Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-06-08
BERNALILLO DEMOCRATS.
A Red Hot Contest Saturday Night
MIR. FERGUSON Not On the List
Free Coinage and An In
come Tax.

In the Bernalillo county Democratic
convention at Albuquerque on Saturday
night there was the liveliest contest ovel
the craftsmanship. H. B. Ferguson
placed in nomination B. +. Adams. T. N
Wilkerson named Summers Burkhart ano
on the vote Mr.Adams received thirty anG
Mr.. Burkhart thirty-seven, thus making
him chairman. The committee on Gre
NJ. Sk;saler, Pablo Anaya, Ed Mcclure
and F. M. Eddlngs-as the Democra,
says, only one of the five could be count
ed "a FERGUSON man."
Chairman Burkhart appointed as com
mittee on resolutions, Aniceto Montoya
T. N. Wilkerson, l.. 7. Delaney, Z. Lu
cero ana James Boyce. Mr.. Ferguson
offered lengthy whereas and resolution
dealing exclusively with silver, aud spoke
in support of same, IN the course of his
address saying:
Vegas who believe in free coinage. am
willing to remain at home.
at has been charged falsely against me
that I am trying to control the conyen-
tion and the delegates to Las Vegas for
the purpose of opposing Gov. Thornton
I am in favor of indorsing Gov. Thorn
ton. Elect the personal friends of Gov.
Thornton, and, if they are in favor of free
silver at Is to /, shall be satisfied. l
ask you to adopt this resolution and leave
me out"
Mr.. FERGUSON also declared that, "The
United States marshal has sent his depu-
ties through the outside precincts to
gather proxies and run this convention"
His resolution was tabled finally and
instead the convention adopted the fol-
lowing:
Resolved by the Democracy of Berna-
lilo county in county convention assem-
bled, That we congratulate the people of
the territory upon the able administration
of the affairs of this territory by Gov.
William r. Thornton and his fearless
course in suppressing crime, and heartily
indorse the same.
That in our opinion the financial dis
tress of the country during the past two
years has been due in part to the unex-
pected and not to be foreseen decision of
the supreme court of the United States
declaring unconstitutional the income tax
levied by Democratic congress, by which
decision the revenues of the government
we're rendered insufficient to meet ex-
penses, and we favor an amendment to
the constitution of the United States
permitting congress to levy an income
tax.
That we denounce as un-American, un
Democratic and contrary to the spirit of
our institutions all secret political or
ganizetions, and especially the so-called
Americ:n Protective association and all
kindred societies which seek to make the
citizens religious beliefs the test for
political preferment; be 1t
"Resolved by the Democratic party of
Bernalillo county in convention assem-
bled, That the delegates elected to repre-
sent this county in the territorial conven-
tion, to be held at Las Vegas on June 15,
1896, be instructed to labor and vote for
the passage of resolution favoring the
free coinage of silver and gold at the
ratio of l6 to l, without waiting for the
permission of any foreign nation"
The following named were chosen dele
gates to the territorial convention at Las
Vegas: Doniciano Chavez, 0. N. Mar
ron, Gordon Perrce, G. B. Hawley, L. R.
E. Paulin, s. Burkhart, Pablo Anaya, E.
L. Medler, A. Montoya, Ed MCGUIRE, T.
N. Wlkerson and Nestor Montoya.