Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-09-08
CAMPAIGN NEWS.
The Democratic Bosses to Attack the
Poll Tax Lava Split in Grant
Oounty's Democratic
Convention.

Poll Tax Lava Split in Grant
Oounty's Democratic
Convention.
What action the Democratic bosses will
take to try and defeat the ends aimed at
by the poll tax law in the advancement
and maintenance of New Mexico's public
school system, has been a quandary to
many people of late, bat the whole thing
leaks out to-day. The Democratic bosses
will do their best to knock out this poll
tax law, thus doing all they can 10 cripple
the school system. There are "a 900 voters
in New Mexico, and under this law just
that many dollars must come into the
public school fund before the citi-
zen can exercise the voting prlvi-
lege. For some months 1t has
been apparent that the Democratic bosses
have been seeking to pick flaws in the
law, and it is said to-day that they have
at last agreed to make an open attack
upon it in the courts. This will be done
next month, after the boards OF registra-
ton shall have been organized. The
plan is to attack the corstitutionality of
that feature of the act which requires that
poll tax shall be paid by the voter at
least sixty days prior to the general cleo
ton. This sixty day period expires to-
day.
The Democrats will have voters who
have failed to comply with the law apply
to the board of registration for the register
of their names as duly qualified voters and
upon the refusal of such boards to register
them writ of mandamus will be sworn
out and thus the question brought before
the courts for settlement. How the
scheme will work remains to be seen.
Many of the ablest lawyers in the territory
contend that the law is alright and too
well drawn to fail in such an emergency.
On the other hand public sentiment will
come quickly to the support of the law
because this attack can be construed into
little else than an open and vicious assault
upon the public school interests of New
Mexico.
FLORIDA CoUNTY's GHOST.
Sigsmund Lindauei, Chas. [. Dayen-
port, G. G. Bell and the Deming contingent
to the number of fitty.fve delegates bolt
ed in the Grant county Democratic con-
vention at silver City on Tuesday and
walked out. The Fielder faction then
took entire control OF the regular conven'
ton, supposed to be supporters OF A. B.
Fall, candidate for the council and
Fielder nominated these delegates to the
territorial convention at Santa Fe on
Saturday next: Malcolm McGregor, W.
N. Handy, j. A. Mahoney, r. Mead, II.
J. LOOMS, L. A. Sicily. Fielder was
also nominated as the seventh delegate
but John II. Gillett got the most votes
} and was added to the list
The Lindauer, or Florida county ele
ment, organized a convention of then
own, having carried a majority of the
| delegates with them out OF the regular
convention, and they sent compromise
proposition to the regulars, but it wal
voted down 81 to 8. Then the Lindaue
faction named the following delegates tt
the Santa Fe convention: Zach Redding
of Santa Rita; Joe Mahoney. of Deming
Ralph Mead, of Deming; J. p McGrorty
of Deming; J. II. Bragaw, OF Georgetown
w. M. Stephens, of Pinos Altos j. Wells
of Hachita. 1t is easy to see that thu
ghost of Florida county, with Deming al
the prospective county seat, still stalk
through the Democracy's grave yard ir
Grant county.
POLITICAL CHAT.
The Santa Fe county Democrats viii
nominate county ticket one week from
Saturday next.
This is the last day in which citizen
can pay their poll tax. If it isn't paid b,
IL O'Clock tonight you can not vote oil
November 8.
The Republican candidates Of Santa F,
county are doing good work for the cause
They have clean records which the PEG
pie can endorse.
The Catron Republican League clu'
held business-like session last night
Their new uniforms are on the way an
the flambeau feature of the organization
is moving on nicely.
Hon. A. Joseph returned from Albu
querque this morning and will remain il
the city over Sunday, taking part in tn
Democratic pow-wow planned to occur il
the plaza OH Saturday night.
1t is estimated by the local committee
on entertainment that at least 500 visitor
will arrive in Santa Fe between this tim
and Saturday morning next, the attractio
. being the Democratic territorial conventlo
to nominate a candidate for delegate to cor
gress. On Saturday evening mass NEE
ing will take place in the plaza.
Hon. Ben. M. Read, talented Span
ish orator of Santa Fe, was then intro
duced, and he made powerful plea fo
the people to support Tom B. Catron fo
delegate. He scored the Democrats an
paid his respects to the officials that in
tested the territory under the Clevelan
regime over four years ago. His remark
were well and heartily received. --Albu
queruue Citizen.