The Lamar register., 1892-10-08
Tho Senatorial Convention.

ai the court house in Las Animas. Bent
county, and was called TO order by NJ.
H. Murray, Of Bent county.
Judge Hutchraf,, OF hioSa county.
vas elected as chairman. and y. y. Nc.
Clean. OF Baca county, as secretary OF
the conveatiou. The crcd.utinl OF tn.
delegates were then presented and re-
ccirc,i, when the Temporary officials o,
tho convention were made tho perma-
ncui ones.
Tho convention thcu selected the fol
lowing c,,-nnittss on resolutions; C. q
Gootlaie % Proyr.rs county, I. b. Wilson
Of Otero county. Frank Krcybill Of Bent
county. C. Frost Liggc,t u Kiows coun-
". and @. r. Thompson Of Baea county.
The convection then proceeded to the
nomination o, candidate for senator
Thomas r Hoamire, OF Otcro county. in
an eioqucu; speech presented the name
q Grorre VI. sWiuk, Of Otero county
This nomination was seconded by G. C.
Go5,isls Tor the PEogers county deleTa-
tiaa, ". K. Gibson FOR tho K,owa county
delegation. and c. r. Thompson for the
BacA couaty delegation. on motion OF
c. NJ. RigIcy, Of DeHt county, the noni-
nation OF c. W. SWink was made by &c
elama;ion. and unanimously carried
amid much enthusiasm.
Shot and eloquent sreeohes were then
made 10y the nominoe George W. S"ink,
C. ". Rigley. Thos. Il HoGmire, Rov.
Bur; and others.
The committee on resolutions then re-
ported the following resolutions that
wrre unanimously adopted:
W. the representative 81 the republican part
~ Of thi. s-aatnriAI district in eouvrEtion as-
..nblsd. do her-by rr-sfh.In the PRINCIPLES u
tie republican party snuneiated In the ns-
tlaaai anil state republican platforms. and do
farther resolve:
lst That ~ are In favor of such legislation
a. viii secure to tIl. consumer of water lis just
rights
And That uc are in favor Of such Liquidation
as ~ilI secure iu,sr rates fer the transportation
OF the products u the farm tn the markets Of
the World. such legislation to b. Just tn the far
mer and Just to the carrier
Iri- Titst we favor the restoration OF the dis
triet court in Kio~a county.
sth That we favor suoh legislation As VIII
s,eufc a dam across the Arkansas river at Twin
Lake. thi. state, whereby oRo hundred thousand
,rrr- of land can b. irrigated in the Arkansas
valley a. shown BY Major Pawens report cf
three years ago.
sth. That we rlcslgr OR nominee for senator.
Ge,,r,c ". sNiuk, TO faithfully eudcayor to So
cure the for..;oin: desired lcgizlatiou
The following committee from this
senatorial district, was then selected:
Thomas r. Hoffmire, Otero county,
chairman: C. c. Goodale, Prowers coun-
ty; VI. II. Murray, Bent county; G. r.
Thompson. Baca county; w. r. Gibson,
Kiowa county.
The convention then adjourned giving
three cheers for the nominee, George w.
Swink, three cheers for Harrison and
Reid, and three cheers for II. ii. Eddy
with great enthusiasm.
OUR NOMINEE, HONEST GEORGE W. swISK-
Hon. George W. Swink, who was nom
mated 10y the convention FOR state sena-
tor. was born in Breckenridge county,
Kentucky, in 1896. His parents removed
10 tlt sIttt OI NhNiS ha'
in the former campaign of "Tippecanoe
and TYLER too" voted for William Henry
Harrison. the grandfather Of the present
presidential nominee OF the republican
party.
In 1871, Mr.. Swink removed to Colora-
do to the vicinity OF Rocky Ford. In
1917, seeing the possibilities OF the valley
under irrigation, he helped to construct
the first irrigation ditch in that vicinity,
and that year had 60 acres in crops
Since that time he has been engaged in
farming at Rocky Ford. and it is due
more to his individual efforts than to
any other cause that the Arkansas valley
around Rocky Ford has become one OF
the finest agricultural countries in the
west. Mr.. Swink for some years was en-
gagged in merchandising as well as farm
ing at Rocky Ford. and was postmaster
at that place from 1876 to 1884.
Since 1884. he6As been engaged in
farming and has beeA foremost in ever,
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