Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-08-11

Socorro was chosen by unanimous vote
as the place for holding the next Repub-
,lican convention to nominate a candidate
for delegate in congress, the date to be
fixed upon by the executive committee.
Those present were: M. Otero, Chas.
F. Hunt, M. c. de Baca, Elfego Baca, W.
S. Williams, Phillip Mothersill, Jno. u.
Bail, A. B. Laird, Joe E. Sheridan, W. ID.
H. Llewellyn, Jno. R. McFie, M. LARA
goite, T. W. Collier, Sol. Luna, j. Frank
Chaves, Pedro Perea, l.. B. Prince, L. b.
Catron, j. Brannigan, M. A. Otero, }. h.
Ward, Antonio Ortiz Salazar, Trinidad
Alarid, J. Leahy, Fernando Nolan, L. D.
Helm, Max. Frost, Amado Chaves, Manuel
Salazar, c. A. Spiess, E. l.. Bartlett, W. IL.
Whiteman, W. B. Sloan.
POLITICAL PICK-UPs.
Judge Morrison was out of town.
Judge McF1e has his smile with him.
Hon. Pedro Perea found it convenient
to drop up from Bernalillo.
Mr.. John Pace, the popular county
assessor of San Miguel county, is here.
Hon. Ernest Meyers, is one of the COM
mitteemen from Bernaillo county.
Ex-Sheritf Agapito Abeytia is here
from Mora county circulating among the
politicians.
DR.. j. j. Shuler is Colfax county's
worthy representative Democrat among
the delegates.
Col. W. s. Williams, Mr.. Eltigio Baca
and Hon. S. Alexander represent the So
zorro county Republicans.
Major W. H. H. Llewellyn and Judge
tPinito Pine are among the Mesllla valley
politicians in town to-day.
Hon. S. Alexander insists that Col.
Frost shall be the next chairman of the
territorial Republican convention.
Hon. Felix Martinez, the we'll known
political war horse from San Miguel
county, is among to-day's visitors.
Col. j. Franco. Chavez, of Valencia, ana
Judge Bail, of Grant, are the veteran Re
publicans in atten dance at to-day's meet
ing.
Hon Macario Gallegos, who stands as
a power in Mora county affairs, is in at
tendance upon the Democratic committee
meeting.
COL P. Mothersill, the we'll known
Sierra county stock man, who has charge
of ev-Gov. Alger's cattle interests in New
Mexico, is among the delegates.
Hon. j. D. W. Veeder, of Las Vegas, and
Hon. Robert Black, of Silver City, mem
bers of the board of regents of the agrl-
cultural college, are in the capital.
1t is said that certain Santa Fe county
Republicans are grooming Mr.. I'd. Helm
for the council and Hon. l.. A. Hughes as
one of the members of the lower house.
Hon. G. G. Bell, one of Grant county's
best men, who is making an excellent
record as district attorney, is here to-day
ard he doesn't feel bit lonesome, al
though he wears silk tile.
A lively wrangle took place in the Re
publican committee this afternoon over
a proposition to have the committee put
up money to start weekly Spanish
paper to be run in connection with thu
Santa Fe Republican.
Hon. s. S. Brannon, one of Grant coun
TVS county commissioners, might.
good man, and Hon. W. W. Jones, chair
man of the Socorro county board, al
straight Democrat as lives, are circulat
ing among the b-hoys to-day.
New Mexico Republicans are not al
for Don Cameron for president, as tn
Globe Democrat has stated. Gen. Harri
son and Bob Lincoln have some admirer
among them, and of course, few of tn
rankest are for Mckinley.
Hon. G. A. Richardson showed hi
loyalty to the cause of the Democracy b
travelling 700 miles to get here. He say
Eddy would entertain the Democrats
New Mexico in royal style were the mex
convention held there.
J, Mr.. M. A. Otero, of Las Vegas, who's
;. name is ''mentioned" in connection wit
4 the Republican candidacy for delegate
! came up from Albuquerque last evenin
J, in company with his cousin, Hon. M. !
], Otero, the Republican boss in Bernalill
county.
The Republicans of Grant county wi
: nominate G. Baca, at present chief dept
ty fer Sheriff Laird, as their candidat
for sheriff and Mr.. Laird-he of portl
dimensions and congenial mien-who
with US to-day will be their candidate TO
tax collector.