Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-10
LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS.
A Rousing Meeting at the Court House
Endorses the Incorporation
Movement.
$1,000 Raised for Taking the Census
Earnest Addresses-An Executive
Committee Named.

of the irst-class inside of sixty days.
This fact was demonstrated and clearly
indicated by the earnest yet enthusiastic
spirit displayed at the mass meeting Of
citizens held at the court house yesterday
afternoon. There were some 600 citizens
present, representing all classes and
conditions, the merchants, the profess
sional man, the mechanic and the
laborer-all quit their work to turn out
and aid in this progressive first step to.
ward advancing the welfare of the capt.
tai city.
Hon. Lehman Spiegelberg was chosen
to preside, and Candelario Martinez
was elected secretary; and Messrs. B. M.
Read and Henry Becker interpreters.
Mr.. Wedeles presented the report on be-
half of himself and his associates on the
committee, Messrs. G. w. Knaebel and
L. H. Hughes. He made an earnest
plea in behalf of incorporation, dwelling
at length upon it's benefits to the middle
and poorer classes of our citizens; pre-
sented extracts from the new and old in
corporation laws, and read q list of some
forty citizens who had agreed to join in
subscribing 81 600 for the purpose of de-
fraying the preliminary costs of the step,
taking the census provided for in the in
corporation act, sc. The report
took the ground that Santa Fe,
the capital city, could not afford to
incorporate under the new village act,
but if the step was taken at all it should
be done under the law that will provide
the greatest possible advantages for max
ing Santa Fe city of the first class.
Applause followed the reading of this
report, and in order to get at an express
sion of the sentiment of the assemblage,
Gen. Bartlett moved the adoption of the
report. A number of citizens spoke to
the question and it was adopted by prac-
tically unanimous vote.
During the meeting addresses were
made by Judge Morrison, Hon. Anecito
Abeytia, Melton Castillo and others.
Judge Morrison spoke of the special good
this move would bring to the poor men,
laborers who now, for want of employ
ment, stand about the streets idle, willing
enough and anxious to earn an honest
dollar if only opportunity was offered.
Mr.. Abeytia said he was with the majority
on this subject, but he thought it
would be necessary T. S'--.ve ell
free". areas, have many mGGr e., that ,u,I F
OF as fNssthied frank understanding Of
it; its benefits would have to
be carefully explained to the people, and
if it could be shown chat it would result
in good and not extra taxation without q
recompense he thought in
corporation could be carried. Mr.. Cas-
tillo said the people were in favor of any
progressive step that would rebound to
the welfare of Santa Fe and to the good
of the masses as yet they did not under
stand just what it was proposed to do in
the premises, but he thought the plans
of the leaders of this movement should
be carefully and plainly explained to the
people. When this was done he thought
much good would come of it.
1t was moved that committee Of
twelve be named by the chair to attend
to all the preliminaries incident to incor-
poration. Mr.. Hilario Ortiz moved to
amend by making the number fifteen.
Mr.. Berger thought twenty would not be
too many. Finally Mr.. Ortiz amend
ment providing for fifteen was agreed to.
On motion of Capt. John Gray the chair
was authorized to announce the names of
this committee at once. The chair ap-
pointed the following:
Sol. Spiegelberg, Celestino Ortiz, Frank
Chavez, Frederick Grace, Candelario
Martinez, Geo. w. Knaebel, Benz. M.
Read, Marcelino Garcia, Aniceto Abeytia,
E. L. Bartlett, Melton Castillo, J. Il.
Schumann, &. d. Koch, A. L. Morrison,
G. F. A. Fischer.
On motion Of M. Hess Dunand, this
executive committee was directed to
report its conclusions as to city bound.
aries, etc., to another public meeting tc
be held at the court house at the call Of
the chair, or on Monday, two weeks hence
March 20, at p. m.