Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-19
DEMOCRATS GOOD WORK
Lively Scenes and Incidents That
Characterized the Las Cruces
Convention.

The Santa Fe delegates to the La
Cruces convention have nearly all re
turned to this city. Those who came il
last night we're Messrs. H. L. Ortiz, A. T
Hill, Marcelino Garcia, j. P. Victory
Candelario Martinez, George Blakely ant
7. F. Moore. Messrs. Pedro Delgad,
and Eugenio Sena will return tonight
and Gov. Thornton and Sheriff Cunning
ham, who remained in Las Cruces to at
tend the meeting of the new territorial
| central committee, will also be back to
night.
The delegates who are back report {
very enjoyable time and thorough,
harmonious convention. They wer'
royalty treated by the hospitable peopl
of the Mesllla valley and have caus,
always to remember their kindness. Tn,
convention
WAS FULLY ATTENDED,
there being delegates in person from
every county except Guadalupe and Sar
Juan counties, the former being repre-.
sented by Felix Martinez and the latter
by j. H Crist.
On Monday morning caucuses were
held by the supporters of the several
candidates. The counties represented at
one caucus were Santa Fe, Taos, Rio Ar
riba, Colfax, Union, Mora, San Juan
Guadalupe and Valencia, with total vote
of fifty-three. The rest of the counties of
the territory save San Miguel at
tended the other caucus, at which
strength of tifty-fve votes was
claimed. San Miguel county sent two
delegations, one headed by Felix Mar
tinez and the other by A. A. Jones; and
cipal uncertain feature of the convention.
This latter delegation also held a
cancus of its own. At the first named eau
Gus Mr.. Macario Gallegos presided; Mr..
FL. L. Ortiz, of this county, made
made motion to the effect that the
counties there represented cast their
votes first, last and all the time for An
tonic Joseph. This was seconded by
Sheriff W. p. Cunningham and enthusiasts
tically carried. Those who attended the
other caucus we're quite as earnestly allied
to the
CAUSE OF HON. H. B. PERCUSSION,
while the San Miguel caucus fav-
ored Mr.. Manzanares.
The first session of the convention Yves
held Monday afternoon at O'Clock, at
which L. V. Chavez, of Socorro county,
was elected as temporary chairman; R. L.
Young, of Dona Ana county, as tempo
rary secretary, and N. Cisneros, of Lin
coin county, as temporary interpreter. A
committee was appointed on credentials
composed of one from each county, Sc
lected by the various county delegations
Mr.. Felix Martinez, on motion of Judge
Fall, represented San Miguel county on
adjourned until 7:30 o'clock in the even
ing.
During the recess two very
IMPORTANT EVENTS
connected with the convention occurred.
The first was the enjoyment of a magni-
cent repast of fruit and other delicacies,
given complimentary to the delegates by
the citizens of Las Cruces. This delight
full feature was under the care of Judge
Pinto Pine.
Whether the gentle influence of this
first event had anything to do with the
second is not known, but it is certain
that about the time the delegates had
finished the banquet it became known
that Mr.. FERGUSON had, in the interest
of harmony, decided to withdraw his
name from the consideration of the con.
vention. The other feast was thereupon
succeeded by genuine
DEMOCRATIC GLOVE FEAST
in which harmony, enthusiasm and those
other welcome viands were furnished in
great abundance and literally given and
partaken of by each one present.
At 1880 p. IN. the convention reassem-
bled and the committee on credentials,
through Chairman Curry, of Lincoln
county, reported that ten and a half votes
were given to each of the contesting
delegates from San Miguel county, thus
dividing the vote equally between the
two delegations, both of which favored MI.
Joseph's nomination. This method of
disposing of the only remaining difficulty
before the convention, was satisfactory
to all parties concerned and was
ENTHUSIASTICALLY ApPLAUDED.
Upon invitation of Judge Fall the con-
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