The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-11
THE GANG WINS.
The Rank and Fife of the 2. o. D. Have No Say fn the Mat
 ter Whatever.
The Republican Convention Gives 3 Good Object Lesson In
 Practical Politics.

To keep up appearances in the Re- publican ranks, a convention was called to meet in St. Johns on April 6, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
 Possibly there were twenty persons present, at the court house, when Geo. H. Crosby, chairman of the Republican county central committee, called the convention to order. But as the dele gates, other than those comprising cogs in the machine. were in an unorganized condition. the ring had everything thelr own way, and proved themselves capable iconoclasts.
 The Board of Supervisors being in session the same day, the members of that body adjourned until later hour in the afternoon. and thus got out of the road of the machine, and left it for the time being the sole attraction at the court house. And things worked beautifully.
 4 temporary organization was effected by placing Walter G. Scott as chairman and J. R. Armijo, secretary, and it looked for a moment as if the ring was mot in it, but they came to life and made themselves felt when it came to electing delegates and committee men.
 On motion. the chair appointed the following com mittees:
 On Credentials-George H. Crosby, Springerville; Benigno Lopez, Concho; Antonio Gonzales, St. Johns.
 Rules, Order of Business and Perma- nent Organization-John T. Hogue. St. Johns; James D. Murray, Springerville: Ambrosio Csndelaria, Concho.
 The convention took recess of half an hour for the purpose of giving the committees time 10 report. Instead of using this time in the usual speech making, an opportunity was now af- forded for final inspection and adjust ment of the machinery.
 The committees then made the usual reports, declaring who were entitled to seats in the convention making the temporary officers permanent; making an order of business. and saying some- thing about Roberts Rules of Order. Mir. Roberts must be a Republican. judging from the fact that his "rules" arc always endorsed by Republican con- ventions Possibly the "rules" are 8 more important part of the machine than they seem to be to an outsider.
 After the reports of the committees had been considered and adopted, the select few proceeded to choose the del- egates, the mass of the convention du- tifully voting "aye !" when one of the leaders would suggest q? name. The result was as follows:
 Delegates-J. L. Hubbell, George H. Crosby, Albert r. Potter, N. Gonzales, Walter G. Scott.
 Alternates-John T. Hogue. James D. Murray, J. $. Gibbons, James Scott, Ambrosio Candelaria.
 But the ring made itself felt chiefly when It came to turning down the pres ent members of the Territorial Central committee from this county, and plac- ing in their stead the following named gentlemen:
 Antonio Gonzales, J. L. Hubbell, Am. brosio Candelaria. George H. Crosby, Albert F. Potter.
 The convention then selected a Cen. tral committee for the county, which subsequently, met and or ganized by electing Captain John T. Hogue, chairman, and Albert F. Potter. secretary.
 A resolution was adopted by the con. vention instructing the delegates to the Territorial convention to endeavor to have the candidate for delegate to congress nominated by that conven- ton.
 The machine having run smoothly, and everything having gone through ''slicker than grease," the convention was then. on motion,
 Adjourned.
 The proceedings of the convention were more important in some particu- lars than the foregoing would seem to indicate. and we may have occasion to refer to them again later.