Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-17
ACTIVE DEMOCRACY.
The Territorial Convention Called to
Order Late This Afternoon
Much Caucussing.
Supporters Of Mr.. Manzanares Make a
Proposition - Ferguson Men
Alert-Joseph serene and
Confident.

Special to the New Mexican
Las Cruces, N. NJ, Sept. 1.-THE dele
gates to the New Mexico Democratic
convention have taken possession of this
town. The convention was to have met
at P. m, but was delayed for some
time owing to the great amount of eau
GUESSING on hand.
FREQUENT CONFERENCES
were rendered necessary by the attitude
of the various friends of the possible
nominees, Messrs. Joseph, FERGUSON and
Manzanares.
HON. +. A. MANZANAREs
sent to his friends in the convention,
through Chairman Crist, of the terri
torial committee, letter positively re-
fusing to be candidate and asking them
to support Mr.. Joseph Some of the
delegates declined to be guided by this
letter and proposed to Joseph and Fer
gusson that
THEY WITHDRAW
in favor of Mr.. Manzanares. Mr.. Joseph
would not listen to this, and it is said
that he declared he wanted the nomination
again, and chance to complete his work
in congress in the interest of statehood.
MIR. JOSEPH
further said he would go before the con-
vention and be nominated or defeated by
the Democracy that he had served so
many years, and is reported to have said
in caucus that if he should not be re-
turned to congress New Mexico would not
be admitted as a state.
WILL BE LIVELY.
The contest for the nomination will be
lively, that much is settled. Some of the
Joseph supporters hint that they would
like to seat the Felix Martinez delegation
from San Miguel county. Others want
to seat the regular Democratic delega-
ton.
CALLED TO ORDER.
The convention was called to order at
2:45 p. m. by Chairman Crist, of the ter
ritorial committee.
The work of temporary and permanent
| organization may take some hours
and at this writing, p. M, it seems in
evitable that a night session must be
held before the actual work of the con-
vention gets under way.
ballot, it is probable that recess will be
taken until tomorrow.
POLITICAL WAITS.
Mr.. Miguel A. Otero is looking we'll
after his political fences in the central
part of the territory. --..-.
1t is whispered that the Hon. Isl"
Alexander is really in it for the Repub-
lican nomination as delegate. s..
OF course, MIR. Catron isn't losing any
sleep over the delegateship. He's got the
colts downed and is just as much the boss
of the old gang to-day as formerly. Why
shouldn't he sleep soundly?
Colonel T. B. Mills is the nominee of
the Populists for congressional delegate.
In every way he is model candidate for
the pops, having favored every new
cranky issue for several years.-Albu-
querque Citizen.
The Democratic delegates to the Las
county are: Jesus Hernandez, Pillar
Abeytia, Columbus Noise, A. A. Jones,
Morris j. Crowley, E. V. Long, Jose de la
Cruz Pine, Rafael Gallegos, Tomas Ia
foya, Clemente Angel, Tim O'Leary, R. A.
Laramore, George T. Gould, j. D. W.
veeder, Charles F. Rudolph, Bias Sanches,
Jose /. Garcia, John Pace, I. W. Hayward,
j. II. Alarid, Serifio Baca. ra.
Sierra county Republicans elected R.
G. Troeger, r. NJ. White, John M. Cain
and s. A. Sollenberger delegates to the
territorial convention at Socorro. They
90 instructed to vote for no man who ia
not an avowed and open defender of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
Al L. - <bo1,
ed to demand that the Socorro conven-
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