Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-16
THE CAMPAIGN.
A Bit of New Mexico Political History
The Republican Primaries
Tips for Election Day.

gress IN new mexico Tor twenty years;
that the personal hostility of leading Re-
publican senators, incurred by him when
in Washington, is such that his election
would kill the last chance for statehood,
and the same style of manners would pre-
vent his obtaining anything for the terri
tory if he was elected delegate. He is
personally obnoxious to nearly every Re-
publican who has come in contact with
him, but yet they are all urged to sup
port him because he is the party candi-
J date.
Let US see whether he has any real
claim of this kind, or whether any Re-
publican is under obligations to him on
party grounds. The facts we will state
are all we'll known to every one and
form only small fraction of similar ones
which can be mentioned.
In general We can say that Mr.. Catron
has never done one thing for the Repub-
lican party since he has been in New
Mexico which was not for his selfish ad-
vantage, and that he has always been
ready to sacrifice that party if that suited
his political or personal interest
When U. s. attorney years ago, his in
terest was to stay in office, but even then
he SO conducted the office as nearly to
ruin the Republican party in New Mex
leo and drive its best men from it. Every
kind of oppression was resorted to to in
crease his fees, and no thought of justice
or mercy stood in the way of this utter
selishness. Finally, in 1873, matters
we're 80 bad that he was forced to resign
or be dishonorably removed by the Re-
publican president. Throughout the term
of Wallace he opposed, abused and en-
barrassed the Republican administration,
and the same is true of the administra-
tions of Gov. Sheldon and Gov. Prince, all
Republicans. In 1884 came the contest
in that party between the old ring and
the newer element and the latter succeed
ed in nominating Judge Prince for dele
gate. The old set, who wanted Rynerson,
bolted and split the party and thus elect
ed Mr.. Joseph. Every one knows that
though he did not publicly bolt, Mr..
Catron was the real life of the Rynerson
movement and kept it up to the end by
promises of help, and could have silenced
it by word. Two years later, Col. Dryer
WAS nominated as delegate by unani-
nous vote, and again Mr.. Catron gave no
support but abused and ridiculed the
candidate through the whole campaign,
and thus again aided Mr.. Joseph's cleo
| tion. In the two other campaigns of
1883 and 1890, he did nothing to help
elect the delegate either by speeches or
money, though active enough to elect
himself to the council.
In 1892, before the Republican national
convention, he had the venerable dele
gate from Taos, who held all the proxies
of that county, kidnapped at Lamy, thus
| heaping dishonor on the Republicans of
whole county and out.aging the party
generally. As late as 1898, for personal
reasons, he engineered the removal of the
Republican superintendent of the pen-
Tertiary and the appointment of a Demo
crat in his place, which turned over that
important institution to the Democracy.
By insisting on being nominated himself
for delegate, two years ago, lie again
aided the Democrats, as Mr.. Joseph was
easily elected while the territory voted
Republican on the party vote.
| AS Democrats we have reason to thank
Mr.. Catron for all these services to our
party and for the many other acts by
which he has injured the Republican
cause and driven good men into the arms
of Democracy, and especially for his i'm
portant assistance in eecting our dele
gate for ten years past; but we do not
see that he has in this way formed any
claims to Republican support.
As the New MEXICAN has had occasion
to remark, there is vast difference be-
tween Republicanism and Catronism.
AN ON-LooKER.
, REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
The Santa Fe Republicans at their
primaries last night elected the delegates
to the county convention which meets
next Saturday. The following are the
delegates chosen:
Precinct 3.-Dionicio Rivera, Petacio
Gallegos, Tomas Quntana, Julio Garcia,
Alexandra Abeytia, Juan Sena.
Precinct 4.-Antonio Ortiz Salazar,
| W. B. Sloan, Canuto Alard, Lucas Chavez,
Marcelino Ortiz, Frank Arce and Seferino
| Baca.
Precinct 1T. B. Catron, q. M. Conk-
lin, Ambroaio Ortiz, John V. Conway,
Ascension Silva and Anaceto Abeytia.
Precinct 1s.--R. E. Twitchell, Charles
A. Spiess, Frank Escudero, Apolino Mar
tinez, David Gonzales and Ascension
Guerrero.
1t is said by those who know that
twenty three out of the twenty-five
chosen will support Mr.. Charles A. spiess
for the council. .
CAMPAIGN TIPS.
The Socorro county Democrats are
hn1
afternoon.
Candidate Catron was in Albuq usrque
last night and is supposed to be in So
zorro tonight.
The Democrats of the lower Pecos val
ley will have rousing meeting at Eddy
on Thursday night.
Advices from Union county say Mr..
Joseph is assured of largely increased
majority in that region.
Populst Mills failed to keep his en-
gagement in the EDDY country yes terday.
So fdid Candidate Catron., Mr.. Joseph
has 1t all his own way in that section.
Alta big joint political meeting in Las
Alamos, near Las Vegas, speeches were
made by George W. Hartman, Felix Mar
tinez, Miguel Salazar and Manuel G. de
Baca.
Albuquerque Democrats announce a |
grand ratification meeting at Grants
opera house on Monday night next. Hon.
Lorion Miller has been invited to be
present and deliver an address and Mr..
Joseph and Chairman Crist have also
been notified that their presence is
earnestly desired.
The Perea faction Of the Bernalillo
county Republicans got away with the
baggage bya large majority at yester-
days primaries 70 name delegates to the
county convention. Another indication
that the Otero family colts and their
sympathisers have nothing to expect
from the old guard that supports Cat.