Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-28
AFTER SNAPS.
Aspirants for Some of the Official
Plums Soon to Fall in New
Mexico.

For the next few days and to less e1-
tent for two months hence Santa Fe will
be the political storm center of New Mex
leo. Already the clans are gathering and
it is expected that a great many more
will come in tonight. Last night Hon.
NJ. Larragoite, Democrat, and Hon. ]. M.
c. Chaves, Republican, arrived from Rio
Arriba county. They are both strenuous
ly claiming the council seat from the Sd
district. Mr.. Juan Garcia, Democratic
member of the house from the up-coun-
try, is also in town. Hon. Geo. Curry,
of Lincoln, and delegation arrived
from the south this forenoon. Besides
the active members of the legislature, a
number of
PROMINENT POLITICIANS
will be on hand within the next few hours
District Clerk Felix Martinez has engaged
rooms and will be over tonight from
Vegas. He is only one of many.
inst now the politicians are very much
stirred up over the territorial positions
to be supplied and Gov. Thornton, who,
with the advice and cooperation of the
council, fills these Offices, is just now
OVERWHELMED WITH APPLICATIONS.
Among the best positions to be filled are
those of solicitor general, auditor, treas
urer, superin tendent of public instruc-
tion and librarian. Besides these there
are the positions of adjutant general and
superintendent of the penitentiary, for
which Gov. Thornton will make no nomi-
nations, the first being now held by Mr..
George W. Knaebel, prominent Demo-
crat, and the second having been made
by law position to be filled by the
peuitentiarY board of managers.
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL.
For solicitor general, the names of
Judge h. L. Warren. of Albuquerque; g..
D. Bantz, of Silver City; E. V. Chaves, of
Socorro; aud John P. Victory, of Santa,
Fe, have been suggested by their friends
For auditor, Leopold Contreras, of So
zorro; Santiago Baca, of Albuquerque;
and Marcelinu Garcia, of Santa Fe, have
been mentioned.
For treasurer, l.. R. E. Paulin, of San
Juan, and DR.. G. W. Harrison, of Albu.
querque, have been suggested, altho ugh
neither of them are applicants.
For librarian, Juan Delgado, Ned Gold
and Jose Segura, all of Santa Fe, are be-
ing urged by their friends.
-
tion, the candidates are as mentioned in
yesterdays paper: W. w. Hite, of Albu-
querque; L. R. Z. Paulin, of San Juan;
G. W. Miles, of Silver City, and Alex Gus
dorf, of Taos.
Gov. Thornton also
NAMES DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
for the several territorial districts. In
the district made up of Grant and Sierra
counties, @. G. Bell has already been ap-
pointed by Gov. Thornton to succeed j.
A. Ancheta.
In San Miguel and Mora counties, A. A.
Jones, Columbus Noise and E. Y. Long,
Of Las Vegas, have each been suggested
as successors of District Attorney L. G.
Fort.
In the counties Of Lincoln, Chaves and
Eddy, where George B. Barber is now dis
trict attorney, John Franklin and J. A
Cameron, of Eddy, and John Dills, Of
Roswell, are each being urged as his sue
| cessor.
In Colfax and Taos counties, Attorneys
Al. mitchell and McCornaok, of Ration
would each like to have District Attorney
Melvin W. Mills Job.
In Dona Ana county, R. L. Young, oil
Las Cruces, and Moses Wylis, of Tula
rosa, are both mentioned to succeed
Simon B. Newcomb.
In this distriot, composed of Santa Fe
Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, J. H
Crist has already been appointed district
attorney to succeed Ralph E. Twischell.
The fight for the official shoes of Will
lam Il. Whiteman in Bernalillo and Valen
cia counties is between four able attor
neys: G. W. Johnson, Tom Wilkerson
Summers Burkhartan Tomas g. Mon
toya.
For the district attorneyship of So
zorro county, Messrs. E. V. Chavez
james g. Fitch and Dougherty, all Socorre
lawyers, want to succeed Col Winfield s
Villa ms.
THE COUNCIL oYFIoRRs.
In the two departments of the legisla
ture candidates for the various Officer
from the highest to the lowest are YER.
numerous. While it Is not known Just wha
offices will be within the distribution o
each body, it seems certain that there vii
be- almost or quite as many as during thu
last session. At the session of 1892 ther,
were the following employees: Chief clerl
and assistant, enrolling and engrosslnl
clerk and assistant, sergcant-at-arms ant
assistant, messenger, Waterman, ant
cha plain, and one interpreter, one trans
,latur and assistant, one postmaster, TIVE