Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-08-24
TERRITORIAL POLITICS.
Gleanings from the Press and Gossip
by the People All Over New
Mexico.

Clayton is about to organize a Jeffer-
son club.
Politically speaking the Albuquerque
Citizen is laying mighty low just at
present.
The Democrats of Grant county will
hold their county nominating convention
at Silver City on Sept. Is.
The genial Ollin L. Smith, of Clayton,
is in the city. Mr.. Smith is among the
favorable list for representative.-Fol-
som Metropolitan.
If Mrs. Marble is going to Colorado to
stump the state for the Republicans,
what's going to become of the Populist
party in Sierra sounty?
Such idiotic charges as "Joseph is re-
sponsibe for the drying up of the Rio
Grande," show the straits the enemy are
put to.-Raton Reporter.
j. F. Hinkle, If nominated in Roswell
this week for representative, will have
the support of all the Republican papers
in his district.-Eddy Current.
The political bosses in New Mexico are
like the officers in the regular army, they
are too numerous. Some of them should
step down and out.-San Juan Index.
One carpet-bag politician can do more
harm and kick up more strife in SIX
months than can be corrected in twenty
wears, observes the Folsom Metropolitan.
The Optic says the politicians of San
Miguel county will know where they are
at after the 9th of this month, when
big meeting will be held to decide things.
Republican harmony waif from the
San Marcial Bee: "Col. Williams, of the
Socorro Chieftain, evidently intends to
be prominent figure in politics this
fall"
The Republicans of San Marcial, So
zorro and the Mogollon region each
have candidate for sheriff this year, and
each of them are working energetically
for their favorite.
1t is now conceded as about certain
that the Democrats will nominate Hon.
W. s. Hopewell for the legislature and
the Republicans will nominate Hon. f.
W. Parker.-Sierra County Advocate.
We can't see to save our life how a man
can consistently be Democrat and be a
Pullmanite. You can't be both and be
consistent in any chain of argument you
may produce.-Clayton Enterprise.
1t is said that Leandro Baca, the county
jailer and chief deputy sheriff, will be
Democratic candidate for the shrievalty
of Socorro county this year. Even Re-
publican newspapers speak of him as
clever man.
New Mexico needs more politics OF
principle, and fewer unprincipled politl-
clans. If the people desire to escape ter
rife taxation they must assist in making
a large number of the latter class politl-
cal corpses.-Socorro Advertiser.
Leopoldo Contreras, the present sheriff
it is understood, will be in the field fol
the collectorship, a new Office, the duties
of which have heretofore been performed
by the sheriff. 1t will be one of the bes
paid of the county Offices and a livel.
scramble is likely to be made for it.-Sar
Marcial Bee.
Some of the friends of George w. Mile
are talking about nominating him for tn
council and he would probable accep
the nomination and make the race if thu
interests of the party demand it. Their
is nothing but honor in the office, for tn
pay would not Justify man in making
the race.-Silver City Eagle.
} The Peoples party have bought on
the Union County Democrat and change
the name of it to that of the La Unto
, del Pueblo. It is said that H. @. Pickle!
Mateo Lula and several other Populist
, will edit it. Pickles is an ex-Republica
, carpet-bag office holder, recently indicte
: for shortage in his government accounts
Eddy county Democrats held meetin
on Saturday night last and organized tn
county committee for active campaig
,, work. Mr.. B. A. Nymeyer was electe
chairman of the county committee an
was authorized to select one committee
man from each voting precinct in tn
county to act with him as a Democrat
central committee of Eddy count!
j. O. Cameron, j. Tanning, W. 0. Coco
let, Dan Fisher, Richard Rule, U. s. Bat'
man and D. L. Kemp we're chosen deli
gates to the Roswell legislative CONVEX
,, ton. Resolutions were adopted endori
: ing the administrations of Presider
Cleveland and Gov. Thornton as bein
wise, conservative and patriotic.
The San Marcial Bee appears to b
about to fly the ring-rule Republica
track. 1t announces that; "When tn
. proper time comes the Bee will place il
= own ticket in the field, made up of goot
! clean men for whom excuses and apolc
: gies will not have to be made. Loct
q politics, as our Mogollon correspondent
Gays, is of greater vital interest to tn
}, people thar any other subje of publ
consideration, and is left too much in tn
hands of the demagogues and men VIII
can not show clean record but are ru
on account of the political, financial G
r social pull they may have"
In adopting resolutions favoring tt
appointment of John Y. Hewitt, as jude
of the 5th judicial district, the Democrat
convention voiced the sentiments of R.
a publicans and Democrats alike, not on
' of this district but of the entire territor
4 A better appointment, or one that wou
rebound more to the credit of Presidel
i Cleveland or the party could not be mad
J. White Oaks Eagle.
: Lincoln county's delegation to the rel
:, resentative convention at Roswell on Il
. 22nd instant, will vote as a unit for Ho
!" Jas. F. Hinkle for represe ntative fro
- this district. Chaves and Eddy counti'
a should, and undoubtedly will, suppo
n unanimously. During the last assemb
. Mr.. Hinkle made quite a record for hin
= self as an earnest and conscientio,
" worker, and he should be returned
White Oaks Eagle.
4 Chaves county Democrats have place
the following ticket in the field: Sheri
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