Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-08

The report was adopted and the per
manent officers were escorted to thelr
seats.
Upon assuming the duties of the chair,
Mr.. Hill made forcible address in Span
ish, in which he expressed the earnest
hope that the Santa Fe county delegation
to Las Vegas would be instructed to sup
port strong silver delegation to CHI
cago.
Mr.. Cunningham moved the appoint
ment by the chair of committee of five to
select fifteen delegates and fifteen alter
mates to the Democratic territorial con-
vention at Las Vegas.
The motion WAS adopted and the chair
named the following committee:
Nicanor Baca, Nestor Rodriguez, j. 3.
Candelario, Jose de la Cruz Quintana and
Pedro Carriage.
After the committee retired, Mr.. Gun
bingham submitted and moved the adop-
ton of the appended resolntions
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
We, the Democrats of Santa Fe county,
in convention assembled, do adopt the
following resolutions expressive OF our
views on the political questions OF the
day, to wit:
Be it resolved:
1.-That we most heartily indorse the
able and patriotic administration OF
Grover Cleveland, president of the United
States, and especially his firm and fear.
less stand on the Monroe doctrine, and
his administration of our relations with
foreign nations.
2.-That, while we disagree with our
president on the money question, we do
so with the utmost respect and Difference
to his views, but IN common with the sem
timents that honest men may disagree,
and we believe that u is theinherent right
of every American citizen to express his
views in respectful terms on any great
national issue or question before the peo'
pie, who are and of right should be the
final erbitrators of all such questions, and
to maintain principles and demand such
legislation as to them seem most proper
and beneficial for their home and their
country.
3.-That we believe in just and equit-
able taxation and that the individual
should be taxed in proportion to his
wealth, his income, and the support that
he receives from the government, and we
therefore maintain that an amendment to
the constitution of the United States
should be submitted and adopted author
izing the collection of tax on incomes,
and we believe all honorable means should
he used to secure the adoption of such an
amendment to the constitution OF the
United States.
4.-That we take this occasion, in this
public manner, to thank United States
Senators Hill, Cockrell, Vest, German
Daniel and others and Congressman
Cooper and other representatives for
their valuable public services in defeat
ing our delegate in congress in his efforts
to sneak in by political trickery a law
which would have proved detrimental te
the best interests of our people.
5.-That, not forgetting the long ant
valuable public services of our ex-dele
gate, the Honorable Antonio Joseph, WI
cordially and heartily indorse him fol
delegate at-large to the Chicago conven
ton in July next, and instruct the dele
gates from this county to vote as uni
for him for that position, aud on al
other questions.
6.-That we favor the free and unlim
tied coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to
without the concurrence of any othe1
nation.
THAT we deprecate any action OF
"pernicious activity" by federal officials
in local politics and we look upon fed
eral interference in politics purely loca
as dangerous to the freedom of the bal
lot and as destructive to local self-govern
ment and as contrary to Democratic
, principles as set forth and maintained
, by our representatives in the nationa
I congress when they defeated the pro
posed force bill in their fight for human
freedom and local self-government by
the people and for the people.
S.-That we cordially and heartily in
. dorse the administration of the executive
} and the judiciary of this territory, ant
especially the Hon. N. B. Laughlin, tn
, Judge of this, the first judicial district
| in their successful efforts to maintain
: order and suppress crime during tn
. time they have been in their respectiv
positions.
? 9.-That we condemn in unmeasure
terms the treacherous and dlshonorabl
attempts of T. B. Catron, our delegate i
congress, to saddle upon the taxpayer
debt in the sole interest of few million
: aires and in direct opposition to the wei
> fare of the people whom he SO miserabl
m srepresents.
1O.-And, further, we condem as nor
American and unpatriotic, that fungu
? growth of Republicanism known as tn
I A. P. A., and pledge our best efforts t
: give all American citizens their jus
i, rights regardless of religious belief.
, n.-And we further resolve, and 30 in
struct our delegates, that no delegate t
: the Las Vegas convention shall be repre-
) scented in that convention by any prox
except with the written consent of bot
l the delegate and the alternate chosen t
represent such delegate.
, The resolutions we're read by the secre
7 tary and unanimously adopted.
The committee on selection of dele
gates and alternates soon after reporte
, and the following delegates and alter
: mates to Las Vegas we're selected:
Delegates-W. p. Cunningham, Ware
, Graham, Thomas Harris, Albert G. Teich
I man, A. P. Hill, j. H. Crist, j. 8. Cande
, lario, Eugenio Sena, Melton Castillo, ]
w. Brady, A. B. Renehan, Norman I
King, Julian Ortiz, Nicanor Baca, Sc
Spiegelberg.
Alternates-Ines Roival, Domingo Pa
checo, Pedro Quintana, Francisco Sando
val, M. B. Apodaca, Juan Ortiz y Ta
foya, Manuel Rael, W. G.. Rogers, Deci
derio Gomez, Henry Becker, Ned Cole
Francisco Rael, G. E.Norton, Nestor Re
driguez, Jose A. Gutierrez.
, The convention thereupon adjourned
peace and harmony prevailing.
f Hear the Phonogrsph at Fischer's