Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-05

County committees are requested to
make all proper arrangements for the
holding OF county conventions.
County committees will arrange for the
holding Of precinct mass meetings.
In the event OF failure of the county
committee to call such precinct mass
meetings and county convention, and in
counties where there may be no county
committee, then the call for precinct and
county conventions will be issued by the
members of the territorial central COM
mittee for such county.
The chairman and secretary of county
conventions are requested to mail to the
secretary of this committee certified list
OF the delegates chosen at such conven-
ton.
Under existing rules, no alternate dele
gates to the territorial convention can be
elected. No proxies will be recognized
unless properly executed and given to
residents of the county from which the
delegate whom the proxy represents is
chosen.
By order of the Republican central
committee Of New Mexico.
L. A. HuGHEs, R. E. TwTCHELL,
Secretary. Chairman.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
Hon. ]. NJ. G. Chaves, chairman Of the
Republican county committee of the coun-
ty OF Rio Arriba, has issued call for the
holding of Republican county conven-
ton OF that county at Abiquiu on August
20 next. Each precinct in the county
will be represented by three delegates.
At that convention ten delegates to the
Republican territorial convention at Las
Vegas will be nominated and also full
county and legislative ticket.
DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE CONVENTION.
A Republican convention of the legisla-
tive district Of the counties Of San Juan,
Rio Arrioa and Taos will be held in the
town of Cnama on Tuesday, the 10th day
of August, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for members OF the council and
members of the house to the Goth legisla.
tive assembly from that district. In that
convention the county of Rio Arriba will
be represented by three delegates; the
county OF Taos by two and the county Of
San Juan by one delegate.
TAOS COUNTY.
Messrs. Juan Santlstevan and Pedro
Sanchez, members of the Republican
territorial committee from the county Of
Taos, have issued call for the holding oil
Republican county convention for the
purpose of nominating seven delegates tc
the Republican territorial convention tc
be held at Las Vegas, August rs. The
call says that the Taos county convention
is to be held in the town of Taos on An
gust 20, and will consist of two delegates
from each precinct in that county.
POLITICAL WAITS.
A. J. Laird seems to have the inside
track for the republican nomination fo
sheriff OF Grant county.
Geo. w. Miles, the present superinten
dent of schools OF the county Of Grant
will likely be the Democratic nominee TO
assessor Of that county.
The sentiment in Rio Arriba and Sal
Juan counties seems to be very strong TO
the nomination of Hon. T. d. Burns TO
the council from that district.
The resignation of Chief Justice Jane
O'Brien has been accepted by the presi
dent to take effect September l next, o
as soon as successor can be appointed
and qualify.
The more, the merrier. The Las We
gas Free Press announces that p. L
Vanderveer, Of Santa Fe, is also candi
date for the appointment as chief justic
of New Mexico.
The city council of the city OF Las We
gas has passed strong resolutions favorinI
Hon. L. G. Fort for the appointment o
chief justice of the supreme court of New
Mexico, which Office is made vacant b,
Judge O'Brien's resignation.
w. G. Hadley is being favorably men
toned for the nomination for county com
missioner Of Grant county on The Repub
lican ticket; if Mr.. Hadley receives th'
nomination, he will just about get there
he has that faculty.
Messrs. Frank w. Wright and r. z
Barnes, both lawyers and residents O
Silver City, are being talked OF in con
nection with the Republican nomination
for legislative donors from Grant county
The Democratic bosses in Bernalilc
county are still hard at work trying tc
devise means by which they may be able
to trade off everything they have in the
way Of political strength for the Legislative
ticket; that's what they are after
| ~ ooa hoaoo, bouo oxoe 10 ~ nd and nan