Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-05-15
GRANTS GRIST.
Politics Warming Up Somewhat
Leaders Are Llvely-Mr. An
cheta After Republican
Scalps.

Correspondence New Mexican.
Silver City, N. NJ, May 14.-During the
past week there we're light local showers
in various parts of this county, but the
rainfall has not yet been sufficient to
materially improve the condition of the
ranges. Grass is getting short in some
parts of the county, but on the whole, the
ranges are in better condition than they
have been at this season of the year for a
number of years past. Stock raisers who
few months ago were confident of
brisk demand for cattle this spring at
advanced prices are beginning to be
little discouraged. Buyers have not been
so numerous as was expected, and prices
are not up to the point which stock
raisers expected. As a consequence ship
ments have been lighter this spring from
this section than usual, but if the market
should take a favorable turn heavy ship
ments will follow.
The Republican committee will meet
here next Saturday and it is expected that
the Republican wise.acres will attempt to
devise ways and means to
RoUT THE DEMOCRATS
in this county at the coming election,
horse, foot and dragoon. They do this
periodically, but it is not often that they
get much further than devising means
for defeat. After the battle the Republic
cans generally And themselves in a
lamentably unpresentable condition IN
this neck of the woods, and the indica-
tions are that their next experience Will
be no exception to the rule. There ap-
pears to be considerable diminishing
around to find Republican to be nomi-
mated for delegate to congress and sacri-
| foed at the November election. Nobody
here seems to be anxious to make the
campaign.
JOSE ARTURO ANcHETA,
the individual who was assassinated in
the house of his supposed friends at Santa
Fe, has been mentioned in this connec-
ton. He is we'll aware Of the fact that,
despite the protestations of fidelity on
the part of some prominent Republicans,
he would, in the event that he should run
for delegate be slaughtered in the house
of his political amigos. 1t is even whis-
| pered around that Jose Arturo carries a
scalping knife and is waiting for good
opportunity to make use of it. Some
other
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
in this county are in the same position,
having been shamefully treated by the
leaders of their own party here. The G..
O. P. in this part of the territory is rapid
ly getting into state of "innocuous desu-
tude" from which it will never emerge.
The Indications are now that there will
be lively struggle for nominations on
the Democratic ticket in this county this
fall. New candidates a.e appearing for
the different Offices 80 that the Democratic
convention will have no lack of material
from which to select ticket. Baylor
Shannon, member of the board of county
commissioners and brother of the collec-
tor of internal revenue for this district, is
a candidate for
NOMINATION FOR sHER1FF,
and D. A. Martin, we'll known stockman
who resides in this city, is candidate
for collector. They are both popular men
and would make excellent officers. Judge
Boone, of Deming, man who has grown
gray in the service of the Democratic
party, is a candidate for superintendent
of schools and will probably receive the
Democratic nomination. If he does he
will be elected.
The Democrats of Grant county are
united and will roll up larger majority
for the ticket this year than has ever been
known in the past. All the Democrats
down this way are free coinage men, and
most of them favor statehood.