Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-17
THE CAMPAIGN.
Judge MOrlisOn's Return-White Cap
LawlpsSncSS-M Miners for Catr0n--
A Rufiian at Las Cruces.
Various Notes of Political News Gath
cred from Every Quarter of
the Territory.

the Territory.
Hon. A. l.. Morrison returned yesterday
from the southern part of the territory.
He said:
The Deming meeting was composed
largely of Democrats, and was declared
there to be the largest political meeting
ever held in the town. Mr.. Catron spoke
for an hour and half, and l followed in
an hours talk, after which strong address
ses we're made by Messrs. Ancheta and
Carr. Many Democrats expressed them
selves as perfectly satisfied that Mr. Cat
ron had been shamefully slandered by his
Democratic opponents and announced
their intention to vote for him.
"At Las Cruces the people turned out
en- masse and highly successful meeting
was held.
The whole trip from Ration to Lords
burg was one continuous ovation. Every
where Mr.. Catron was given greeting
such as no candidate ever before received.
We were in the field twentyfour days and
held twenty-eight meetings. All indica-
lions point to the election of Mr.. Catron.
In fact, it is this very thing that permits
me to return home and depart tomorrow
night for New York, where the national
Republican committee insists | shall
come at once and enter the state cam
paign."
White Cap LawIessness.
Col. Prichards speech last night was a
straightforward presentation ofthe issues
involved in our local campaign, but that
is not what the Peoples party want,
This morning crowd of ruffians gath
cred at the corner saloon on the plaza
and made an assault on the colonel as he
was passing by. Jose Chavez y Chavez
was put up to do the dirty work, but they
were after the wrong man. The colonel
stood off the crowd and proceeded to
administer them little speech that
must have convinced them that they
| had found one man they could not ,inti-
midate. Chavez made one vicious blow
at his victim, but it went wide of its
mark.
1t is a nice state of affairs indeed that
| Il law dDlullP SIllLSll VI VINO SouhbJ hiNSS
be assaulted by a mob like that, because
he has the courage to criticise the party
to which they belong Col. Prichard is
running for no Office and the speech he
made last night was upon the invitation
of the Union league.-Las Vegas Free
Press.
CatrGn at 0eming
Hon. T. B. Catron, Republican candi-
! date for delegate to congress, completed
his campaign in Grant county by a big
demonstration here last evening. The
meeting was held in the opera house, and
the attendance was not only large but
quite enthusiastic. Candidate Catror
was the principal speaker of the evening
He made forcible address, devotinl
himself in the greater part to denial o
the charges made against him last woel
by his opponent, Joseph. At the time o
the Joseph meeting, MIR. Catron's private
stenographer came to Deming and tool
verbatim report of the speeches. MI
Catron took Mr.. Joseph's efforts piece b,
piece and made an emphatic and absolut
denial of the different charges, puttini
particular stress on the assertion that h
had done more to secure statehood TO
n New Mexico at the time the recent bi
! was before congress than Delegat
Joseph. He read letters from Senator
Platt and other prominent men Stain
. this fact Hon. A. L. Morrison was ais
one of the speakers devoting himself t
:. a discussion of the tariff and the result
g of the Mckinley bill. ]. A. Anchett
p district attorney for the counties c
q Grant and Sierra, made an eloquent az
" peal for Catron and urged the support c
:, every voter in Grant county, irrespectiv
g of party neutrality-suspicious. 1
q Poso Times.
" Miners for CatrOn.
:, Charles Bonsall, who has several exec
g lent mining holes at and near MagdalenI
p has returned home He reports tn
:, miners jubilant over the prospects {
good times, and states that even the ca
n tlemen are now smiling, from the fac
n that very good rain visited the range
in the vicinity of Magdalena, the othe
day. Mr. Bonsall also informs the Citize
that the miners of Socorro county, herr
/ tofore friends of Antonio Joseph, hay
come to realize that their faith in hil
n doing them any good is somewht
+ shaken, and they will, almost to maj
vote for Catron. The miners of Magdalen
in the language of Gov. Slower, do nc
: intend to ieopardize their own interest
by voting for candidate to congress
}, who constantly works against them.-
Albuquerque Citizen.
The Ruftian.a Candidate for Office o
the Peoples Ticket.
a While Hon. T. B. Catron was addressin
r a large concourse of people at Las Crl
ces on Friday night, q drunken audito
! persisted in making loud remarks of a
abusive nature, much to the disgust {
:; many who occupied seats near him, an
4 remarks that were most offensive for II
ears of ladies, many of whom were prei
ent. A citizen named Becker attempte
0 to quiet the fellow but had to knock hill
o down to accomplish it. Deputy Sheri
John P. Casey, ir, then appeared on I'll
scene and abused Becker in the most vi
famous language. He attempted to a
/ rest Becker, but the latter refused
move until Casey showed his authority fc
- acting as an officer, which he declined
: do. Taking hold of Becker, Casey unde
q. took to march him away when Becke
r knocked Casey down. The latter reco'
-, cred his feet and shot Becker through th
!. leg. Casey and his rowdy gang the
dragged Becker to jail, but he was 500
released by friends and taken home to ~
ceive medical attention. Casey immed
or ately left town, otherwise there woul
have been serious trouble. 1t is said b
has been discharged as deputy sheriff.
B. Gossip.
Word from Sierra county is to tn
effect that the Hon. Bill" Burns is not
politics this trip.
D. Hon. Webster Flanagan, of Ell Pasc
will speak in Grant county next week j
the interest of the Republican cause.
The next registration day falls o
Saturday, October %. Register on thf
" day nrOyided Won pOssess the legal dual