Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-09
WITHDRAWAL OF COY. PRINCE
Hon. l.. B. Prince Explains Why He
Could Not Have Accepted POpu-
list Nomination.
MANIFESTO OF The PEOPLES PARTY
Reasons Why the Committee Decided
to Substitute Mr.. Ferguson for Ex-
Gov. Prince as the Populist
Candidate for Delegate.

Hon. L. B. Prince came in from tn
north yesterday afternoon and left las
night for Las Cruces on busines con
nected with the estate Of Duhalde, thu
Frenchman who was killed two years ago
While here the New MEXICAN inter
viewed him as to the Populist nomi alton
and inquired what he thought of the &C.
tion of the committee in Withdrawing his
name.
"Oh, we'll" he replied, shat is all right
enough. OF course, it was an odd proceed
ure, but think they did not mean any
discourtesy, but simply took short cut
so as to put Ferguson, who was present,
on their ticket without delay. You see,
Immediately after the Republican conven-
tion, l told their committee that while l
appreciated the nomination very highly,
and especially the plimentary man
ner In which it was made with the special
resolution adopted, yet it would appear
inconsistent after being a member of one
convention to run as candidate on
another ticket, and besides under the cir
cumstances thought they might prefer
to run one o. their own party men, and
80 would return declination as soon as
l received their notification. For certain
reasons they asked for time, in order to
prepare for future action, and to this
acceded. The delay was 80 long, how
ever, that the situation became embar-
rassing to me, as people we're continually
asking, personally and by letter, what 1
intended to do; 30 urged an immediate
notification and response. Finally, on
October l, as l was going out of town, |
called on one of the committee and in
sisted that there should be no more de.
Law. He showed me two letters received
that morning, from prominent members
of their convention, both urging that
should accept, and one of them Offering
TO have the necessary funds for the cam.
paign raised If would consent. re-
peated the reasons that made that i'm.
practicable and finally said that 1 must
put in my deolination as soon as re-
.urned, as l was as much embarrassed as
hey we're. also wrote on the same day
10 another member of the committee and
20 Hon. T. B. Mills to the same effect.
Meanwhile this committee meeting came
IN at Las Vegas, and I Judge that they
we're anxious to act Immediately, as Mr..
FERGUSON was present and certain
pledges we're desired from him. 1t was
objected that I had not yet been formally
Notified and conseq uently had not de-
lined, but Mr.. Mills read from the above
mentioned letter to him, to show that l
vas ready to do so whenever notified;
md so, to expedite business, the committee
etired my name and Mr.. Ferguson
Vas substituted. As I said in the 6rst
'lace, it would have been more regular to
ave presented formal notification and
formal declination; but out here peo.
lie do not always stand on strict formal
" when it is iE the way of practical re-
ults and 80 they took a short cut to
zach the end. 1t amounted to the same
hing in the end and saved them several
ays."