Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-10
NEW MEXICO POLITICS.
Harm OniOus Work Of Eddy County
DemOcrats-Cnndid In
Various Fields.

at the court mouse IN Euuy. .. L. Dlt
ting and 1. G. Sanchez occupied the chair
and secretary's desk respectively. The
permanent officers we're j. E. Laverty
and @. M. Carpenter, secretary.
The platform indorses Bryan and Sew
all, com pliments "the able and efficient
administration of VIM. T. Thornton, gov
er of New Mexico;" declares for U. 8.
Bateman as candidate to the legislature
for the district composed of Eddy, Chaves
and Lincoln counties, and recommends
that the delegates from Eddy county to
the convention for the selection of the
candidate for the council, and also those
to the convention for the selection of the
candidate for delegate to congress, go IN
instructed except that they vote as unit
on all propositions coming up before the
respective conventions.
Delegates to the territorial convention
to name candidate for delegate in con.
gress are: W. R. Owen, ]. II. Carpenter
Cab Conway, H. A. McEachin, j. 9. Gro
zier, U. s. Bateman, D. R. Harkey, Will
lam H. Mullane, J. 0. Cameron, John
franklin.
Delegates to the legislative district con
vention: B. A. Nymeyer, R. H. Pierce, G
w. Witt, A. G. Campbell, N. Cunningham
J. G. Cameron, Ed. @. Robinson, J. q. Gil
more, Peter Corn, j. J. Rascoe.
Mr.. Bateman spoke, saying that the
question of who should fill the Offices was
of small Importance compared to thu
principles of government. government
could tax people poor, and assess taxes
njustly, discriminating in favor of tn,
rich. He was against tariff tax which
allowed rich landlord living in England
to receive the benefits and protection OF
our general government without payment
of cent OF the 5000, 100000 necessary to
conduct it. He also declared his inten-
tion of introducing bill, if elected to
the legislature, to provide for the Aus
tralian ballot in this territory. Mr.. Bate
man was loudly applauded, and it wa
clearly evident he had the meeting witt
him in his views.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Hon. q. B. Ferguson spoke at Cerril
los on Friday night and at Socorro or
Saturday night.
George Sena, ex-sheriff, Republican
of influence in Lincoln county, is an &C.
tive member of the Lincoln Bryan anG
Sewall club.
The latest report is that Delegate Cat
ron swears he is to have the denomination
of his party at the Las Vegas convention
or bust gslus.
Among those mentioned for Offices b,
Socorro Democrats are G. 8. Bahney, fol
probate clerk; Abran Abeyta, for treas
urer; W. W. Jones, for county surveyor
Edward Fortune, for probate clerk.
Senator Money, of Mississippi, who il
now in the territory, has promised to ad
dress the people Of Bernalillo county q
Albuquerque and at Gallup on the issuel
of the day.-Albuquerque Democrat.
The debating editor OF the Demini
Headlight accepts Col. Mob. Timoney'
challenge to discuss the silver question
the debate to take place at Deming, Silve
City or Albuquerque. Timoney is al
original Mckinley goldbug.
Accessions to the newly organized
Bryan silver club of Santa Fe are still
coming in. President Geo. P. Money vii
shortly announce the appointment Of tn
executive committee Of fifteen. The clul
is preparing for an active campaigI
throughout the county this fall.
| Chas. Weidman announces himself as
candidate for county treasurer Of Lincol
county. Sidney M. Wharton as candidat
| for superintendent of schools is also in tn
field, and Geo. E. Sigh is candidate 70
probate clerk Of Lincoln. These vel
known men show that they appreciate tn
power of the press, for each of them ha