Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1894-10-08
POLITICAL GRIST.
Dona Ana County Names Daisy
Ticket-Grant POps-POlitical
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for the purpose of perfecting the organi
cation of their precinct club. The meet
ing was called to order by Mr.. Juan Del
gado and the following officers were
elected: John P. Victory, president; Ro
maldo Sena and Jose Ignacio Padilla
vice presidents; Benigno Muniz, secre'
tary; Eugenio Sena, assistant secretary
Domingo Pacheco, interpreter, and MI
guel Gorman, assistant interpreter. II
was decided to hold future meetings al
two different parts of the precinct, one
at Simon VigiPs house and the other al
Padllla's hall. A committee consisting
of Messrs. Juan Delgado, Manuel Lobatc
and Nestor SenR was appointed to select
the club name. Their recommendation
that it be called ''The Jefferson Club oi
the Democrats of Precinct No. 3" waf
carried.
A committee, consisting of F. Sandoval
David Martinez, Nestor Sena and Iuit
Lujan, was appointed to notify members
of the place of the next meeting.
1t was moved that the proceedings o.
the meeting be published in the New
MEXICAN English and Spanish editions.
The importance of immediate registra
| tion was impressed upon all present.
A committee, consisting of Luis Lujan
Domingo Pacheco and Jose 1. Padilla
was appointed to arrange for halls ir
which the club will meet.
Eloquent addresses were then made by
Messrs. John p. Victory, Teodoro Mar
tinez, Manuel Lobato and Petronilo Car.
rillo, after which the club adjourned.
There are already seventy-nine names
on the club roll and others are being
added daily. The next meeting will be
held at Padilla's hall, in the lower part OF
the precinct, at 7:30 p. M, next Saturday
night.
GRANT COUNTY POPS.
To the Editor Of the New Mexican.
Silver City, Oct. 6.-The greatest event
of the season terminated here tonight at
$3.50. 1t was the convention of Populists
assembled to nominate legislative and
county ticket.
John G. Berry, of Georgetown, was
elected temporary chairman. After ap-
pointing the various committees the con-
vention adjourned until p. m., when
l.. E. Lawhorn, of Deming, was made
permanent chairman and Frank s. Wright
secretary.
The following ticket was nominated:
Delegate to congress, T. 3. Mills, of
Las Vegas; senator 9th district, ---
Rogers, of Roswell; senator Sth district,
s. s. Birchfield, of Deming; representa-
tive Grant and Dona Ana, Anastacio Ba-
rela, of Las Cruces; representative Grant
county, John J. Bell, of Silver City; sher-
if, James Foster; collector, Jas. K. Met
calf; probate clerk, w. H. Rider; probate
judge, Alex. McGregor; assessor, VIM. G.
Swift; superintendent of schools, N. W.
Chase; coroner, j. w. Welsh; surveyor,
George H. Utter; treasurer, Chas. Dennis;
commissioner 1st district, Martin Mullen;
commissioner I'd district, John Cureton;
commissioner Sd district, Ignacio Brown.
After the business of nominating a
ticket was disposed of the convention ad-
journed until p. M, when it reassem-
bled for ratification and speech making.
The opera house was crowded and there
were large number of ladies' present.
Speeches were made by Hon. John j.
Bell, Col. P. r. Smith and Paul James,
the latter being the colored delegate from
Silver City.
The Populists are about 25O strong and
gaining converts every day. twill make
tho candidates on.tho two straight tickets
get hustle on themselves.
UNCLE DUDLEY.
DONA ANA DEMOCRATS.
A special telegram to the New MEXICAN
announces that the Democrats of Dona
Ana county held a rousing convention
on Saturday afternoon and put the enemy
in plight By nominating the following
most excellent ticket:
For presentative--Pinito Pine.
Shoriff-Guadalupe Ascarte.
Collector-Vincent B. May.
ASSESSOR. Moreno.
Probate judge Martin Amador.
Probate clerk-H. F. Stephenson.
County commissioners - Tomas Con
zales, Thos. j. Bull and Rosalio Lopez.
Treasurer-Demetrio Chavez.
POLITICAL MENTION.
The Mora county Democrats are hold
ing their county convention to-day.
Candidate Catron returned from Taos
county on Saturday night and left yester-
day for Las Cruces.
Democrats of Rio Arriba county will
name strong ticket at Abiquiu to-day
and will ratify the same by rousing
meeting at Plaza Alcalde tonight.
With Guadalupe Ascarte, Pinto Pine
and Martin Amador on their ticket there
is really no telling how big majority
will be rolled up by the Democrats Of
Dona Ana county.
Mr.. Rafael Romero, the secretary of the
territorial executive committee, is in
charge at headquarters to-day in the ab-
sence of Chairman Crist.
Hon. A. A. Jones, who is over from Las
Vegas on law business, says that the
Democrats are hard at work in San
Miguel with the view to plling up the
largest possible maj jority for Mr.. Joseph
DR.. Longstreet gave several lectures at
Cerrlllos last week and organized single
tax club. The officers are: President,
Richard Green; secretary, John Sullivan;
treasurer, F. M. Estes.
Lawyer spiess, Mr.. Catron's partner,
who has crowded E. A. Fiske and 4. j,
Helm out of the race for the council, left
yesterday for trip to the mining dis
tricts of south Santa Fe county. Gene
to explain to the miners, probably, his
connection with the Lincolu-Lucky re-
ceivership.
Information received in this city indi-
Gates that Democratic stock in Union
county is way above par this fall. The
influential Gallegos family, heretofore
strongly Republican, has come out strong.
ly for Mr.. Joseph; and the Clayton Enter
prise and Folsom Metropolitan are both
supporting the full Democratic ticket.
One member of the Gallegos family alone