Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-22
POLITICAL ROUNDUP.
Many Items Of Timely Moment from
Various and Sundry Sources.

E. T. Webber left last night for Las
Vegas to attend the territorial Populist
convention.
Socorro county Republicans declared
against the McHanna platform, thus
leaving Col. Williams, Hon. s. Alexander,
ct al in the cold, cold soup.
Geo. w. Hartman is receiving the con-
gratulRtions of men who think independ-
emily for themselves in politics. 1t ls
the strength of our nation that in it men
can no longer be chained to parties.-
Las Vegas Examiner.
From all reports that reach Ssnta Fe,
the Republicans of Grant county had a
Kilkenny cat time of it in their conven-
ton on Saturday last. The straight free
coinage ticket was defeated and the Cat
ronists won the day after hard fight.
The Republicans of Ohaves county in
dorsed seven of the Democratic nomi-
nees and nominated Miss E. Eaton for
school superintendent and Chas. Wilson
treasurer, Samuel Brown Judge, Fred
Stevens surveyor, J. P. Dargit board COM
missioners, district 8, and j. W. Suther-
land coroner.
1t is now believed, by those in position
to know, that Gov. o. A. Hadley will be
a favorite among the delegates OF the
Populist territorial convention for dele
gate to congress. The reasons given by
leading Popullsts are that he is farmer
and stock-raiser and will be free from the
influences which environ the legal frater-
nifty, such as land grant attorneys, bank
attorneys and corporation lawyers.-Las
Vegas Optic.
Conventions will be held at Las Cruces
October for the nomination of a candi-
date for the council from the 9Th district,
composed of the counties of Grant and
Dona Ana; a candidate for the council
from the 9th district, composed of the
counties of Grant, Dona Ana, Lincoln,
Chaves and Eddy, and for the nomination
of a candidate for the legislature from
the 14th district, composed of the coun-
ties of Grant and Dona Ana.
Lincoln county Democratic convention
echo: John Y. Hewitt, W. @. Mcdonald,
j. P. Romero, George Sena, j. E. Whar-
ton and j. F. Hinkle were recommended
as representatives to the territorial and
council conventions. Scipio Salazar,
Paul Mayer, Manuel Sisneros, Charles
Winfield, W. H. Lombley, Isidoro Chaves,
Chas. Belije Emil Fritz, George Reeves,
Thos. Henley, and j. E. Wharton were
recommended as delegates to the repre-
sentative convention.
1t is understood that Hon. L. B. Prince
has received urgent requests from the
Republican national committee as we'll as
the state committee of several states to
aid in the campaign. In case he leaves
New Mexico at all for this purpose, it will
probably be to go into states like Wyo-
ming, Montana and others where the
platforms are for silver, SO that he can
speak without restraint. AS is we'll known
he has been Republican speaker in
every campaign since 1860, when he was a
boy, and once spoke over forty successive
nights in New York and adjacent states.
"But twenty-five of the fifty-three pre-
cincts of San Miguel county sent dele
gates to the county convention, for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the Re-
publican territorial convention, which
meets in Las Vegas on Saturday next"
says the Optic, and it adds "More than
two hours were spent in discussing the
resolutions. Major Miguel Salazar man
fully fought for the right, but the politi-
cians had been too earnestly at work and
he was defeated in his fight for silver.
The resolutions Endorsed the st. Louis
platform and instruct the delegates to the
territorial convention to work for the
same thing in that convention