Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-14
ALBUQUERQUE.
A Hot and Bitter County Election
The Democrats outgeneraled
and outmoneyed.
A Democratic Delegate Elected to Con.
gress-A Grand Forty Eight
Hour Demonstration.
special Correspondence OF The Gslstts.

test that has ever taken place In Ber-
nalillo county has just occurred. The
independents, assisted by the Demo.
Gratis, had most excellent ticket IN
the field, while the Republicans
backed by the Pereas, family that has
controlled the ruling Influence Of the
county for the past fifty years, and
whose wealth aggregates mil
lions of dollars, placed before the
people ticket also.
70 the credit OF the Independents Il
can be stated that the msjority'of men
composed their ticket were stanch
Democrats who had come West and
planted all their fortunes in the town
Of Albuquerque, and who desired from
the eXtrtms regions Of their heart the
prosperity Of the city in which they
had invested the earnings and savings
Of many years and while the ticket
was made up, half with Americans
and Mexicans, the former being given
the most important officers, II WAS a
ticket hat could be supported
hea. 'ily ~ the best element of our
American people-by that class Of peo-
pie that had tie future SUCCESS Of
new city, built by energetic and go.
aheSdative people, foremost in their
minds, and whose homes are in Albu-
querque. The ticket was Albuquerque,
hot 10 the detriment of any o.her town
Ia the county, but from the fact that
1t IL more metropolitan in appearance
and more centrally located.
While on the other hand the Repub-
lican ticket, controlled 10y family
wealthy In this worlds goods and resi-
dents OF BernalillO small
Mexican hamlet about eighteen
miles from Albuquerque. was to GER
tain extent against the town, as the
principal interests Of the most prOmi-
neni men ON the ticket were located at
some other points in the county.
These were the principles that made
the contest so hot and bitter, but, for
tunately no serious aDimosity was en-
gendered between the teverAl oppo.
nents, and while it was fought desper-
ately 10y the adherents Of the two tick
cts from the time the Tolls Were
opened until the judges announced
| cloaing time, IL Is to the credit of the
Republicans that they carried the day
by majorities ranging from $50 to 80.
The independents and Democrats
took their defeat good naturally, and
say that they were out generated and
out mOneyed, which are facts that can
not be disputed. When party can
defeat the PereA ticket. or element. in
a county contest It Is doing a lob here.
tofore considered impossible. The day
is not far distant, though, when these
wealthy and interruptions county
rulers will have TO take back seat be-
fore the Influx of a class of people that
can not be purchased.
The delegate to congress was
decided without strug-
gle almost The Democrats
had Anthony Joseph in the field, and
the Republicans had two candidates,
RynersOn and Prince, both claiming
to be the regular nominee of the cor
rupt party. Joseph was elected by 4.
majority reported as ranging all the
way from' 1900 to 5000. Returns on
the delegoleship are not all in.
When the news was heralded over
the country that New York had gone
Democratic and there was no further
doubt that Cleveland and Hendricks
had been elected by fair
majority IN the electoral college
the Democrats commenced TO enthuse
and for two days and evenings the an.
vii, in lieu of a cannon, was heard re-
sounding the unbouuded enthusiasm
OF the Democracy, and bonflres 1T M
the city. Last night the enthusiasm
reached it's height, and the largest pa.
rade, every man carrying anew broom
ever witnessed i'm the territory took
place. AT least five hundred men were
In line, A plumber OF Democratic n =
licences were decorated, and many
banners bearing thp names of the
standard bearers, Cleveland and
Hendricks, Seated Ia she breezes
from the tops Of houses.
After the parade had llaSle n circuit
Of the principal streets II halted In
front Of u stand erected for the speak.
ers, and from s 10 ~ O'clock the vas,
eOncourse Of enthusiastic Democrats
and independents wee treated t.
sound Democratic doctrines from the
Hips OF stanch member0 of ihe grand
old party OF honesty and integrity.
Among the distinguished speakers
were ex Senator II. G.. ROes, whom
the conntry knowsas the man who casi
the deciding vote that saved IN, United
States from witnessing She hnpeach
ment of Andrew Johnson, one OF IL
presidents. He stated that lse had fel.
the piercing arrows of she RepublS
cans for fifteen years longand that thii
victory which has been achieved b,
the Democrats against party so cor
rcpt and unprineipled, backed by tn
vaults containing the people's money
was TO hima Goasend, Indeed. ii
referred IN eloquent words to the lifoo
Hendricks, man whom. he had tn
pleasure OF sitting side by sld
with for several years n congr sss
His address WAS ffeqaenuy inter
rupted with applause.
tx congressman l. s. TTimble, win
represented Jaekson's purchase Ii
kentucky, in TIE houses OF representa-
tives two terms, and the old wal
horse Of Democracy In New Mexico
WAS loudly called for, and amid re
sounding cheeFs for the grand victory
mounted the stand. He made one
his usually strong Democratic speeches
: which was heartily cheered.
While we i've in territory and car
not vote uatil state IL creahed, sti
the love for party convictions is Just a
great as II we resided where we eaul
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