Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-01-16

| r. ~ ~'S" A"Ae@AeO es' HASoohpt odt
that no partisan or personal advantag
shall stand in the wav of that object, O
which the Republican party has Away
been the champion; and we call on al
patriotic citizens to unite in the stronges
possible effort to secure this boon t.
our people at the earliest moment
PLAYING FAIR.
The above resolution was unanimously
adopted at a meeting of the executiv,
committee of the New Mexico Republi
can central committee held in this city
on Tuesday afternoon at the Office O.
Gen. E. l.. Bartlett, the committee chair
man. The meeting was not numerously
attended but proxies were on hand from
all the committeeman and as the resolu
tion had been previously submitted tc
members of the central committee
it stands as practically the unanimous
expression of the committee.
At this meeting also call was issued
for a meeting of the full central commit
tee at Santa Fe on February 90, 1896, for
the purpose of fixing the time and place
and apportionment for the holding of
the territorial convention to select six
delegates to represent the Republicans
of New Mexico at the national conven-
tion at st. Louis.
DELEGATE OATRON NOTIFIED.
Copies of the resolution above quoted
were mailed to Delegate Catron yester-
day and it is confidently expected that on
the receipt thereof he will, before the
statehood bill is passed upon in the house
committee, 80 modify the Objectionable
feature as to render it
harmonious with the spirit of this resolu-
tion and thereby make it acceptable to
all classes of New Mexicos citizens.
There ia great good feeling noticeable
here among both the Demo ooratic and Re-
publican leaders over the adoption of this
1t is taken as an earnest that
the rank and file of the Republican party
in the territory see the paramount i'm
portance of working in unison with the
Democratic party to the end that the
statehood movement shall be success
full.
Al MODIFIED ApPORTIoNMENT.
In this connection an editorial in the
Las Vegas Optic at hand this morning
is full of happy Significance. The Optic
says it has no possible doubt but that
Delegate Catron will alter the apportion-
ment feature of his bill-the only feature
that Democratic residents of the territory
object to. Says the Optic: "The only
question in this case ls whether it should
be based on the oensus of 1890 or on
some more recent figures. There can be
no doubt that the latest figures which cor
rectly represent the voting population
should be used. This is right, because in
the time since 1890 various changes have
occurred; some parts of the territory
have grown rapidly and they should have
fair representation for their new popula-
zion; another reason is that four new
counties have been formed since 1890 and
it is difficult to do justice to them on the
basis of the 1890 census"
The Optics editorial then goes at length
into details to show the injustice of the
set forth in the Catron
bill as printed, and suggests in lieu there
Of the use of "the latest figures" the vote
Of 1s94-as the "fairest basis" that vote
having been fully brought out by spirit
I'd campaign.
THE VOTE OF 1894.
Continuing the Optic says the total
vote of 1894 was 33,486, and adds:
"Now, to take basis which will be very
plain, so that every one can work out the
.pportionment for himself, let US give
,ne delegate to every 400 votes and each
traction over 200. That is obviously fair
Ind makes the result matter of pure
and not of politics. The re-
'ult is: Bernalillo, IL; Chaves, 2; Colfa1,
); Dona Ana, 6; Eddy, 2; Grant, 4; Guada-
upe, Q; Lincoln, 81; Mora, S; Rio Arriba,
I; San Juan, 2; San Miguel, IL; Santa Fe,
}; Sierra, 2; Socorro, 6; Taos, s; Union, 2;
valencia, S; total, 86.
"Mr. Catron's bill provides for eighty
,ne, but five more will DO no harm, and
'uch an apportionment as the above,
,ased on pure arithmetic, leaves no loop
lole for criticism"
Democrats and Republicans alike here
commend the suggestions Of the Optic
ind believe that their adoption will ce-
nent the people of the territory in prac-
ically unanimou demand for favor
Ible action by congress.