Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-27
DEMOCRATIC WINNERS NAMED
Detailed and Impartial Report Of the
Transactions of the Democratic
County Convention.
The RINGING RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Complete Legislative and County Tick
cts Nominated Amid Scenes of En-
thusiasm-Ca Carefully Prepared
Review of the Ticket.

At 1880 o'clock last evening the Demo-
cratic county convention resumed work
with Chairman j. H. Sutherlin presiding
and Francisco Delgado officiating at the
secretary's desk.
Camilo Padilla, from the committee on
resolutions, reported the following plat
form:
THE DECLARATIONS.
We, the Democrats of the county of
Santa Fe, N. NJ. in convention assembled,
do hereby resolve:s
That we believe in, adhere to and re-
assert our faith in the eternal principles
of the Democratic party, and, believing
that eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty, we pledge our individual and united
efforts to elect the nominees of this con-
vention.
We believe in Democracy as contained
in the platform adopted at the conven-
tion at Chicago by the Democratic party
of the United States, and that upon the
fulillment of the pledges contained in
that platform depends the salvation of
the masses of the people of the United
States.
We especially indorse that plank of the
platform that declares for the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at
the legal ratio Of 16 to l without waiting
for the consent of any nation upon earth;
and that upon the prosperity of the masses
depends the progress and prosperity of all
classes.
We believe that the country least gov.
erned is best governed, and that the
striking down of one-half of the money
metal of the world enhanced the value of
all money, thus depressing the products
of labor, so that the stagnation resulting
therefrom produced paralysis of COM
mercial life, and bound in fetters the
hands of labor.
We believe in the equity imposed by
the income tax; and heartily indorse the
declaration thereon enunciated at the
Chicago convention.
We indorse the Democratic administra-
tion of public affairs in this territory,
and believe that the rights of citizens and
their property have been best subserved
under such administration and We recon-
mend to the consideration of all fair
minded citizens the fearless admin1stra-
tion of the laws Of, this territory, without
discrimination by the officers charged
with their enforcement, and we declare
that law-abiding citizens have had no
cause for fear in this rigid observance,
and we invite the criticism of the lawless,
believing that we have nothing to fear
from such criticism by the enemies of
law and order.
We believe in civil an 4 religious liber-
ty and we denounce the coercion Of labur
u nm p1oDorc onA holiavo
that in such action is threatened the
palladium of our liberty, the sacredness
of the ballot.
We believe that the maintenance of
trusts and syndicates is menace to the
individual and sacred right to labor and
live, which was born of the constitution.
FAVORABLE TO MINERS.
We are heartily in favor of such ma
tional legislation as will throw open to
prospectors for minerals the land grants
of the territory of New Mexico, SO that
past promises may be fulfilled, and our
people thereby enriched.
We deuounce the present delegate of
the territory in the congress of the
United States, who has SO grossly m,srep.
resented the people of New Mexico for
nearly two years, and we call upon the
people to repudiate his action in refer
ence to unconstitutional bonds attempted
to be fastened upon the taxpayers of
this county, the interest upon which
amounts to one third of the taxes of each
citizen thereof; we declare that such tax
alton is confscation and that the labor
of the present delegate in that behalf was
misrepresentation of the will and inter-
ests of our people.
We deny that representative of the
people should be an attorney for bond
holders; on the contrary we believe that
the people have right to the brains and
energy of their representative.
In opposition to such representation
by the present delegate, we recommend
to the people of this county and territory
the Democratic nominee for that posi-
tion, Hon. Harvey B. Ferguson, whose
talents will be devoted to the interests of
the territory, and whose integrity is
y worthy of our highest confidence.
These ringing resolutions were unani-
mously and enthusiastically adopted.
A. B. Renehan was thereupon placed in
nomination for the territorial council by
H. l.. Ortiz and the nomination was elo-
quently seconded by Oamilo Padilla.
Mr.. Renehan was then declared the
unanimous nominee of the convention
for the CounCi1