Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-11-11
NEW MEXICO POLITICS.
Delegate Catron Preparing TO hfake a
Contest of Ferguss0n's Election
Before the 55th Congress
Election Notes.

CupAo'i 6cp hoAiS 'hShA NtAs
Vegas this morning with blood in his eye
He's on the war path. He doesn't think
the 1000 ma jority for Mr.. FERGUSON was
honestly obtained, and he's been over to
Las Vegas gathering data with which to
prove it to the house of the 55th con.
gress which opens at the old stand in
Washington in December, 1897. Notwith'
standing his ignominous defeat in all but
three counties out of the nineteen in the
territory, Mr.. Catron claims that Fergus
sons election does not represent public
sentiment and he is going to Washington
next year to see about it. In the mean
time he is busily engaged in gathering
data which, he alleges, is calculated to in
dictate that the voting population of New
Mexico really didn't know their minds
when they voted for Ferguson. HI
came home to-day feeling that he had a
least made q beginning as the result O.
his visit to Las Vegas, for he solemnly
declares that he has discovered in two
precincts in San Miguel county LIS
alleged fraudulent votes.
vALENoIA's VOTE.
Says the Albuquerque Democrat: Mr.
Ferguson returned from the south yes
terday evening, having been at Los Luna
to witness the canvass of the vote of Va
announced, Is as follows:
Total vote cast Observation-Disclosures. Isl
Vote for Catron .....................1,615
N
Catron's Majority ...,..............,.. 1,4l
Mr.. FERGUSON states that he foun
everything, on the face of the returns
perfectly straight and regular, and wa
surprised as we'll as gratifiea at the col
rect and business-like manner in whic
all the papers, transmitting the return
from the several precincts, were mad
out.
soCoRRO STILL INCOMPLETE.
H. M. Dougherty telegraphs this after
noon from Socorro as follows:
All votes returned except one precinct
which is in dispute in court. Ferguson
1,42S; Catron, 1888; Reynolds, Democrat
1924; Castillo, Democrat, 1906; Bla
Chavez, Republican, 1897; Sanchez, Re
publican, 1887. The disputed precinc
gives the following majorities: Fergus
son, 10; Reynolds, 3; Castillo, l; Martin
ID. This, with Sierra county, elects Rey
nolds and Castillo, Dem ocrats, to tn
house, and Martin, Republican, to tn
council.
ELECTION NOTES.
| Dame got 90 votes in Albuquerque an
10 at Roswell.
Catron's actual majority in Bernalill
county was $50. In 1894 his maiorit
there was 1850.
The official count in San Miguel count
shows corrections of the following ms
jorities: Fergusson's, 2; F. M. Jones
113; G. Romero, "a; Hilario Romero, q
Twitchell is over from Vegas with
new joke-no punctured tire this tint
This is the way he explains it, oonvel
sation between two Irishmen at La
Vegas: "Phat is this l ear, Pathrlck
They tell me you're one of those blaste
bimetallsts. How's it ?" and the littl
Irishman responds: "No such blood
ting, you knows domed we'll I'm Cath
olic!"
Speculation is already rife as to whe
the changes will take place in this city j
federal offices. Chief Justice Smith RI
ceived his commission on the 5th day G
October, 1898, and the postmasters hav
a little more than year to serve yet, a.
though it is rumored that there is move
ment on foot now to make the change j
the east side postotfice much sooner.-
Optic.
In an interview in the Albuquerqu
Citizen, W. s. Williams, of Socorrt
frankly admits the defeat of W. E. MAJ
tin for the legislative council from tn
district of Socorro and Sierra. The Cit
zen editorially says: "Since yesterda
the Citizen has learned that W. e. Marti
was defeated in Socorro and Sierr
counties by seventeen majority. Thi
gives the Democrats the territorial cour
Gil"