Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-15

NAMING DELEGATE TO CONGRESS.
The roll call began with Bernalillo
county, which gracefully waived all privi-
leges to name a candidate.
When Dons Ana was called, Col. Foun-
tain took the stand and in few elo-
quent and earnest remarks presented the
name of Hon. Mariana S. Otero.
Mr.. Dorsey of Colfax, moved that the
nomination of Mr. Otero be made by &C.
camation.
Mr.. Chavez announced that Valencia
county also seconded the nomination OF
Mr.. Otero.
Mr.. Flske seconded the nomination Of
Mr.. Otero on behalf of Santa Fe county +;
Mr.. Rodey thanked the convention for
its choice in behalf of Bernallllo county;
Delegate Wright spoke for Grant county.
seconding Mr. Otero's nomination; Lin
coin, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel,
Sierra, Socorro and Valencia, followed in
seconding tie nomination OF Mr.. Otero,
and that gentleman was nominated for
the place by reclamation and amid I'M
bounded enthusiasm.
NIX. OTERO ADDRESS.
Deafening applause continued while
a special committee was esCorting Mr..
Otero to he platform, and, in response,
that gentleman stepped to the front OF
the stage and for half an hour RECALLED his
admiriug auditors with one Of the best
speeches of his life He WAS proud, he
said, of the honor which had so unanim-
ously been conferred upon him. He said
the only promises he had to make were
that from this time forTard till the close
of the polls in November he should put
firth every effort in his power to insure
the triumph of the republican principles
in New Mexico-both so far as concerns
the general ticket, and including as well
every county and local ticket in the terri
| tory.
New Mexico has been placed in false
light before the public, and in position
which did her great injustice. The peo-
pie, especially the masses, had been
maligned abused and slandered and no one
had had the courage to rise up in con-
gress and defend their rights. By fraudu-
lent election returns New Mexico had
been Represented at Washington by a
man who was not the choice of the peo-
pie, who had permitted abuse to be
heaped upon this fair territory without
one word of protest at the time. At the
! forthcoming election the errors of the
past would have to be atoned for. There
would be no horde of armed bulldozers
under the authority of the United States
marshal surrounding the polls to intima
date the people; neither would there be
any repetition of the notorious counting
out process of two years ago. The pee
pie would be guaranteed a free vote and
an honest count. and whenever this is
the case, New Mexico is as reliably re
publican as Kansas or Vermont.
The orator dwelt at length upon the
subject of free public schools, and the
of their children, saying the Republican
party had pledged itself to provide such
schools for the masses, and its record on
the subject throughout the union was
ample evidence that its leaders in New
! Mexico would always be found working
| for the educational advancement of the
People OF this territory. The speaker also
reviewed the history of the party briefly
respe ting its prncip es on the subject Of
labor and capital; expressed an earnest
desire to lift up, educate and elevate the
laborng man and his children, the pro-
lection OF his property rights, etc.
The victory for statehood, he felt, was
already assured. The vsccilating and in
consistent policy now being pursued by
the opponents of this movement, in pre-
tending to favor statehood while opposing
the constitution was equivalent to giving
up the fight and acknowledging defeat i'll
advance. But we must not, on this &C.
count, relax our efforts. The people of
New Mexico had been wandering in the
political wilderness of territorial condi-
ton FIR forty-four years. or four years
longer than the children of Israel
wandered in the wilderness of Sin, but
they were now climbing the eminence
from which they could see the promised
land of statehood. 1t is only little way
beyond, and all we have to do is to keep
up the fight with undminished vigor
upon the party of retrogression, of con-
tradictions and of negatives for few
weeks longer, and when the sun goes
down on the 9TH of next month, the YER
dict of the people of this territory will be
recorded in terms so clear and
emphatic that they can not be mis-
understood, in favor of making New
Mexico q slate-and Republican state.
Mr.. Otero took his seat amid a shout
and cheer, and the vention then
took up the next business which was the
selection of
CENTRAL Committeeman.
This required some little time and re-
suited as, follows:
Bernalillo county-Pedre Perea, Thomas
Hughes.
Chavez-To be designated.
Colfax-W. II. Jack, J. w. Dryer.
bona Ana--A. j. Fountain, J. II.
Riley.
Eddy-To be designated.
Grant-A, B. Laird, Robert Black.
Lincoln-T. w. Heman, George Sena.
Mora-W. B. Brunton, Serapio Ro-
nero.
Rio Arriba-Pedro Y. Jaramillo, Jose
n. Lucero.
San Juan-A. r. Bird, James McDer-
mitt.
San Miguel-G. w. Prichard, Adelaide
Gonzales.
Santa Fe-T, B. Catron, Anto. Ortiz y
Salazar
Sierra--D. H. Wenger, s. H. Stern.
Socorro-E. w. Eaton, F. o. Blood.
Taos--Juan Santstevan, Pedro Sanchez.
Valencia-J. Frank Chavez, T. Luna.
There were also elected nine central
committeeman at large-S. W. Dorsey,
Eugenio Romero, r. D. Burns, 8. B.
Axtell, L. A. Hughes, A. Staab, D. A.
Fiske, w. A. Leonard, w. s. Williams,
f. s. Slower. Hon. S. B. Axtell was
elected chairman, and Hon. L. A. Hughes
secretary of the central committee.
On Saturday night rousing ratifica-
ton statehood meeting took place at AL
buquerque. The speakers were Gov.
Prince Judpe Axtell, Col. A. j. Foun-