History and government of New Mexico . e defensive in the campaign and at the same timefurnished the Democrats their easiest point of latter, evidently appreciat-ing their advantage, nominatedWilliam C. McDonald, ofCarrizozo, a substantial businessman, especially well knownamong the cattle and sheepmen. The Republicans fought-withthe confidence that came fromfifteen years of steady Democrats, strengthenedby the assistance of severalformer Republicans now turned Progressives, received thesupport of the Albuquerque Morning Journal, the largestnewspaper in the State. On e
History and government of New Mexico . e defensive in the campaign and at the same timefurnished the Democrats their easiest point of latter, evidently appreciat-ing their advantage, nominatedWilliam C. McDonald, ofCarrizozo, a substantial businessman, especially well knownamong the cattle and sheepmen. The Republicans fought-withthe confidence that came fromfifteen years of steady Democrats, strengthenedby the assistance of severalformer Republicans now turned Progressives, received thesupport of the Albuquerque Morning Journal, the largestnewspaper in the State. On election day, November 7,McDonald was elected, and the blue-ballot amendment was ratified, the latter by a vote of 34,897 to 22,831. 290. Admission of the State, January 6, 1912. — Stepby step the process of transforming the Territory into acommonwealth had been completed. Promptly on January6, 1912, as soon as the official count of the votes reachedWashington, President Taft proclaimed New Mexico theforty-seventh State of the Governor William C. McDonald 1912-1916 244 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO The new State, county, and district officers immediatelytook the oath of office and entered upon their officialduties. When the elaborate inauguration ceremonies tookplace at Santa Fe, January 15,1912, and William J. Mills, thelast Territorial governor, introduced his successor, WilliamC. McDonald, first governor of the State, the Territoryof New Mexico passed into history. V. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 291. Political Parties and Their Strength. — Althoughthe Territory had been under Republican control since1896 (sec. 282), the strong Democratic vote for Delegate toCongress in the last years of the Territory raised somedoubt about the permanence of that control. The con-stitutional convention of 1910, however, with seventy-one Republican delegates and only twenty-nine Democrats,seemed to remove any doubt on that point. Yet carefulstudents of political affairs refused to
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