Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-18
POLITICAL POINTERS.

The Democratic gang" IN this county
must rule and ruin at least that's what
they say.
Walk up to the school tax collector and
pay your dollar before September 8, '92,
else you are debarred from voting.
William Aiken is a candidate for clerk
of the county upon the Democratic ticket;
he is working hard to secure the nomina-
ton.
Santa Fe county Republicans hold their
primary elections at O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon. Let every Republican voter
attend his precinct meeting.
Many Las Vegas Democrats are joining
the new Union League club in that city.
They will help to knock the Ubiquitous
White Cap organizations this fall.
Romulo Martinez may receive the DEM
ocratc nomination for sheriff of this
county; if he does he will be defeated by
many votes. Too well known, he.
The following are mentioned as candi-
dates for the nomination for sheriff of
Grant county. J. N. Upton, living on
the Mmbres, at present county commits
sioner; J. w. Fleming, the present mayer
of Silver City, and Bud Moore, of Dem
ing.
The gang" has reconsdered. A new
ticket has been determined on Tor Santa
Fe county by the Democratic bosses, but
ev ,rv man on it as a candidate will be Of
the kind more or less smrched. The
rank and.6Ie of the Democracy here viii
have nothing to say.
The Democratic county administration
of Mora county bas had it all its own way
for many years and the Democratic county
officials in that county have grown rich
on the spoils of office, whereas the peo-
pie have been compelled to pay heavy
taxes for naught else except to keep lot
of officials in fat offices. There is re-
volt brewing in that county though and 1t
may come to head this campaign.
At the meeting OF the Democratic GEN.
trail committee of this county last Satur-
day evening it was decided to hold the
primaries for the election of delegates to
the county convention to elect delegates to
the territorial convention on the 25th OF
this month. The county convention will
be held on the 3lst, and the delegates
elected Will 90 to Las Cruces the next
day to attend the district convention
there. The county convention for nomi-
nation of county officers will be held on
the 9Th of October, and the primaries on
the LIST of October Silver City Sentinel.
The Democratic central committee met
pursuant to call ofthe chairman, Moses
Blancett, at Aztec on Saturday the Both
ult. Mr.. Blancett being absent was he rep
resented by Leon Blancett while George
Rathgen represented the secretary, Will
liam Mccoy, who was also absent. Walter
Stevens was named on the committee for
Clio in place of Mr.. Carnan who has left
the country. While Jose Vidal Lujan was
named as the member for the new pre-
cinct No. 8 (Blanco.) 1t was decided to
have mass meeting at Junction City at
some future time to select two delegates
to the territorial convention to be held at
| Santa Fe on the 18th of September to
choose candidate for delegate to congress.
The Democratic primaries will be held six
weeks before election. The convention
will take place one month before the
election at Aztec. The chairman was in
structed to consult with the chairman OF
the Rio Arriba and Taos county commit
tees as to the convention for candidate to
the assembly City Times.