Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-05
OFFICIAL AND OTHERWISE.
Some Extracts from the New Election
Law-short PiCk-ups.


The new election law will be given ii
first trial tomorrow, when the quaiiIie
voters OF New Mexico will be called upol
to cast their ballots for delegates to tn
state constitutional convention.
Under this law all tickets shall b,
printed on plain white paper three inchn'
in width and eight inches in i"ngth, a
within one-quarter ol an inch ii that size
at shall be unlawful inr aus person uitei
the passage OF this Iu't, 1T ar prior to any
election authorized by the laws ul ulster
rltory, to influence or attempt 10 niiurEct
any voter to vote for or against any randi-
date for office, or any question Or person,
or to refrain from voting nj any such cleo
ton, by the offer OF any money, property,
article or thing OF value" etc. One per
son to act for each poiitica party Will he
permitted to stand near the polls
and act ns challenger, but all Others
from the polling place, and no voter shall
be permitted 10 remain at the polling
place any longer than is necessary for
him to deposit his ballot, land it shall be
unlawful 1or any person or persons after
any voter has come within the distance
of ten yards OF any polling place for the
purpose Of voting, to III Any manner inter
fere with or obstruct such voter, or to ex-
anime or TO attempt to examine the ballot
or ticket OF such voter, or to ask or
solicit such voter TO permit such person
to examine such ticket or ballot; or to
ask any such voter for what party or per-
son or what ticket or ballot he was about
to vote; or to attempt to persuade any
such voter to change or alter such ticket
or ballot"
OFFICIAL BrES,
Hon. +. a. Manzanares, president Of
the New Mexico Bureau OF Immigration,
is in the capital on business.
J. Placido Romero, of Peralta, and the
Acoma Cattle company, have assessment
cases pending before the territorial board
OF equalization this afternoon. Neil B.
Field, OF Albuquerque, appears for the lat
ter.
The board Of regents OF the proposed
New Mexico insane asylum at Las Vegas
has, after considering nine offers for
land upon which to locate this institution,
decided to try and raise $500 by popular
subscription with which to purchase five
acres OF land from Benigno Romero. The
property is situated about one mile north
OF Las Vegas.
Taos county is to the front with
young mems ticket" which will be voted
for at to-morrow's election of delegates to
the state constitutional convention. 1t is
OF three Democrats and three
as follows: Juan Santiste-
van, George B. Berry, Abraham Smith,
Juan A. Bernal, Lorin W. Brown, BENG.
no Hernandez.
Mr.. Chas. Hedges, Associated Press
reporter who was with President Harris
on prior to the inauguration and who
made the trip to Washington with the
president and has since been on intimate
terms with him, informs representative
Of the New MEXICAN that the talk that
President Harrison would retain Surveyor
General Julian in Office was wholly with
out foundation. He said the president had
no use for Gen. Julian and would name
his successor just as soon as he could find
The right sort of a man to fill the place.