC
them 10 nominate, Cutting replie
that what the Independents no
wanted was definite assurances an
that in order TO insure them ia
treatment he thought they shou
have the nomination for gOvern'
and that Larrazolo was their choice
II told Cutting that as chairmi
of the Republican State Committee
had no power to make any such de
with him and his people and that
would not make il If could. to
him no other individual Republics
or group of Republicans had SUI
power. / told him that l had no o.
lection TO spanish-Americans bell
awarded fair representation on q
state ticket but that it was the pro
ince Of he convention 10 make nor
nations and that it could be safe
left TO the convention which / "
sure would be fair"
Phillips refusal TO enter the pr