Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-22
BOSS RIDDEN.
inside Facts Oh the Republican Con-
vention-Cerrill0s Citizens
"Transients"-Many Dis
gusted Delegates.

A great deal Of ill-feeling exists in
Santa Fe county Republican ranks over
the work of the Republican convention
which the lawyer politicians, Catron,
Spless ct al, bulldozed through the
county convention on Saturday. In
caucus and convention the county dele
gates were voted down on every point,
and as a result not few of the delegates
went home feeling very sore. Nearly one
half of the delegates representing the
rural precincts held frequent oaucusses
among themselves and some very plain
talk was INDUCED in. They demanded
that the two candidates for the legislative
house and two of the commissioners be
selected from precincts outside of Santa
Fe and Cerrillos, so that the voters of
the Espanola-Santa Cruz region and
those of the Glorieta-Galisteo districts
should have proper consideration, some
thing, it was alleged in the caucus, they
had never received at the hands of the
Republican bosses. Many of them ques-
brosio Pine for sheriff because he is
bondsman of some of the Button gang
under indictment for the assassination of
ex-Sheriff Frank Chavez, and they OPP
posed the nomination of Marcos Castillo
because he is acknowledged to be wholly
unfit to direct public school affairs in the
county and also because of his intimacy
with the Borrego crowd.
As to the legislative nominees one Re-
publican from the upper end of the
county denounced the slate in bitter
terms and was generally applauded,
when he referred to the people of Ger
rillos as "a set of transients unfit to be
entrusted with 30 responsible duty as
seat in the territorial legislature" These
delegates we're also earnestly opposed to
the denomination of A. L. Kendall as
county commissioner. In this they were
seconded by G. W. North and his friends
from the south end of the county. Mr..
North demanded place on the county
ticket for himself, and his friends said he
had earned it by his service to the party,
but all this went for naught in the eyes of
the bosses and in convention Mr.. North's
influence was silenced by placing him on
the platform as twice president" BY
this trick Mr.. North was completely
shelved, and was tied hand and foot. 1t
is safe to assert that he, as we'll as many
other Republicans, will not work to elect
the slate ticket.
CONVENTION ECHOES.
At the Republican meeting Saturday
night, Candidate Catron spoke in Span
ish and Governor Prince, W. B. Sloan and
John V. Conway also spoke.
The Republican county executive com
mittee consists of Messrs. T.. B. Catron,
W. B. Sloan, Antonio Ortiz Sslazar,
George W. North, Marcelino Ortiz, r. j.
Ewing and j. V. Conway.
Mr.. Marceliao Ortiz, who was defeated
for precinct committeeman from precinct
No. 4, was very hot in the collar and was
proceeding "to say word or two" which
would have been very interesting, when
he was headed off. He was subsequently
pacifled by being put on the county ex-
ecutive committee.
Mr.. Charles A. Spiess read that truly
county platform, Saturday, County Clerk
Romero doing tho interpreting. Some
of the expressions were too utterly utter
for Mr.. Romero, and Candidate Catron,
who occupied front seat. assisted in
translating at proper intervals.
The convention took occasion to sit
down very severely on Would-be Council
man Charles A. Spiess in his attempt to
foist upon the convention list of cen
trail committeeman taken from his inside
pocket. Mr. Facundo Pine said that sit
was not right for one man to make out a
list and present it to the convention" and
the convention agreed to this by voting
to have precinct committeeman instead
The ring-leaders, however, much to the
disgust of Judge Dennis Coffin, of Ger
rillos, and others, appointed central
committee of tho old political gang any
how.
1t is said down in Albuquerque that
when Candidate Catron made his threat
day or two ago to quit the campaign if
the Perea and Otero factions didn't har
monize, Frank Hubbell, who is the nomi-
nee for assessor on the Perea ticket,
called his bluff by suggesting that there
we're plenty of good Republicans who
would take the nomination. 1t ia I'M
necessary to state that Candidate Catron
hasn't yet carried out his threat.