Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-13

"Be it Resolved, That the delegates
| selected at this convention to represent
| this county in the territorial convention
| at Las Cruces, on the 18th day of Septem
Der, 1894, be and they and each of then
are hereby instructed to cast their vote:
for the nomination of the Hon. Antonio
Joseph, of Taos county, for delegate tt
congress"
Mr.. Marce1no Garcia moved to amend
this resolution by sending the delegates
uninstructed. Mr.. Pedro Quintana sup
ported Mr.. Garcia's amendment and Mr.
Melton Castillo also spoke.
Mr.. H. l.. Ortiz offered as a substitute
the following resolution:
'Whereas, 1t is the sense of this con
vention that the delegates this day select
ed should present united and solid vote
upon all important questions that may
arise in the territorial Democratic con
vention to be held at Las Cruces; there
fore be it
"Resolved, That the chairmon of thu
said delegation be and he is hereby di
rected to cast the entire vote of saiG
delegation as unit, and as he may b,
instructed by ma ority of said delega
ton, in said territorial convention, upor
any and all questions that may arise il
said convention, and especially upon any
vote to be had or taken in said conven
ton for nominee as delegate to con
gress."
Mr.. Garcia withdrew his amendment
and stated that he would support the
resolution of Mr. Ortiz.
Judge Laughlin argued forcibly against
the Ortiz resolution, taking occasion to
pay high eulogy to Mr.. Joseph's record
as delegate.
Mr.. 7. F. Moore spoke in favor of the
Ortiz resolution.
Mr.. Candelario Martinez spoke in favor
of Judge Laughlin's resolution.
Chairman j. P. Victory said that he, as
one of the delegates, had no hesitancy in
announcing that he is in favor of Mr..
Joseph. He said that he occupied this
position because he was convinced that a
maj ority of the people of Santa Fe county
are in favor of Mr.. Joseph.
Mr.. Thos. Laden renewed the Garcia
amendment, sending the delegates unin-
structed. Upon division, by vote
of SO to II, this amendment was carried,
SO that the delegates go uninstructed.
The convention then adjourned.
EDDY DEMOCRATS.
The Democratic convention of Eddy
county met last Saturday and nominated
the following delegates to the Las Cruces
conventions: c. G. Blodgett, M. Phillips
and VIM. H. Mullane; and to the council
convention at the same place, D. L. Kemp,
R. Rule and Peter Corn. The latter dele
cation will urge the selection of an Eddy
man as candidate for the council. The
following county executive committee
was announced l.. G. Potter, Eddy; P.
Robinson, plains; A. S. Harris, Hope; j.
T. Tanning, Seven Rivers; N. W. Weaver,
Malaga.
1t was unanimously voted to put a
county ticket in the field. About $50
Democrats attended the convention and
great enthusiasm prevailed throughout.
ALBUQUERQUE DELEGATES.
The Democrats in precinct No. ~ at
Albuquerque elected the following dele
gates to the Las Cruces territorial con-
vention: John Trimble, VIM. Burns, G.
M. Cundiff, Ernest Meyers, Ed. Cooper,
j. E. Priest and W. A. Booth. The alter
mates are as follows: w. .. Heacock, A.
Lomery, G. Fl. Brown, Frank Mckee, G.
W. Harrison, R. w. D. Bryan, Fl. s.
Knight and Mariana Armijo. In precinct
No. 26, of the same town, the following
delegates were elected Edward Medler,
John Jacoby, Gordon Pierce, W. B.
Mclaughlin, Martin Tierney, F. W. Ed
dings, j. G. White, David Keleher and c.
F. Kirster. fn&
POLITICAL BRIEFS.
ALPS we'll that ends we'll.
Valencia county's delegation to the So
zorro convention goes instructed for j.
Frank Chaves. There isn't an Otero colt
on it.
There were nineteen more delegates
present in the Democratic county con-
vention than attended the Republican
county convention.
Mr.. Melton Castillo's remarks eulo-
CYSTIC of Sheriff Cunningham were
greeted with tremendous applause in the
county convention yesterday.
At the Democratic precinct meeting in
Las Vegas, in precinct 81, the following
gentlemen we're elected delegates to the
Dem ocratic county convention: J. M
Hernandez, Clemente Angel, Pillar Abey'
tia, Bonifacio Mares and D. N. Baca.