Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-07

house on Saturday night. The call was
signed by: W. S. Hopewell, silver Demo-
crat; George Richardson, silver Republi-
can; Thomas Murphy, silver Populist.
The Democrats of Chaves county have
nominated a full county ticket and have
declared themselves ready for the battle.
The following are the nominees: For
sheriff, G. W. Haines; assessor, F. p. Lea;
probate clerk, P. F. Gayle; treasurer, Jas.
A. Gilmore; probate judge, John F. Will
Jams; school superintendent, James w.
Mullins; county commissioners, H. M. At
kinson, W. P. Chisum and W. G. Urton.
The Chicago Record of September
prints a supurb letter from Ex-Governor
Prince on the free coinage question. The
Albuquerque Democrat speaks of it thus:
SIT is clean, clear-cut statement of the
case, and has the right ring all through.
Coming from such straight-out Repub-
licen as Governor Prince it ought to do a
great deal of good in strengthening the
weak backs of some of our Republican
brethren"
The following was issued to-day: San
ia Fe, Sept. 6, 1S96.-Notice is here
by given that Populist county conven-
tion will be held at Los Cerrillos, Satur-
day, Sept. ~, at 1880 p. M, for the pur-
pose of electing eight delegates to the
territorial convention at las Vegas, Sept.
23, 1896, to place in nomination candi-
date for delegate to congress. E. I.
Webber, acting committeeman.
W. E. Dame returned last night from
Indianapolis where he attended the gold
lite convention as delegate. He says
the entire convention was for Cleveland
from start to finish, and if anybody had
mentioned his name in the convention in
connection with the nomination there
would certainly have been stampede
rush to his support. Mr.. Childers is ex-
pected to return tomorrow. He stopped
off at Chicago to hear Carl Schurtz' gold
speech.
Says the Socorro Advertiser: The gold
Democratic movement will not cut much
figure In this county this fail, if the pres
emit indications count for anythinn. W.
G. Bruton authorized the use of his name
for the purpose of assisting in national
organization, as he is not 16 to l free
coinage believer, but he expects to sup
port Hon. H. B. FERGUSON, if nominated,
and the full local ticket. George Smith,
also one of the Socorro county gold men,
declares that it was understood that there
was to be no opposition to the territorial
Democratic ticket, and he also is a sup
porter of the Hon. H. B. Ferguson.
Every citizen of the Cochiti district has
enrolled his name with the Bryan Silver
club at Bland. The club officers are:
Fred Betcher, president; s. W. Young,
e-president; George Smith, secretary;
William Garstin, treasurer. A committee
consisting of William Garstin, George
Smith and T. B. Ward was appointed by
the chair to draught constitution and by
laws and resolutions to be submitted at
the next meeting. The Herald says;
"While the signing of the roll was in pro-
gress, Henry Lockhart was again called
upon to speak, and delivered himself in a
clear, conservative and able manner. He
said that although we could not vote for
Bryan in this territory, we could at least
extend our sympathies and contribute
our mite to the struggling masses of the
states, who are so bravely battling for
right against the might of millions Of
money, He deplored the fact, as life.
long Republican, that Mckinley had been
led into the pen of plutocracy, and said
that he believed that New Mexico would
vote for Bryan and Sewall, if it we're not
that we as territory are deprived of that
right. He spoke of the great benefits
this territory would derive from this be.
ing state, closing with the remark that
the Bland Bryan Silver club should do all
in it's power to aid the circulation OF
literature tending toward the education
of those ignorant of the param cunt i'm
portance of the reconciliation of silver
at its old and well-tried ratio"