Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-21
sOCORRO COURTY REPUBLICANS.

sOCORRO COURTY REPUBLICANS.
There's case of "hellsapoppin" dowI
in Socorro county. Windy Williams
Lawyers Kelly, 81. Alexander and Lloyt
Frseborn intended fixing the primaries
and going as delegates to the county con
vention instructed for the St. Louis plat
form. Sheriff Bursum, Collector Cooney
Estevan Baca and score of other fret
silverites, who still think there is some
thing left in the Republican party doc
trines, differed with their goldbug friends
and during the melee Delegate Catror
was soundly scored. The precinct con
vention in Sooorro county didn't do any
thing to these fellows. 1t elected as dele
gates to the county convention tho fol.
lowing: Filomena Miera, H. O. Bursum
W. E. Martin, Estevan Baos, M. Cooney
and N. P. Eaton, and it passed a resolu
tion-not ENDORSING the st. Louis plat
form-but declaring for the free coinage
of the American product of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l. This was Immediately
followed by the withdrawal of Elfego
Baca, Judge Freeman's law partner, fol
reelection as county clerk.
SIERRA REPUBLICANS.
The Sierra Republican county conven.
tion occurs to-day at Kingston. Lake
Valley precinct sends solid gold delega-
tion of one-M. Morgans. The Hlllsboro
precinct delegates are W. W. Williams, d.
Dissinger, Bias Chavez, I. q. Long, A.
Prsisser and Carlos Padilla, and they go
under this instruction: Resolved, That
our delegates to the coonty convection
be instructed to have free silver resolu-
tion inserted in the county platform, and
that the delegates to Las Vegas be in
structed to use their utmost endeavors to
have free silver resolution adopted in
the territorial platform, and only vote for
a candidate for delegate to congress who
is in favor of free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to l, without
the aid of any other nation"
RIO ABR1BA REPUBLICANS.
At the Rio Arriba county Republican
held on Saturday, the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted:
The Republicans of Rio Arriba county,
steadfast in the support of the great
principles of the party as heretofore set
forth at the territorial conventions declare
that they are unalterabIy in favor of a
protective tariff, especially on wool and
lumber, and of the restoration of the free
,oinage of silver, in order that prosperity
may again prevail; and request their del
,gates to vote in favor of these princi.
Piles az set forth in the Socorro platform
of 1884,"
The following delegates we're elected to
she territorial convention:
Thomas II. Burns, L. Bradford Prince,
J. n. Sargent, Leocadio Girop, j. 8. Wood,
Serna and Jose Salazsry Ortiz.
The delegates attending the territorial
in person or BY proxy, were
authorized to cast the full vote of the
county.
POLITICAL CHAFF.
The territorial Populist convention |
Vill meet at Las Vegas on Wednesday |
lext.
The Grant county Republicans have
lected anti-Laird delegations at their
to attend the county convention.
T.B. Mills claims that Grant and Dona
INA are the only two counties in the ter
itory in which there are no working
'opulist organizations.
"Owing to the inolemency Of the wealth
r." the Goldite ratification of Palmer
md Buckner at Albuquerque on Saturday
light was indefinitely postponed.
On Saturday night next, General
G. N. Sterry, of the A. & p.
Dad, will deliver an address at Albuquer-
Lue upon the currency question from the
ailread standpoint.
The Taos county Democratic conven-
ion is in progress this afternoon at the
ounty court house. Eleven delegates are
o be chosen to represent the county at
|anta Fe on the 29th inst.
The Optic is informed that "Hon. T. D.
,urns, Of Rio Arriba county, favors the
doption of q plank, declaring for the
rec coinage of the American silver pro-
uct, in the coming Republican conven-
lon at Las Vegas"
Ex-United States Senator B. F. Rice, of
arkansas, now of Deming, has offered
is services as speaker to the DEM ocratic |
ational committee in behalf of Bryan
nd Sewall and the free coinage of silver,
nd his offer has been accepted.
Many Santa Fs county Republicans are
lead sore over the result of the conven-
ion on Saturday. They admit that there
fe only three straight-out Catron men
N the delegation that goes to Las Vegas
rom Santa Fe county on Saturday next.
Well! Look at Rio Arriba! A telegram
o the New MEXICAN says of the county
Republican convention held at TERRA
Imarilla on Saturday afternoon: 1.-THE
convention adopted unanimously resolu-
ions in favor of protective tariff and
rec silver"
Gov. Thornton lesves tomorrow night
or Hillsboro where he goes by invita-
ion of the Bryan club to address the
Democratic and Populist county con-
,entions which take place on Thursday.
It Albuquerque the governor will be
oined by Hon. H. B. Ferguson, who
lso speaks ON this OCCASION by special
nvitation.
U. 8. Attorney Childers spoke at Silver
)ity the other night. The Republicans
heered him wildly whom hs declared that
he only reason the silver dollar was
low accepted at 100 cents vas because it
vas redeemable BY the U. 8. treasury In
.old! To an outsider IL looks as though
he Republicans Of Grant were trying to
,lsy Polly Hooker with Mr.. Childers.
At tho Republican county convention
or Colfax county, held at Ration on Sat-
lrdsy afternoon, there we're only Ave pre-.
ints, VIE: Springer, Maxwell City, Bloss.
,urg and the two Ration precints, out OF
he twsnty-one precincts In the county,
spresented. The following delegates to
be territorial convention were chosen:
Y. q. Wrigley, Jake Smith, J. B. Arellano
md b. B. stewart.
Something over bushel Of fun has
,sen had since tho Republican county