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Show -QiBAGA LOSES. MS LONG FIGHT lilSTOHTH Governor of New Mexico, Who Takes the Oath of Office in a Sanitarium, Passes Away. SANTA FID, X. M., Feb. IS. Governor E. O. '1 Ba-.:a died tills afternoon at 4 oVioek of pernicious anaemia. Governor de Baca was the second governor gov-ernor t he state has had. The first was William C. McDonald, who was defeated last f?ll for Iieutenant-povernor, a position posi-tion v.-1 if oh was held under his own administration ad-ministration ' by Governor de Baca. Both Democrats, It was because of their ex-Cnal ex-Cnal popularity and a strong personal isfi end ship that the situation, unique- in r American politics, was brought about. AYhen nominated, Mr. de Baca, though present at the state convention, was ill and soon after he had been chosen as the J.'emocral ic candidate for the governorship, governor-ship, went to Los Angeles to a sanitarium. sani-tarium. He was able to take only a limited lim-ited part in the campaign. Although his physicians warned him that he might shorten his life if he attempted to return to New Mexico to take the executive oath, lie declared he would take the oath if he had to be carried to Santa Fe on a stretcher. Takes Oath in Sanitarium. Blood transfusion hrousht improvement In his condition, however, and he made i he return to the New Mexico capital without serious result. From the train he was taken to a loral sanitarium and in his room there he was sworn In in the presence of fewer than a s"ore of persons, per-sons, immediately relinquishing' control of affairs to others. After the legislature mt early t this month he took personal charge of a considerable portion of the expfiiti ve duties, making appointments, passim upon hills and the like. Governor de Baca was a native of New Mexico, born In Ias Vegas November 1, 1H. His education was obtained in the . public schools or" that community and in the Las Vegas college. T'ntil he became prominent In political fields he was best known as a publicist, acting for many years as editor of an influential in-fluential Spanish paper, L,a Voz de Pub-lica, Pub-lica, issued at Ias Vegas. He continued aotlve newspaper work even after his election elec-tion as lieutenant-governor. i End Comes Peacefully. j The end came so peacefully that for several minutes it was thought the governor gov-ernor merely was sleeping. With him at t hn time we;e his wife, his nurse, two sisters of charity. Archbishop J. B. Plta-vat Plta-vat of New Mexico and his private secre-twf secre-twf Miss Clara Olson, whom he had Tiised to he summoned a short time pre-'lou pre-'lou sly, saying he wanted to do some K work. He made a number of appolnl-1 appolnl-1 tnents Friday. "SOvhlle going over executive business TVrMiss Olson the governor's respiration respira-tion nocame so difficult she was alarmed and summoned Mrs. . de Baca and the governor's physician. The governor's body will lie in state in the capitol before being taken to Las VegaH for burial. Further than this funeral fun-eral arrangements had not progressed tonight. to-night. W. VI. I.indsey. lieutenant governor. Republican, Re-publican, automatically succeeds to the pet-utive office and occupancy of the executive ex-ecutive mansion here, within which Governor Gov-ernor de Baca had not set foot since his election. |