Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-22
new MEXICANS AT ST. LOUIS
Some Readable Facts on the Work Of
the Republican Six at the
Convention.
CATRON SUFFERS DEFEAT ALL AROUND
Judge A. L. Morrison Was Strictly
in the Push-The Statehood for
New Mexico Matter-Con-
test of National Com
mitteeman.

The st. Louis newspapers detailing th
proceedings of the national Republican
convention came to hand yesterday ant
therefrom some rather interesting factl
are CLEANED touching the action of tht
New Mexico delegates. On the vote to
lay the free coinage plank proposed by
Teller on the table there were two New
Mexicans in favor of tabling it and -four
against tabling it. Major Llewellyn
challenged the vote of the delegation and
a poll showed it to stand: For gold, r.
l.. Morrison, John s. Clark; for silver,
Thos. ID. Burns, Pedro Perea, Sol. Luna,
and W. II. H. Llewellyn.
On the ballot for the presidential nomi-
nation all voted for Mckinley save
Llewellyn, who cast his vote for Allison,
of Iowa.
As indicating the temper of the delega-
tion for national committeeman, for
which Mr.. Luna finally defeated Mr.. Cat
ron, the following from St. Louis paper
the day before the matter was settled is
interesting:
"The deadlock still continues in the
New Mexico delegation. Thomas B. Cat
ron and Don Solomon Luna are candi-
dates for the national committee. Mr..
Catron is the present incumbent, and is
making hard fight to continue in the
committee. There are six delegates and
they are evenly divided. The peculiar
part of the situation is that Don Solomon
Luna is himself a candidate and is voting
for his opponent. Llewellyn, Clark and
Burns, Mr.. I.una's adherents, say they
will win in the end. Luna, Perea and
Morrison are equally confident of win
ming. Mr.. Luna will serve if elected, but
does not want the position.
"The Luna faction think Mr.. Catron
has been too domineering and that he
is trying to run the territory, and for
that reason are trying to shelve him.
Considerable personal feeling is appar-
rent"
As far as the New Mexican has been
able to discover Judge Morrison was not
honored by appointment on any COM
mittee at the hands of his colleagues from
this territory. Pedro Perea was appoint
cd on the committee to notify Mckinley
and was also made member of the
to notify Hobart.
One of the most singular features of
The affair was that the New Mexico dele
cation cast it's six votes solid for H. Clay
Evans, of Tennessee, for vice-presldent,
after it had been fully demonstrated by
The votes of the preceding states that
Hobart had been nominated.
AS TO STATEHOOD.
The New Mexico delegates discussed
statehood early 10 the session and Dele
gate Catron drafted resolution which he
hoped to have inserted in the party plat
'orm. The delegates agreed to support
his resolution and did so most earnestly.
t reads as follows:
"The government by congress of terri
ories is based upon necessity only; to
he end that they may become states in
he union, therefore, whereas the condi-
ions of population, material resources,
,ublic intelligence and morality are
uch as to insure stable local government
n the territories of Oklahoma, New Mex
90 and Arizona, said territories should
e permitted, as right inherent to them,
o form for themselves constitutions and
tate government and be admitted into
he unioh. Pending their admission into
tatehood, all Offices thereof shall be Sc
,cted from bona fide residents and citi.
ems of the territory wherein they may
srve."
In the committee on resolutions of the
hole convention, however, Delegate
atron's resolution was rejected by
lrge majority, and the declaration of
1872, which provided for the admission
territories when it should be made evil
ent the conditions prevailing in terri
,ries are such as to entitle them to ad-
ission, was submitted and adopted.