Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-10-01
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A special telegram informs the NEW
MEXICAN late this afternoon that at Las
Cruces to-day A. B. Fall and Geo. Curry
we're nominated for the legislative coun-
Gil from the 9Th and 9th districts respect
lively; j. A. Mahoney, of Deming, was
nominated for legislative representative
from the 18th district. 1t was all mani
nous.
The officers of the Bryan Democratic
Silver club circulated a paper among its
members and raised 800, as starter,
for helping out the national campaign.
This amount was forwarded last night to
Mr.. W. R. Hearst, editor of the New York
Journal, who will make it 5000 and for
ward it to national Democratic headquar-
tere. Mr.. Hearst's generous offer to put
up 81 of his own money for every dollar
sent in through the Journal has thus far
resulted in providing something like $780,
900 to the Democratic campaign fund.
About seventy five citizens met at the
court house last evening and organized q
Mckinley Hobart club. Hon. L. A.
Hughes called the meeting to order and
made short address, referring in com.
plimentary terms to Mckinley and Ho-
bart and to the national Republican plat
form. Officers of the club we're chosen
as follows: President, s. G. Cartwright;
vice. presidents, E. l.. Bartlett, John V.
Conway, B. M. Read; secretary, J. D.
Sena: treasurer, Aniceto Abeyta. The
usual committees we're appointed and the
bylaws ofthe Mckinley Hobart National
Business Mems league were adopted for
governing the club.
Hon. Antonio Joseph, the newly elected
chairman of the New Mexico Democratic
committee, left this morning for his home
at Oio Caliente. No man is more pleased
over the results of the recent convention
than Mr.. Joseph, and he goes home now
to shape his personal affairs so that he
may devote his whole time to the dotles
of his new office. Much of Mr.. Joseph'f
time during the next five weeks will be
spent in Santa Fe.
Messrs. Geo. Curry, J. W. Fleming, A
B. Fall, Baylor Shannon, P. r. Smith
Thos. Clark and A. H. Harlee, Democrats
of the Neutrality-suspicious. variety
left last night for their respective homes
in the southern part of the territory, all
however, stopping of at Las Cruces to
day to take hand In naming the legls
lative nominees.
Mr.. l. Sparks received letter to-day
from an uncle, who is postmaster at Fl
meto, Vigo county, Ind, of which Terri
Haute is the county seat. He writes tina
Bryan and Sewall are safe for a big ma
jority in his county. silver club there
has 200 members, majority of them be
ing Republicans.
The so-called "sound money" or gold
lite Democrats, led by W. B. Childers, hav
issued call for a territorial convention
at Albuquerque, October IL, to discus
the question of nominating candidate
for delegate to congress.
Hon. H. B. Ferguson speaks at Albu
querque tonight. Judge g. N. Sterry ha
propounded, through the Citizen, a list 0
thirty eight questions on finance whio
Mr.. FERGUSON will likely respond to il
his address this evening.
The Republican papers have over
looked bet. They have as yet failed t.
announce that E. L. Bartlett and Ma:
Frost were reelected chairman and score
tary respectively of the territorial Re
publican committee.
Mr.. j. R. Jetton left last night for 81
Louis, where he goes as the duly accredit
ed delegate from the Bryan Democrat
Silver club to the national meet of the al
ISOLATION of Dem ocratio clubs.
The New York Journal of Sunda
. last acknowledges from Santa Fe receip
of the following subscriptions to tn
Democratic campaign fund: E. L. Hal
$25; @. M. Shannon, $50.
VIM. Cristman, of Pinos Altos, ha
been nominated by the Democrats o
Grant county as candidate for the legis
lature.