Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-11-10
The DEFINING ASSEMBLY.
Features of Entertainment Which
Impressed the Delegates
Speeches by Prominent
IrrigatOrs.
Politics Brought in and the Result-A
Warning for the Future
Some Weak Points
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Touched Up.

Deming, Now 9.-The aftermath OF
the first southwestern irrigation conven-
tion is pleasant and at the same time
otherwise. The open handed, big souled,
material hospitality of Deming is one
of the memories of life time. The
really magnificent scale on which the re-
ceptlon and executive committees ar
ranged the entertainment of their guests
can hardly be appreciated. The hard
times, the fact that Deming is only a
town of 1900 people must be considered.
But then on the other hand there was a
circus, balloon ascensions and parachute
jumps, tight rope walking, horse and
bicycle races, we'll rendered dramatic
farce the first evening" splendidly sung
and acted cantata the second, ball the
third. The streets of the town we're
handsomely decorated with bunting and
transformed into beautiful avenues with
the palmilla cactus. In the center of the
main intersectlng streets was a cabinet
of yellow and blue corn, surmounted
by a square column of apples, whose
dark and pale reds, gold and pink con-
trasted with the darker foliage with
which it was banded. The Headlight,
usually weekly, had transformed itself
into a daily, with a good telegraphic
press service, that gave the news of
THE SPLENDID REPUBLICAN VICTORY
in comprehensive form to the hundreds
of visitors from the surrounding metro
politan communities. Many of the dele
gates have requested me to notice the high
class of the two dramatic entertainments.
The farce of the first evening was all that
could be wished. The cantata, Queen
Esther, delineating the biblical story, was
sung and acted as we'll as if performed by
professionals. When the list is too long
for complete mention it would be invi-
dious to name few. 1t may be said that
the chorus was almost perfect, and the
solo roles sung in most acceptable and
pleasant manner. 1t is hardly possible
to expect sufficient musical training for
so many voices al are required to present
this piece in small town. That there
was not single suggestion that any in
dividual role could be improved is high
praise. AS unusual in these operas the
chorus had some of the most difficult
music. At all these performance the
visiting delegates were the guests of Dem
ing. The public spirit manifested was
amazing. Silver City, indeed all Grant
county, considered the local success as a
personal matter.
As matter Of fact and decency, poll
tics should not enter into the abstract
deliberations of an irrigation conven-
tion.
POLITICS CREEP IN.
The fact, however, is that politics was
the motive of the organization, the basis
of the resolutions adopted by the New
Mexico delegates, and permeated on one
side all the deliberations. This operated
to restrict the deliberations of the COM
mittees and of the convention. Resolu-
lions that should have aroused vehement
discussion went through with only the
secretary's reading. It was also mis-
take for the executive committee to select
local men for the temporary organization.
This was not Deming or New Mexican
convention. 1t was gathering of the
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Texas and Chihuahua, in which the local
interests of Deming preponderated only
in point of her magnificent hospitality.
Deming was our host, not our mistress, at
the convention. From the moment that
the gayel of the chairman of the executive
committee fell, all matters of organiza-
ton and detail should have been RELOCATED
to the convention without suggestion or
advice. Your correspondent has been so
handsomely treated by the town, SO royal
|ly entertained, that he can hardly express
the pain these structures give him. On the
motion and through the courtesy of q
Deming delegate, Mr.. Wormser, he was
made chairman of the permanent execu.
tive committee to call the next conven.
ton at Santa Fe at date not later than
next February. The foregoing1s