Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-03-31

didate for mayor. Mr.. Hughes was
unanimously chosen by reclamation as
the standard bearer of the party.
VIM. E. Griffin was nominated by Anto.
Ortiz y Salazar for city clerk and he was
declared the unanimous choice of the
convention.
Howard Vaughn, on motion of ".
Conway, was unanimously selected as the
candidate for city treasurer.
A city central committee containing two
members from each ward was then selected.
The committee consists of Tomas Quin-
tana and Juan Garcia, of the LIST ward;
Antonio Ortiz Salazar and Martin Quin-
tana, of the I'd; John w. Conway and
Aniceto Abeyta, of the Sd, and Col Max.
Frost and G. A. Spiess, of the 4th. Gen.
Bartlett was made chairman of the COM
mittee.
MR.. HUGHES ACCEPTANCE.
A committee escorted the nominee for
mayor to the platform. In accepting the
nomination Mr.. Hughes said 81 pre-
/ sumo 1 ought to say that this is a com
plete surprise to me and that did not
know anything about it until the COM
mittee waited upon me. But l can not
tell falsehood about it; 1 am not sur
prised.
at is with feeling of great pride that
1 realize I am the unanimous choice of
this convention to head its ticket as a
candidate for mayor. The office involves
a great deal of hard work, no pay and
very little thanks. ! am willing to &C
cept the nomination and hope that my
AGO uaintance with the needs of the city
will enable me, if elected, to fill the Office
satisfactorily. s.
'If elected shall enter upon my Off
cial duties without promise or entang-
ling alliances of any kind. dent want
votes that have to be purchased. This is
my home and whether or not am elected
1 will continue to work for the interests of
Santa Fe."
The Union flag was adopted by the
convention as device of the party for
the head of its ticket, and upon sugges-
tion of Mr.. Hughes 1000 copies of the
resolutions adopted we're ordered printed
in Spanish.
FIERY SPEECH.
Mr.. 4. B. Catron was called upon for a
speech and he talked in Spanish.
Mr.. Catron roundly abused the Demo-
cratic party, and entered into severe
denunciation of Gov. Thornton and Dele
gate Joseph. He charged that the officers
of the law in Santa Fe drove citizens from
the plaza and shot them down in the
streets, and even pursued them into their
houses "for the purpose of numbering
them"
He did not deem it advisable, however,
to state that the man Killed in the street
was charged with being one of the assas-
sins of ex-Sheriff Chavez, and that he
fred at the officers when they attempted
to serve the warrant for his arrest. He
also evidently forgot to state that the
man shot in his house was killed by Re-
publican city policeman acting under in
structions from Republican mayor. Mr..
Catron preferred to abuse the officers in
stead of giving them credit for doing
their duty.
Judge Sloan, after stating that it was
too late to make speech, started in to
abuse the governor and Sheriff Cunning
ham for their attempt to suppress crime,
denouncing it as a high handed outrage.
The speech was SO full of exaggerated
statements that it served to create no
little disgust among its hearers.
After Judge Sloan's fiery harangue the
convention adjourned sine die.